Symposium 'Challenges for Networked Health Organizations and Professionals' (1 October 2024)

On Tuesday afternoon October 1 2024, the Centre for Public Health in Economics and Business (CPHEB) hosted a symposium on the theme 'Challenges for Networked Health Organizations and Professionals: towards a research agenda' with external and internal speakers. 

The institutional context of healthcare is extremely complex, consisting of healthcare organizations/groups, regulators, insurance agencies, patient advocacy groups, for-profit and not-for-profit private sector partners, and professional associations. These actors must work together to help promote and maintain health and deliver care in a cost-effective manner. As a result, a wide range of strategic forms of collaboration are developing in this dynamic sector. The Centre for Public Health in Economics and Business (CPHEB) seeks to explore whether, when and how (new) networked forms of collaboration affect the demands placed on clinical and other professionals, and how these professionals cope with the resulting challenges.  In order to discuss these challenges and come up with a research agenda surrounding the theme of Networked Health Organizations and Professionals, CPHEB hosted this symposium.

Schedule:

13:30 Doors open
14:00-14:10 Opening comments – Huib Cense (FEB/UMCG)
14:10-14:40:  Michael Fröhlke (FEB): “Oncological care concentration: Managing cooperation and competition in healthcare supply networks”
14:40-15:10: Stephanie Klein Nagelvoort Schuit (UMCG): “What has been done to advance networks in healthcare?”
15:10-15:40: Schelto Kruiff (UMCG): “Why do we need stronger networks in healthcare?
15:40-16:00: Break
16:00-16:30: Rob Tollenaar (LUMC): “How do we deal with challenges to implementing networks?”
16:30-17:00: Panel discussion: building a research agenda
17:00-17:10: Closing thoughts