
Date
20 August 2025 - 22 August 2025
Location
Erasmus MC
More information
Contact
Target audience
All professionals / everyone working within healthcare, regardless of their professional category and including different backgrounds and roles, including: clinicians, researchers, nurses, engineers, management and administration.
Accreditation and certification
European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) (in application)
It’s a wrap! The Value Based Healthcare Summer Course 2025 was a success!
Three days, countless insights: shaping the future of healthcare together.
Last week we had the privilege to welcome another fanatic cohort at the annual Erasmus MC Value-Based Healthcare Summer Course.
Three inspiring days, full of energy, with fantastic patients, participants and outstanding speakers who shared their knowledge and passion. Together, we explored how to make healthcare truly patient-centered and outcome-driven.
Program
Program
Day 1│Wednesday 20 August 2025
08.15 – 08.45 Registration
09.00 – 09.30 Welcome & Get To Know Each Other
by Michelle Heijke, MSc
09.30 – 10.00 The Right Innovation Mindset
by Michelle Heijke, MSc
10.00 – 10.45 VBHC from a Physician’s Perspective & Patient Conversation
by Dr. Linetta Koppert
10.45 – 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 – 12.15 Shaping the future of healthcare; two decades of Value Based Healthcare practice in Head & Neck Cancer care
by Dr. Marinella Offerman
12.15 – 13.45 Lunch break
13.45 – 14.30 Value-based healthcare at the Erasmus MC
by Dr. Annelieke Pasma
14.30 – 14.45 Mini break
14.45 – 15.45 Santeon Approach and Strategy to VBHC Implementation, practice, lessons learned and future
by Pieter de Bey, MSc, MBA
15.45 – 16.15 From Vision to Value: Funding Your VBHC Journey
by Dr. Linetta Koppert
16.15 – 17.15 Visit to Erasmus MC
17.15 – 19.00 Networking event: Drinks & Informal gathering (included in course fee)
Day 2 – Thursday 21 August 2025
09.00 – 09.15 Recap & Q&A
09.15 – 10.15 Standardized Outcomes Measurement: the Foundation for VBHC
by Jennifer Bright, MPA
10.15 – 11.00 Leave No-One Behind: VBHC for pregnant women in Sub-Saharan Africa
by Julia Fleischer MSc
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break
11.30 – 12.30 Creating Value in Diabetes Care
by Maarten Akkerman, PharmD
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch break
14.00 – 15.00 Leading the Transition to Value-Based Mental Health Care – An interactive case discussion
by Dr. Alice Andrews
15.00 – 15.15 Coffee break
15.15 – 16.00 Applying VBHC at a Population Level to Address Health Inequalities and Improve Outcomes
by Dr. Kate Haire
16.00 – 17.00 Investing in Outcomes: Smarter Decision-Making for Value-Based Healthcare Implementation
by Dr. Slaveyko Djambazov
18.00 – 21.00 Informal dinner (included in course fee)
Day 3 – Friday 22 August 2025
09.00 – 10.00 A Sustainable Procurement Perspective on Value-Based Health Care
by Prof. Erik van Raaij
10.00 – 10.45 Facilitating VBHC mindset
by Dr. Claus Brøckner Nielsen
10.45 – 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 – 12.00 The Hand Wrist Study Group cohort: Using Real-World Evidence for Data-Supported and Patient-Centered Decision-Making
by Dr. Robbert Wouters
12.00 – 12.45 Evidence at Scale: Bringing Benefits to the patient
by Dr. Renske Los
12.45 – 13.30 Lunch break
13.30 – 14.15 Clinical decision-making in an age of big data, AI & chatbots: Challenges and opportunities for VBHC
by Dr. Urska Kosir
14.15 – 15.00 Final session: Closing speech & goodbyes
Topics
Speakers
Dr. Linetta Koppert MD, Associate Professor
Her focus in research is in Quality of breast cancer surgery and…
Michelle Heijke, MSc
Michelle Heijke is a health economist dedicated to driving Value-Based…
Maarten Akkerman, PharmD
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Diabeter. Diabeter is one…
Dr. Alice Andrews
Dr. Alice Andrews is Senior Lecturer at the Value-Based Health and…
Pieter de Bey, MSc, MBA
Managing Director – Santeon Hospital Group, the Netherlands Pieter de Bey is…
Jennifer L. Bright, MPA
Jennifer Bright, MPA (she/her) is President & CEO, International Consortium…
Dr. Claus Brøckner Nielsen
Dr. Claus Brøckner Nielsen graduated as an MD from Aarhus…
Dr. Slaveyko Djambazov
Dr. Slaveyko Djambazov is a medical doctor with an MPH, MBA,…
Julie Fleischer, MSc
Julie Fleischer is a Dutch professional specializing in global health…
Dr. Marinella Offerman | Associate Professor
Dr. Marinella P.J. Offerman is psychologist and obtained her PhD…
Dr. Annelieke Pasma
I am currently working as a value based healthcare advisor…
Prof. Erik M. van Raaij
Erik van Raaij is Professor of Sustainable Procurement in Health…
Dr. Robbert Wouters
Robbert Wouters is an Assistant Professor at the Department of…