title: [Smarter hospital care].
abstract: The quality of hospital care is being questioned. This calls for decisions and innovations both in terms of care process and content. Innovations do not always have the desired effect and are often insufficiently supported by scientific evidence. The adoption and application of evidence-based principles in the organization as well as in the content of healthcare are therefore pivotal, not only for care professionals, but for hospital managers and decision makers as well. Implementation of these ideas appears most successful when conducted on different levels: national, strategic, tactical, and operational, and in educational as well as clinical settings.
authors.affiliation: Academisch Medisch Centrum, Amsterdam.
authors.forename: Dirk T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Ubbink
authors.forename: Niki E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
authors.forename: Dink A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Legemate
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011787:Quality of Health Care