Globally, the pressure on healthcare systems is increasing. The current Dutch healthcare system is also unsustainable: quality and accessibility are at risk of deteriorating, waiting lists are growing, and healthcare expenditures are rising further—both in absolute and relative terms. Currently, about one in six people in the Netherlands works in healthcare, and if current policies remain unchanged, this will increase to approximately one in three by 2060.
Building on and further enhancing the impactful healthcare transformation that, among other things, the Integral Care Agreement (IZA) focuses on, the Medical Delta Program 'Edison - integrated care pathways' aims to provide the right care in the right place. The program achieves this by establishing integrated, cross-disciplinary care pathways that are supported by (smart) digital technology where necessary. The Medical Delta Program 'Edison - integrated care pathways' drives large-scale implementation of integrated care pathways by developing methodologies (the co-creative squads approach), demonstrating success, and continuously facilitating implementation.
Goals
Based on the knowledge and experience gained in the Zuid-Holland region, the Medical Delta Program 'Edison - integrated care pathways' creates and strengthens a national learning network. This contributes to:
- the core goal of Edison: scaling up and implementing proven effective integrated care and health pathways, potentially supported by digital technology, in other regions;
- expanding the methodology of co-creative squads, where care pathways, including those for maternity care and mental health care (GGZ), are developed in an integrated and transdisciplinary manner.
Contact
For more information or if you're interested in participating, please contact one of our innovation managers.
Core team
Prof. dr. ir. Maaike Kleinsmann (TU Delft); prof. dr. Niels Chavannes (LUMC); prof. dr. Irwin Reiss (Erasmus MC); prof. dr. Alessandro Bozzon (TU Delft) prof. dr. Douwe Atsma (LUMC); ir. Julian Houwen (TU Delft / LUMC); dr. Hine van Os, (National eHealth Living Lab NeLL / LUMC); dr. Rian Rijnsburger (TU Delft).