Purchasing of care
The health sector forms a large and growing part of GDP across the globe. In an effort to manage the costs, but also to improve the quality and accessibility of healthcare, many governments have introduced a purchaser-provider split in the healthcare system. Financers of care such as local governments, employers and health insurers take the role of healthcare purchasers: they select healthcare providers, contract providers and manage buyer-supplier relationships with these contracted providers. Van Raaij defines this as the purchasing of care.
Purchasing for care
At the same time, purchasing for care takes place. Healthcare providers, such as hospitals, clinics, and family doctors need to select and contract suppliers of clinical and non-clinical goods and services, and manage relationships with these suppliers.
Both types of purchasing and supply management in healthcare need to be executed professionally in order for a healthcare system to remain financially sustainable.
Perspective of the end consumer
Van Raaij argues that in healthcare high-maturity purchasing should always start from the perspective of the end customer, the patient. Purchasing of care and purchasing for care should both be oriented towards achieving the best value for the patient. Currently, purchasing and supply management in healthcare is characterised by low trust between actors. Van Raaij argues that insurers, municipalities, healthcare providers and suppliers should change this into a positive-sum game based on trust between partners. In a more cooperative environment, purchasing can help realise the best patient outcomes with supplier-partners at the most favourable conditions.
Van Raaij was appointed professor of Purchasing and Supply Management in Healthcare - endowed by the Erasmus Trust Fund on 1 March 2016.
The inaugural address
The inaugural address will take place on Friday, 14 October 2016 and is open to the public. The ceremony will start at 16:00 in the Auditorium of the Erasmus Building on Woudestein campus, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50 in Rotterdam. The reception will take place at 16:45 in the same building.
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About Professor Van Raaij
Erik M. van Raaij is Professor of Purchasing & Supply Management in Healthcare at RSM and the institute for Healthcare Policy & Management, both at Erasmus University. He holds an MSc in Industrial Engineering and a PhD in Marketing from the University of Twente, the Netherlands. His research is located at the intersection of supply chain management and healthcare management. His primary research topics are healthcare purchasing, healthcare supply chain management, buyer-supplier relationships, contracting, and empirical research methods. He has authored and co-authored papers in the areas of purchasing & supply management, marketing, and research methods. Erik van Raaij is a member of the Executive Committee of IPSERA and Associate Editor for the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management.
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) is one of Europe’s top-ranked business schools. RSM provides ground-breaking research and education furthering excellence in all aspects of management and is based in the international port city of Rotterdam – a vital nexus of business, logistics and trade. RSM’s primary focus is on developing business leaders with international careers who can become a force for positive change by carrying their innovative mindset into a sustainable future. Our first-class range of bachelor, master, MBA, PhD and executive programmes encourage them to become critical, creative, caring and collaborative thinkers and doers. www.rsm.nl
Institute of Health Policy & Management (iBMG)
The Institute of Health Policy & Management (iBMG) at Erasmus University Rotterdam leads in the Netherlands with its educational and research activities targeted at policy and management issues in health care. The institute offers a bachelor programme, a pre-master, five master programmes and post-academic educational programmes and courses.
At iBMG, research and educational activities are closely intertwined. Knowledge and experiences of various scientific disciplines such as economics, law, social-medical sciences, organisational science and public administration are brought together and applied to the health care sector. This multidisciplinary approach to education and research is unique. www.bmg.eur.nl
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