Outcome Measures Project – Meetbaar Beter

The Outcome Measures project
Dutch: Meetbaar Beter

 The heart centers of Catharina-hospital and St. Antonius hospital, in cooperation with The Decision Group, have started a project to create a national best practice on quality reporting. The Decision Group developed the methodology for the project, based on the study Quality-Based Selection of Hospitals for Transcatheter Heart Valve Interventions (2010). Central element in the methodology is to identify outcome measures that capture the value delivered to patients along the entire care delivery value chain.

 The role of The Decision Group is to ensure practical implementation of the state of the art methodology. To guarantee results that meet the highest international standards, The Decision Group set up an international academic council of leading methodology experts. Prof. Lars Svensson from Cleveland Clinic, prof. Leonard Friedman from George Washington University and prof. Federico Lega of Bocconi University participate in this council. Catharina and St Antonius invited some of the Internationally most renowned medical experts in the field of cardiology and cardiothoracal surgery to join this council.

 The start of the project was announced at the Outcome Measures symposium of Catharina-hospital.

For more information on the project, see the detailed project description and the FAQs (both in Dutch). Also some press releases with updates on the projects are available in Dutch:
Update October

 For more information, please feel free to contact us personally to discuss the topic of outcome measures and the possible opportunities for your organization.

 ir. Maarten Koomans
dr. Paul van der Nat
prof. dr. Fred van Eenennaam