Dutch Healthcare: An Overview and Application

Authors Johan Versendaal, Navin Sewberath Misser, Maurits Methorst, Brandon Stork
Published in Proceedings
Publication date 1 June 2014
Research groups Digital Ethics
Type Lecture

Summary

Abstract from article: The Dutch healthcare system has changed towards a system of regulated competition to contain costs and to improve efficiency and quality of care. This paper provides: (1) a brief as-is overview of the changes for primary care, based on explorative literature reviews; (2) provides noteworthy remarks as for the way primary and secondary healthcare is organised; (3) an example of an E-health portal illustrating implemented processes within the Dutch context and (4) a proposed research agenda on various e-health topics. Noteworthy remarks are: (1) government, insurer, healthcare provider and patient are main actors within the Dutch healthcare system; (2) general practitioners (GP’s) are gatekeepers to secondary and other care providers; (3) the illustrated portal with a patient oriented design, provides access to applications implemented at care providers resulting in increased electronic availability and increased patient satisfaction; (4) a variety of fragmented information systems at health care providers exists, which leaves room for standardisation and increased efficiency. We end with suggestions for future research.

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Language English
Published in Proceedings
Key words E-Health, Healthcare efficiency, healthcare processes, PAZIO, e-health portal, The Netherlands

Johan Versendaal