Healthcare in the Netherlands is at a tipping point. The growing staff shortage, rising costs and increasing demand for care are putting the system under pressure and pushing us ever closer to 'code black'. Yet, this crisis offers a unique opportunity to fundamentally reorganise care. Collaboration is essential, which is one of the reasons why both TechMed professors Maroeska Rovers and Jouke Tamsma are delivering their lectures together in a double inaugural lecture.
We are entering a new era in healthcare. Technological innovations are reshaping the way we deliver care. As Professor of Evidence-Based Medical Technology and Innovation, Rovers works on the enormous challenges in the healthcare sector that we cannot ignore. "At the moment, one in six people works in healthcare. If we continue on this path, it will be one in three," Rovers says.
As Professor of 'Principles of Technical Medicine in Clinical Practice', Tamsma focuses on the connection with education and medical practice. "Technical Medicine enables more effective, safer, more efficient and more people-centred action," Tamsma emphasises. "Technology shouldn't just follow instructions but also ‘understand’ what we need."
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