Time for Connection Programme, The Netherlands

Annemieke is the program leader of the Dutch National Safety II Program in medical specialized Health Care, named “Time to Connect”. “Time to Connect” aims to improve patient safety by reducing avoidable harm and mortality and is subsidized by the Governmental Ministry of Health Care.

Annemieke taught at the university where she studied (Erasmus School of Health Care Policy and Management, ESHPM) and worked for several consultant companies (EY, among others). In the early years she published several articles about health care quality management systems and she was in charge of numerous national and regional partnerships in health care. She also advised the National Council for Public Health and Society. Furthermore, Annemieke developed business simulations for three leadership programs of Nyenrode Business University and is an instructor for several education programs in mental health care. Main issues in these programs are the relation between health care governance and the quality of health care. She is also a member of a supervisory board in a mental health care organization (Portfolio Holder for Quality and Patient Safety).