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“A website was added fairly quickly, because it is easier to share comments on a website,” says Co. “Ultimately, the website became an important part of the book. Instead of including all contributions in the book, we wrote down the main lines and themes in the book and included references to all ideas on the website. Initially, the idea was to also let people vote and choose winners, but we abandoned choosing winners. In the end, it is about the content of the ideas.”

Ragna op TEDx MaastrichtThe main theme of the book is to put the patient (called healthcare consumer in the book) more central. How important this is, is made clear by the story of Ragna van den Berg, for example. She was a nurse, is now a patient and blogs about her experiences . She also spoke at TEDx Maastricht . The moving and sometimes humorously written story of ' A little girl goes to the doctor' makes a big impression and explains how much impact illness can have on a family. These examples make it clear that something needs to be done to make healthcare more patient-oriented.

Fortunately, there are initiatives for this mentioned in the book, such as the Chief Listening Officer. turkey telegram data This man or woman is part of the management of a healthcare institution and has the task of listening to patients and their story. Corine Jansen has this function at the St. Radboud hospital in Nijmegen.