A major reduction in health care costs per patient and shorter waiting lists, plus an increase in patient satisfaction with no detrimental effects on health outcomes. These are the key results of a multi-year trial of an alternative to regular hospital care dubbed ‘primary plus’.
Researchers from Maastricht University and Maastricht UMC+ are receiving a grant of nearly two million euros from NWO for the development of a self-learning eHealth application that aims to prevent coronary heart disease.
Helmut Brand and Peter Schröder-Bäck of the research line VHC participate in the Erasmus+ project “Prevent it”.
Huisarts prof. dr. Jochen Cals hield op 28 juni 2019 aan Maastricht University zijn inaugurele rede over effectieve diagnostiek in de huisartsgeneeskunde. Titel van zijn rede: ‘Komt een test bij de huisarts’. Cals: ‘Ik wil graag bruikbare wetenschap naar de spreekkamer brengen.’
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Prof. Jochen Cals is a versatile man; general practitioner (GP) in Sittard and researcher at the Department of Family Medicine. He gave his inaugural lecture on 28 June.
European Guideline Education and Cost-Conscious Healthcare (CoCoCare) is a training programme that teaches specialists to develop and implement high-quality, evidence-based guidelines and equips them with competences to act more cost-consciously.
My name is Javier González Rodríguez and I am a physician and professor of health economics, I live in Bogotá and I work at Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá, Colombia.
Her Excellency, Ms Stella Ronner-Grubačić, the Ambassador of the Netherlands in Romania, appreciated and welcomed the “Leaders for Excellence in Health” course for hospital managers delivered by Maastricht University on 27-28th June, 2019 in Bucharest.
