VIPP 5

The patient is given more insight and control over their own health. Plus: caregivers can exchange information faster and better between themselves and with the patient. That is the focus of the VIPP 5 program.

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Knowledge agendas

How can we keep society healthy, while innovating health care with scientific research? The knowledge agendas help achieve this goal, the umcs’ elaboration of some of the general public’s questions for the National Science Agenda (NWA).

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National Plan

How can we keep improving our health care? And how do we keep care affordable? These questions are key in the National Plan, the umcs’ translation of the National Science Agenda.

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National Science Agenda

Science is for everyone. That is why in 2015 the National Science Agenda (NWA) was launched. Its goal: to answer society’s urgent questions. And the umcs are actively involved in this work.

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Research and innovation in the region

Umcs conduct research both intramurally and extramurally. They stimulate, initiate and coordinate research and innovation in their region in close collaboration with other parties.

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Healthy region

The umcs have a great capacity to organise. They work together with many national and international partners. In the last few years, they have also been focusing more on their own region. This focus includes prevention.

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Healthcare

The umcs are integrating lifestyle more and more in their patients’ care. How exactly are they doing that?

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Training and education

The umcs provide all forms of medical training, from basic medical training to medical specialist. A great deal of attention is paid to prevention in those programs.

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Research infrastucture

Every umc offers an excellent scientific environment by integrating patient healthcare, research and education. The Netherlands is among the best in the world when it comes to biomedical science. To ensure high-quality science and to maintain its leading position, an efficient and cohesive research infrastructure is essential. That is the aim that the NFU is actively working towards.

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Recognition and appreciation of scientists

In the past few years, a national (and global) movement has started that targets the improvement of the way in which scientific personnel are recognised and appreciated. In this era of digitalisation, globalisation and Open Science, other aspects of their work are becoming increasingly important, and that is why the system needs modernising. How can we recognise and appreciate them more broadly?

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