Date
20 August 2025 - 22 August 2025
Location
Erasmus MC
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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)
After yet another successful edition of the Erasmus MC’s Value Based Healthcare Summer Course last year, we are thrilled to announce the upcoming 9th edition, taking place from August 20 to August 22, 2025, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Just like last year we hope to bring you another inspiring and informative experience. With participants and experts from around the globe, this event promises to be a hub of knowledge-sharing and collaboration.
Expect a diverse line-up of captivating lectures, interactive discussions, and thought-provoking sessions that will dive deep into the world of value based healthcare. Our speakers, pioneers in their fields, will guide you through the latest trends, challenges, and solutions in value based healthcare delivery. Last year’s participants left equipped with the skills to make a meaningful impact on patient care, and we aim to raise the bar even higher this time.
We hope to see you there!
Course program
The preliminary program can be viewed here.
Course fee
Fee Standard Healthcare Provider € 1.265,00
Fee EUHA member € 1080,00
* fee is including daily snacks and drinks, lunch on Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, welcome drinks and dinner
Erasmus MC employee
If you are an Erasmus MC employee and would like to participate in the course, please send an e-mail to evbhc.course@erasmusmc.nl.
Group discount
Group discount is possible, please contact evbhc.course@erasmusmc.nl for more information.
Course venue
Erasmus MC
Dr. Molewaterplein 40
3015 GD Rotterdam
Venue and route description, click here.
Hotel
Limited discounted hotel rooms are available at the Bilderberg Parkhotel in Rotterdam, located downtown and close to the course location. You will receive a discount code after registration.
Via this link you can find a selection of hotels in the city of Rotterdam.
Social event – Informal dinner
Location to be announced.
Registration is open, please click on the registration button!
Program
Preliminary program
Program is subject to changes
Day 1│Wednesday 20 August 2025
08.30 – 09.00 Registration
09.00 – 09.30 Welcome & get to know each other
by Michelle Heijke
09.30 – 10.00 The Right Innovation mindset
by Michelle Heijke
10.00 – 10.45 VBHC from a physician’s perspective & patient conversation
by Dr. Linetta Koppert
10.45 – 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 – 12.00 Value-based healthcare at the Erasmus MC; governance and implementation
by Michelle Heijke
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch break
13.00 – 14.00 Advancing High Value Care on a National and Institutional Level
by Prof. dr. Arie Franx
14.00 – 14.30 Coffee break
14.30 – 15.30 Applying VBHC at a population level to address health inequalities and improve outcomes
by Dr. Kate Haire
15.30 – 16.00 Short break & Walk to Visit
16.00 – 17.00 Visit to Erasmus MC
17.00 – 19.00 Networking event: drinks & informal gathering (included in course fee)
Day 2 – Thursday 21 August 2025
09.00 – 09.30 Recap & Q&A
09.30 – 10.30 Santeon approach and strategy to VBHC – Implementation, practice, lessons
learned and future by Pieter de Bey
10.30 – 11.30 The evolution in VBHC in Wales
by Prof. Sally Lewis
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 – 13.00 Building Bridges in Value-Based Healthcare
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch break
14.00 – 15.00 Outcome-based bundled payments in chronic care
by Maarten Akkerman, PharmD
15.00 – 15.15 Coffee break
15.15 – 16.00 Data-driven healthcare: Using real-world evidence for better outcomes
16.00 – 17.00 Leave no-one behind: VBHC in pregnancies in Sub-Saharan Africa
by Dr. Nicole Spieker
17.30 – 21.00 Informal dinner (included in course fee)
Day 3 – Friday 22 August 2025
09.00 – 09.45 Implementing VBHC & clinical leadership
09.45 – 10.30 Incorporating Person-Centered Value: Towards Patient-Centered and Data-Driven Decision-Making
by Dr. Robbert Wouters
10.30 – 10.45 Coffee break
10.45 – 11.30 Leveraging PROMs to Drive VBHC Change
11.30 – 12.30 Facilitating VBHC mindset
by Dr. Claus Brøckner Nielsen
12.30 – 13.15 Lunch break
13.15 – 14.15 Clinical Decision-Making in the Age of AI & Big Data
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
Michelle Heijke is a health economist dedicated to driving Value-Based…
Maarten Akkerman, PharmD
Maarten Akkerman is head Medical Affairs & Value-Based Healthcare North…
Pieter de Bey
Managing Director – Santeon Hospital Group, the Netherlands Pieter de Bey is…
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,…
Prof. dr. Arie Franx
Arie Franx (1961) trained at the medical school of the…
Prof. Sally Lewis
Sally Lewis, the founder of Kintsugi International, is a distinguished…
Dr. Nicole Spieker
Nicole Spieker is a healthcare professional with more than 20…
Dr. Robbert Wouters
Robbert Wouters is an Assistant Professor at the Department of…