How healthcare institutions are building tomorrow's healthcare today
The healthcare sector is at a tipping point. As staff shortages increase and the pressure on healthcare institutions increases, there is also a growing conviction that technology is no longer a luxury, but a prerequisite for keeping care accessible, personal and future-proof. Yet digitization is never just about systems or solutions: it's about people. About daring to change. About healthcare organizations that are working on care that is ready for tomorrow.
That is exactly what makes Boardroom Bytes, Danny Burlage's podcast, so relevant to healthcare. In each episode, he talks to directors and innovators who are at the heart of this change process. Their stories show that digital transformation is not a technical exercise, but a strategic and human journey. Three episodes clearly stand out, especially for the healthcare sector .
From Friesland to Gelderland: how healthcare organisations are changing
In the second episode, Danny talks to Peter Doorlag, CIO of Kwadrant. An elderly care organization that crosses almost all of Friesland with about 6,000 employees. While the double aging of the population is emerging and the pressure on healthcare professionals is increasing, Kwadrant is faced with major choices. How do you support employees who are constantly on the move? How do you set up digital care processes in such a way that they really help? How do you build an organization that is agile enough for a future that changes every day?
Peter passionately explains how Kwadrant uses technology as an accelerator, not as a goal. Mobility, digitally supported care processes and strategic choices in a broad and complex region: it all comes along. And you always taste the same conviction: innovation must add value for clients and healthcare professionals, otherwise it makes no sense.
Listen to the episode on Youtube or your favorite podcast app. #2: Digitization in elderly care: Kwadrant's approach
Vilente: where technology can bring warmth
And then there is the fifth episode, in which Danny speaks with Hans Santegoeds of Vilente. Where many organizations still see technology mainly as something technical, Hans exudes a different vision: innovation should actually make healthcare more human. Vilente is therefore experimenting with smart toilet seats, interactive televisions, care robots and AI solutions that can alleviate loneliness. Not to automate processes, but to give healthcare professionals more time and attention for what really matters: the human relationship.
His story makes one thing clear: digital care does not require blind trust, but curiosity, trying and learning. And above all, about administrators who understand and dare to embrace technology.
Listen to the episode on Youtube or your favorite podcast app #5: Human care, digital power: How Vilente is ready for the future
Innovation in numbers: the power of change in 's Heeren Loo
In episode seven, Ton Hazekamp, financial director at 's Heeren Loo, joins us. Perhaps not the first position you associate with innovation in healthcare, but that is precisely what makes his story so inspiring. Ton combines finance with change management and shows how these two worlds reinforce each other.
He talks about controllers who not only report, but dare to be curious. About teams experimenting with AI to make processes smarter. About data-driven scenarios that help make better choices. And about his previous experience at the Slingeland Hospital, where capacity management was elevated to a strategic level. His common thread? Change does not start with systems, but with proximity: listening, moving along and connecting.
Listen to the episode on Youtube or your favorite podcast app #7: Change power in numbers: how 's Heeren Loo uses finance for innovation
The common thread: technology amplifies what is human
What all the conversations in Boardroom Bytes show is that technology in healthcare does not have to be a cold instrument. It can actually bring warmth, increase humanity and create space for better care.
These are three different stories, but they all show that the healthcare sector does not have to fear the future. In fact, she can shape it. If we dare to experiment. If we see technology as an ally. And if we continue to invest in the people who make the difference.