Caring for healthcare entrepreneurs — Towards successful entrepreneurial strategies for sustainable innovations in Dutch healthcare

Transforming Healthcare through Entrepreneurial Innovations: An Institutional View

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Caring for Healthcare Workers: A Global Perspective

A Dutch Treat for Healthcare Terminology

Structured and encoded information are important to maximize the meaningful (re)use of the Electronic Health Record (EHR). SNOMED CT is generally regarded as the preferred terminology system for encoding, but it has been shown that manual encoding (i.e., fully structured data entry) has issues with data quality and usability. Therefore, automated SNOMED CT encoding of free-text clinical narrati...

Innovations in healthcare food services.

n the late 1980s, following discussions with clients, legislative bodies and healthcare experts across Canada, Versa Services identified the primary challenges healthcare managers were facing in the delivery of dietary services. • Equipment in many hospital kitchens is outdated and food cannot be stored, prepared, or served in an efficient and sanitary manner. This leads to compromised storage ...

Paying for Performance in Healthcare Organisations

Aligning Financial Incentives (FIs) to health policy goals is becoming increasingly popular. In many cases, such initiatives have failed to deliver anticipated benefits. Attributing this to the actions of self-interested and resistant professionals is not an entirely helpful approach. It is important to avoid simplistic assumptions to build knowledge of how and why schemes are implemented in pr...