Policy Afternoon ‘From Measuring to Learning and Improving’

The Integrated Care Agreement (IZA) has set the goal that outcome information will be available for 50% of the disease burden in specialist medical care in 2025 and can be used for choice information for patients, quality improvement and financing.

But what does that look like in practice? How can measuring outcomes be used effectively as a vehicle for learning and improving, for example through benchmarking and alternative financing models? What does science tell us about this and what do users of outcome information encounter in practice? 

In this meeting organised by the Erasmus Initiative 'Smarter Choices for Better Health' on Thursday, 11 April 2024, we will discuss the (im)possibilities of using outcome information, and expose the tension between the formulated ambitions and the stubborn practice with practical and methodological challenges. 

The meeting is intended for everyone with an interest in the implementation of outcome-oriented care – including clinicians, researchers and policy officers – and aims to provide a platform for a multidisciplinary dialogue on the implementation and possible impact of outcome-oriented care in the Netherlands.

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