Health~Holland Visitors Programme
28 - 30 September 2021 | Digital Edition
The Netherlands invites decision-makers in healthcare and well-being from around the globe
to increase their knowledge of the worldwide renowned Dutch health system and related solutions
and join a vibrant international dialogue on shared health challenges and smart solutions!
The Health~Holland Visitors Programme is a 3-day digital programme for decision-makers in international, national, regional and local healthcare. It aims to increases your knowledge of the worldwide renowned Dutch Health system and related smart solutions which increase quality, affordability and accessibility. The programme enables you to meet fellow professionals who share the same passion and face similar challenges in healthcare. Join the programme and compare policies and procedures, structures, solutions and opportunities for partnerships to foster improvement.
Co-Creating the Transformation of Health Care
That’s why the 2021 edition of the World of Health Care will unite Dutch and International Life Science and Health stakeholders in an effort to “future-proof” our approach to health and care. Together, we can co-create the transformation of health care.
About The Netherlands
The Netherlands is home to a vibrant, concentrated Life Science & Health cluster of more than 3.000 healthcare companies and research organisations, all within a 200 kilometre radius. The Netherlands is considered to be the most concentrated region in the world when it comes to creating economic and social value to healthcare. It all started in the 16th and 17th century, when the Dutch invented the microscope and pioneered in microbiology. Nowadays, the Netherlands faces challenges, but through innovation it is able to deal with increasing health care costs.
Quick Guide to Dutch Healthcare...
Most countries in Europe and elsewhere have the same objectives when it comes to their healthcare systems: the care provided must be of a high quality, available to all, and affordable in the long term. Yet there are also major differences in the organization of the healthcare systems
through which countries attempt to achieve these objectives.
This ranges from nationalized healthcare systems (paid for through income tax payments; also known as the ‘Beveridge Model’) and social insurance systems (paid jointly by employers and employees through payroll deduction; also known as the ‘Bismarck Model’) to systems based on ‘regulated’ or ‘managed’ competition (known as the ‘Enthoven Model’). How is the Dutch healthcare system organized? What makes the Dutch healthcare system unique? This is a question asked by people from other countries about the Dutch system, along with people who temporarily move to the Netherlands for work, researchers studying the Dutch system, and policymakers looking for inspiration from this system. This Quick Guide to Dutch Healthcare – in which we use ten visuals to outline how the Dutch system works – is intended for this audience... read here.
Did you know that the Netherlands is...
- # 1 Global Access to Healthcare Index of The Economist Intelligence Unit
- # 2 Euro Health Consumer Index of the Health Consumer Powerhouse
- # 3 Health Care System Performance Ranking of The Commonwealth Fund
- # 3 Global Innovation Index
- # 4 Global Competitiveness Index of the WEF
- # 4 Digital Economy & Society Index of the European Commission
- # 6 World Happiness Report
- # 7 IT Development Index of the United Nations ITU
- Top 10 position in citations for research in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology.
- Top 10 position in international patent applications
- Front-runner in eHealth according to HIMMS
- World's highest ICT penetration in hospitals and clinics
- Leading in eMental Health according to OECD
- 5% of Dutch start-ups focus on medical or health