title: Health informatics for improving the Dutch healthcare system.
abstract: Some recent developments around the organisation of ICT applications in healthcare in the Netherlands are discussed, in relation with the installation of a new National ICT Institute for Healthcare (NICTIZ). Some examples are given, especially from the field of Quality Assurance and Information Security.
authors.affiliation: ICT department, LUMC (Leiden University Medical Centre), Leiden, The Netherlands. c.p.louwerse@lumc.nl
authors.forename: C P Kees
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Louwerse
mesh_terms: D016494:Computer Security; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D009426:Netherlands