Cases & Publications.

On the 26th and 27th of October, 2021 the joint consortium meeting of the ESCAPE-NET and PARQ projects was held in Amsterdam. Heading H2 ESCAPE-NET is a 5-year project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program to fund research that improves knowledge, testing, and exploitation platforms that address the future of advanced therapies in […]

Article published on International Journal of Care, May 30, 2021 On 20 January 2021, when President Joseph Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States of America, the National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF) urged him to adopt person-centred health care policies as he pursues health care reforms. Moreover, the NPAF urged […]

Let the evidence show … Giving the right advice, to the right client, at the right time Evidence gathering and knowledge about a product, and its likely success, adapt and change over the life cycle. Early on the focus is on safety, then later on efficacy, effectiveness and ultimately cost-effectiveness; however, even in the early […]

Painting the big picture for better healthcare launches Tunnel vision is a frequent problem with many health and life sciences innovators. They become immersed in a solution or design and forget about the bigger picture – what is the broader problem that the innovation seeks to solve, who will benefit from it, who are the […]

Research article published on Journal: BMJ Open, Volume and issue: 11:e043280, May 2021 Abstract Objective To identify the relationships between the context in which integrated care programmes (ICPs) for community-dwelling frail older people are applied, the mechanisms by which the programmes do (not) work and the outcomes resulting from this interaction by establishing a programme […]

Editoral, published on Sage Journals, International Journal of Care coordination, March 18, 2021 Author: Hubertus JM Vrijhoef According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) evidence informed policy making aims to ensure that the best available research evidence is used to inform decision making.1 Since last year, ‘evidence’ has been at the forefront of daily debate regarding […]