Summary in English
Innovation in healthcare
The University Medical Centers (UMCs) of the Netherlands combine university patient care with medical, biomedical and healthcare research and the education and training of doctors, medical researchers and other healthcare workers. These eight organisations are the result of the merger of the Netherlands' university hospitals and medical faculties. With some 60,000 employees working to advance medical knowledge and improve patient care, the UMCs are the largest care and knowledge institutions in the Netherlands.
The UMCs pursue innovation in healthcare by:
- carrying out groundbreaking research into the causes and treatment of diseases and bringing this new knowledge to clinical application;
- providing tertiary care to patients with rare and complex diseases, patients whose treatment requires expensive infrastructure, and patients whose treatment benefits from direct interaction with clinical research;
- training healthcare professionals and medical and biomedical researchers in accordance with the very latest insights in the field.
