The speed with which digital innovations take off depends on a solid digital healthcare infrastructure and uniform data exchange. On behalf of health insurers, Zorgverzekeraars Nederland (ZN) is therefore asking Minister Bruins for more focus and urgency in creating the right preconditions for digital innovations and eHealth applications. ZN writes this in a letter to the Lower House ahead of a General Consultation on eHealth and smart care on Nov. 7.
Among other things, health insurers advocate an obligation for ICT suppliers to use open standards for data exchange. Healthcare providers and suppliers must then also use these standards. In addition, health insurers believe that secure, electronic means of identification should become available as soon as possible. Prompt consideration of the digitale overheid Act is essential in this regard.
Prevention instead of production
Scaling up smart care and eHealth also depends on the willingness of healthcare providers to shift from delivering production to a focus on prevention and monitoring. For example, we can prevent unnecessary doctor visits. Healthcare providers can make this change more quickly if they have the right incentives, for example, by adjusting reimbursement. Think of population-based funding and funding on outcomes instead of the current funding based on production. Health insurers want to engage with the minister and health care parties to shift the focus to creating the right incentives, appropriate funding and a different organization of care delivery.
View the Letter AO eHealth / Smart Care
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