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Programma

Programme soon available in Dutch

Moderator: Anne Peetoom

9.30 - 10.00
Walk in + coffee
10.00 - 10.25
Opening
  • Jan Anthonie Bruijn, Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, The Netherlands (Video message)
  • René Paas, King’s Commissioner, Province of Groningen
  • Nikolaus Jansen, State Commissioner for Regional Development, Weser-Ems Region
  • Sandra Gallina, General Director, DG SANTE (Video message)
10.25 – 11.10
Current EU legal framework and cross-border patient mobility between Germany and the Netherlands
  • Natalia Zampieri, DG SANTE
  • Jochen Mierau, University Medical Center Groningen
  • Lars Schwettmann, Cross-border Institute of Healthcare Systems and Prevention, University of Oldenburg
  • Matthias Wismar, European Observatory of Health Systems and Policies
11.10 – 11.40
European Reference Networks (ERN’s) in Germany and the Netherlands
  • Stefano Vettorazzi, DG SANTE
  • Greta Ginski, Universitäts Klinikum Schleswig-Holstein
  • Emily White, Amsterdam University Medical Center
  • Evert Jan van Lente, International Consultant Health Financing
11.40 – 12.05
Coffee break
12.05 – 12.50
Panel discussion
  • Natalia Zampieri, DG SANTE
  • Matthias Wismar, European Observatory of Health Systems and Policies
  • Lars Schwettmann, Cross-border Institute of Healthcare Systems and Prevention, University of Oldenburg
  • Evert Jan van Lente, International Consultant Health Financing
12.50 – 13.50
Lunch
13.50 – 14.05
Presentation by DG REGIO on tools to support cross border cooperation in border regions
  • Valeria Cenacchi, DG REGIO
  • Beate Grajnert, DG REGIO
14.05 – 14.50
Kick-off Health4DE-NL Project
  • Adriana Pérez Fortis, Cross-border Institute of Healthcare Systems and Prevention, Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health
  • Melanie Walter, Minister for Europe and Regional Development in Lower Saxony
14.50 – 14.55
Logistics about the breakout sessions
BS 1: Accessing planned and unplanned healthcare in Germany from the Netherlands
  • Presentation by Vincent Fleurke and Liesbeth Gerretsen, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, The Netherlands, in cooperation with Menzis and AOK
BS 2: Accessing planned and unplanned healthcare in the Netherlands from Germany
  • Presentation by Bernd Christl, National Contact Point for Cross-border Healthcare, Germany, in cooperation with Zilveren Kruis
BS 3: Opportunities from cross-border cooperation for the shortage of healthcare staff
  • Presentation by Sandra Brouwer and Maaike de Jong, University Medical Center Groningen
  • Moderator: Mariët Hagedoorn, University Medical Center Groningen
BS 4: The performance of the Dutch and German health systems in the border region
  • Presentation by Dheepa Rajan, European Observatory of Health Systems and Policies and Stefan Pichler, Cross-border Institute of Healthcare Systems and Prevention, University of Groningen
  • Moderator: Jochen Mierau, University Medical Center Groningen
BS 5: Best practices of cross-border health cooperation between the Netherlands and Germany
  • Collaboration between Groningen-Oldenburg, by Kathrin Boerner, Cross-border Institute of Healthcare Systems and Prevention, University of Oldenburg
  • Collaboration between Münster and Enschede, by Toon de Groot, Medische Spectrum Twente and Leonie Friedrich, UKM International
  • Collaboration between Aachen and Maastricht, by Susanne Sivonen, ITEM
  • Moderator: Gregor Däubler, Federal Ministry of Health in Germany and Daniela Gornyk, Cross-border Institute of Healthcare Systems and Prevention, University of Oldenburg
14.55 – 15.15
Coffee break
15.15 -16.00
BREAKOUT SESSION (round 1)
You can choose from the 5 topics above.
16.05- 16.50
BREAKOUT SESSION (round 2)
You can choose from the 5 topics above.
16.50 – 17.05
Closing remarks
Georg Kippels, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Health, Germany (Video message)
17.05 – 18.00
Drinks
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