Towards Value-Based Healthcare: Research to the design for an IT architecture to enable value-based healthcare in the Netherlands

The sustainability of the Dutch healthcare system is under severe pressure with increasing expenditure, more demand for care and a shortage of healthcare professionals. In the current healthcare system, providers are rewarded for increasing volume, but not for adding value, which only exacerbates the situation. Value-based healthcare (VBHC) is a...

Private investments in hospitals: a comparison of three healthcare systems and possible implications for real estate strategies

Objectives: This article explores lessons to be learned from three different healthcare systems and the possible implications for the management of healthcare real estate, in particular in connection to the Dutch system. It discusses similarities and differences among the different systems, in search of possible consequences on cost, financing,...