Health~Holland Masterclass |Driving Health through Smart & Data-driven Solutions

In an era of rapid digital transformation, the healthcare industry is increasingly turning to smart and data-driven solutions to drive health innovation and enhance outcomes. Join us for the Health~Holland Masterclass, where we explore the latest developments in smart and data-driven health solutions, as well as strategies for collaborative data sharing to build a new health data economy. This dynamic event will challenge our ideas on health data (re-)use and bridge the gap between real-world applications and national health data infrastructure strategies, fostering discussions on how industry partners and public stakeholders can work together towards sustainable and responsible healthcare systems both in the Netherlands and worldwide.  

When: 27 March 2025, 15:00 – 17:00 (doors open from 14:45)
Where: Microlab, Rotterdam
For: Dutch Life Sciences & Health (LSH) companies
Organizing parties: Smart Health, Deerns Nederland, Gemeente Rotterdam, Health-RI, Health~Holland, Task Force Health Care

Why

Join us for the Health~Holland Masterclass ‘’Driving Health through Smart & Data-driven Solutions’’ organized by Task Force Health Care in collaboration with Smart Health, Deerns Nederland, Gemeente Rotterdam, Health-RI, and Health~Holland! This Masterclass will challenge our ideas on health data (re-)use. It will bridge the gap between real-world applications of data-driven healthcare solutions and national health data infrastructure strategies. We will discuss how industry partners and public stakeholders can collaborate on making the shift towards a new health data economy for the common good.  

Connect with industry leaders, researchers, and policymakers to discuss how smart and data-driven technologies can be implemented ethically, safely, and effectively to build sustainable and responsible healthcare systems both in the Netherlands and worldwide.  

Are you a Dutch LSH organization and would you like to know more about and/or contribute to our discussion on smart and data-driven health solutions? Join us for this dynamic masterclass.  

What to expect?

  • Insightful Keynotes: Hear from thought leaders on industry, regional, and national level on the latest smart and data driven health solutions and data availability initiatives.  
  • Open Discussion: Participate in an open forum to discuss the required paradigm shift and transition towards public-private partnership for data availability.  
  • Networking: Join our networking drinks and connect with fellow organizations, industry leaders, researchers, and policymakers. 

Program

Program 

14:45  Walk-in   
15:00  Welcome & Introduction  Helena Pluimes, Project Manager, Task Force Health Care 
15:10  Smart & Data-Driven Lifestyle Improvement 

  • Smart Health is the digital lifestyle platform developed by medics and business experts that puts people in control of their own health and gives companies an immediate 20% reduction in sick leave. Smart Health’s power lies in its intelligent use of data, rapidly generating highly accurate lifestyle scores and risk assessments for individuals, businesses, cities, or countries.  

 

 Leonard Hofstra, Chief Scientific and Medical Officer & Co-founder, Smart Health 
15:30  Blue Hospital Design – How Smart enables Well-being

  • Deerns Nederland: Deerns focuses on a holistic design approach for hospitals, called the Blue Hospital integrated design. It is built on six key principles: patient centricity, employee well-being, health outcomes, cost efficiency, sustainability, and smart hospital innovation. By understanding interdependencies from the earliest design stages, it prevents budget constraints, infrastructure limitations, and ensures a sustainable building. Digital transformation, including smart innovations and AI, plays a central role in enhancing health outcomes, improving employee well-being, boosting productivity, and creating a healthier environment. 

 

 Savina Taouki, Smart Building consultant  

 

Lorena Montenegro, Sustainability and Well-being consultant, Deerns Nederland 
15:50   Transition Towards Data Availability for a Learning Healthcare System 

  • Gemeente Rotterdam: The City of Rotterdam is committed to supporting the transition from care to prevention. These efforts aim to address societal challenges and promote proactive health management. Safe and responsible data-re-use is key to tackle the societal challenges we are facing. Public and private initiatives must unite and find a common ground for the new health data economy. 
  • Health-RI: Health-RI is dedicated to improving the reuse of health data for policy, research, and innovation to achieve a learning healthcare system. Health-RI’s mission is: Better health for citizens and patients​ by​ reusing health & life sciences data​ with​ an integrated data infrastructure​to​ enable data driven research, innovation, and policy. We need a paradigm shift when thinking and talking about the data economy. The European Health Data Space will be a driving force to pursue this shift. Public -private collaborations for safe and responsible data re-use for the common good is what is needed. 

 

 Annelies Nijhuis, Senior Policy Advisor Health, Digitalization & eHealth at Gemeente Rotterdam  

 

Chantal Steegers, Public Policy, Affairs & Communication, Health-RI 
16:10  Open discussion on public-private partnership for the secondary use of (health) data for the common good 

  • Exploring the shift from data as a revenue model to data availability as an obligation 
  • Implications of the European Health Data Space (EHDS) and considerations on how businesses might need to adapt to this new paradigm on thinking and talking about health data. 

 

  
16:30  Closing & networking drinks   

 

Participation costs

Attending this Health~Holland Masterclass is free of charge. If you are unavailable to attend the event, please unregister at least a day ahead of the event. We are obliged to charge a fee of €75 in case of a no show for venue and catering costs. 

Do you want to join this event? Then please register now. We are looking forward to physically meeting you. 

Daphne van TFHC

Contact

Do you have any questions about the program? We are happy to help. For more information, please contact:

Contact name: Daphne Elberse, Project Manager
Phone: +31 (0) 6 26 95 15 74
E-mail: daphne.elberse@tfhc.nl

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