Author Archives: Mare van der Hoeven

Predictive Analytics in de zorg

Door: Laurens Schinkelshoek Estimated Reading Time: 8 min Inleiding De afgelopen jaren heeft artificial intelligence (AI) de wereld verrast met de snelheid van ontwikkelingen. Na de mislukking van het realiseren van zelfrijdende auto’s hebben grote taalmodellen (large language models (LLM’s)) laten zien dat er daadwerkelijk een technische revolutie mogelijk is. Ook in de zorg wordt […]

Postoperative Infections: A Bigger Problem Than Just SSIs

By Bart Geerts Estimated Reading Time: 2 min Every hospital leader knows the challenge of surgical site infections (SSIs)—but what if we told you that SSIs are only the bigger tip of the iceberg? Postoperative infections extend far beyond wound infections, including pneumonia, urinary tract infections (UTIs), and bloodstream infections (BSIs). These complications don’t just […]

AI in healthcare: Why a business case matters before you begin

By Bart Geerts Estimated Reading Time: 7 min Artificial Intelligence (AI) is currently viewed as a silver bullet in modern medicine, promising to improve outcomes and the experience for staff and patients, reduce workload, and cut costs. But while the potential is huge, the road from concept to clinical value is long—and in most healthcare […]

Fair AI-based decision support in healthcare

By Siri van der Meijden Estimated Reading Time: 4 min Responsible AI Artificial Intelligence (AI) rapidly transforms healthcare, moving from research labs to practical clinical applications. Machine Learning, a subset of AI, plays a crucial role by creating prediction models that can assist healthcare professionals in their decision-making process, often referred to as Clinical Decision […]