Herko
@herkocoomans.bsky.social
Global health data interoperability advocate. Dutch Ministry of Health international digital health coordinator. Curious nerd. Policy wonk.
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I told you we’d be back
June 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I told you we’d be back
Interesting thread this :-)
This is why healthcare is too expensive.
"Here’s a wild-but-true factoid: 10 of the 20 largest companies on the new Fortune 500 list derive profit from the 340B program. I guess you can’t throw off tens of billions of profits without titans of industry figuring out how to get their hands on it."
"Here’s a wild-but-true factoid: 10 of the 20 largest companies on the new Fortune 500 list derive profit from the 340B program. I guess you can’t throw off tens of billions of profits without titans of industry figuring out how to get their hands on it."
June 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Interesting thread this :-)
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There's quite a few articles about AI tools in xyz clinical or academic discipline/field and they often state that 'AI offers huge potential...'
Very often, that statement is not really backed up with any evidence. Who has assessed this potential? How?
Very often, that statement is not really backed up with any evidence. Who has assessed this potential? How?
April 22, 2025 at 7:25 AM
There's quite a few articles about AI tools in xyz clinical or academic discipline/field and they often state that 'AI offers huge potential...'
Very often, that statement is not really backed up with any evidence. Who has assessed this potential? How?
Very often, that statement is not really backed up with any evidence. Who has assessed this potential? How?
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🇺🇸 Hey America, CHECKIN IN WITH YOU.
Let me know how you’re doing!? 👇🏽
(I’m an 8 today, maybe 7 😮💨)
Let me know how you’re doing!? 👇🏽
(I’m an 8 today, maybe 7 😮💨)
March 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🇺🇸 Hey America, CHECKIN IN WITH YOU.
Let me know how you’re doing!? 👇🏽
(I’m an 8 today, maybe 7 😮💨)
Let me know how you’re doing!? 👇🏽
(I’m an 8 today, maybe 7 😮💨)
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Onderzoekers van het Radboudumc en het TechMed Centrum van de Universiteit Twente verwijderden bloedstolsels met draadloze magnetische robots. Deze innovatie kan de behandeling van levensbedreigende vaatziekten zoals trombose ingrijpend veranderen. Lees verder. ⬇️
www.radboudumc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.radboudumc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
March 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Onderzoekers van het Radboudumc en het TechMed Centrum van de Universiteit Twente verwijderden bloedstolsels met draadloze magnetische robots. Deze innovatie kan de behandeling van levensbedreigende vaatziekten zoals trombose ingrijpend veranderen. Lees verder. ⬇️
www.radboudumc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.radboudumc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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We think of Bumblekite as a continuously evolving programme, as its tagline suggests: an experimental, collaboration space at the intersection of health, care and technology. We proactively seek opportunities to gather data and understand human behaviour and its potential for change.
March 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We think of Bumblekite as a continuously evolving programme, as its tagline suggests: an experimental, collaboration space at the intersection of health, care and technology. We proactively seek opportunities to gather data and understand human behaviour and its potential for change.
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The European federation of Academies of Sciences has posted a statement of concern about the developments in the US. They now have added the option to endorse this statement as an organisation. Would be great if this could go viral. allea.org/portfolio-it...
ALLEA Statement on Threats to Academic Freedom and International Research Collaboration in the United States
allea.org
February 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The European federation of Academies of Sciences has posted a statement of concern about the developments in the US. They now have added the option to endorse this statement as an organisation. Would be great if this could go viral. allea.org/portfolio-it...
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In Denmark, 98 per cent of citizens have a family doctor. In the Netherlands, it’s 96 per cent. The Dutch and Danes have much to teach Canada about better health care, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com #PrimaryCare
Opinion: The Dutch and Danes have much to teach Canada about better health care
The question is whether Canada will act on all those lessons around providing primary care to every citizen
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
In Denmark, 98 per cent of citizens have a family doctor. In the Netherlands, it’s 96 per cent. The Dutch and Danes have much to teach Canada about better health care, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com #PrimaryCare
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De ICT&health World Conference 2025 biedt een uitgebreid programma met vele voorbeelden, vol live ervaringen en sessies over de toekomst van de gezondheidszorg. Lees hier wat je niet mag missen. #ICThealth #Zorginnovatie #Digitalisering #ZorgTransformatie
ICT&health World Conference: Mis deze sessie’s niet! | ICT&health
De tweede editie van de ICT&health World conference telt meer dan 135 keynotes, seminar’s en presentaties. Dit zijn drie presentaties die de moeite waard zijn.
icthealth.nl
January 27, 2025 at 6:46 AM
De ICT&health World Conference 2025 biedt een uitgebreid programma met vele voorbeelden, vol live ervaringen en sessies over de toekomst van de gezondheidszorg. Lees hier wat je niet mag missen. #ICThealth #Zorginnovatie #Digitalisering #ZorgTransformatie
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Can healthcare learn about the neglect of the automotive industry of electrical vehicles ?
December 29, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Can healthcare learn about the neglect of the automotive industry of electrical vehicles ?
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Update from Dr Tedros, the Director-General of WHO.
Thank you to all my friends, colleagues, and everyone who has wished me well during the ordeal in the past few days.
I'm especially grateful to the colleagues and airport staff, who were selfless as they tried to protect me.
#Yemen
Thank you to all my friends, colleagues, and everyone who has wished me well during the ordeal in the past few days.
I'm especially grateful to the colleagues and airport staff, who were selfless as they tried to protect me.
#Yemen
December 28, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Update from Dr Tedros, the Director-General of WHO.
Thank you to all my friends, colleagues, and everyone who has wished me well during the ordeal in the past few days.
I'm especially grateful to the colleagues and airport staff, who were selfless as they tried to protect me.
#Yemen
Thank you to all my friends, colleagues, and everyone who has wished me well during the ordeal in the past few days.
I'm especially grateful to the colleagues and airport staff, who were selfless as they tried to protect me.
#Yemen
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ONC released the 8th update of the Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) Reference Edition. We’re not quite “there” yet but incremental progressions. https://www.healthit.gov/buzz-blog/interoperability/2022-isa-reference-edition-now-available #Interoperability #standards
2022 ISA Reference Edition Now Available - Health IT Buzz
Today we are pleased to ring in the new year with the rel...
www.healthit.gov
November 23, 2024 at 4:22 PM
ONC released the 8th update of the Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) Reference Edition. We’re not quite “there” yet but incremental progressions. https://www.healthit.gov/buzz-blog/interoperability/2022-isa-reference-edition-now-available #Interoperability #standards
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‘Sharing by default’ bill introduced to parliament, by Cate Swannell. By the end of the year, if the bill passes, pathology & imaging companies will be compelled to upload results to MHR or risk civil penalties. www.healthservicesdaily.com.au/sharing-by-d... #auspol #MedSky #Interoperability #data
‘Sharing by default’ bill introduced to parliament | Health Services Daily
By the end of the year, if the bill passes, pathology and imaging companies will be compelled to upload results to MHR or risk civil penalties.
www.healthservicesdaily.com.au
November 21, 2024 at 5:37 AM
‘Sharing by default’ bill introduced to parliament, by Cate Swannell. By the end of the year, if the bill passes, pathology & imaging companies will be compelled to upload results to MHR or risk civil penalties. www.healthservicesdaily.com.au/sharing-by-d... #auspol #MedSky #Interoperability #data
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Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
AI company: I have now taken your cup and mixed it with everyone else's cup and you can now pay me for a stochastically probable sample of saliva-filled water.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
AI company: I have now taken your cup and mixed it with everyone else's cup and you can now pay me for a stochastically probable sample of saliva-filled water.
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
STS researcher: The cup is an affordance
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
STS researcher: The cup is an affordance
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cosmologist: The cup is dusty or full of gravitational waves
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cosmologist: The cup is dusty or full of gravitational waves
November 24, 2024 at 3:50 AM
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
AI company: I have now taken your cup and mixed it with everyone else's cup and you can now pay me for a stochastically probable sample of saliva-filled water.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
AI company: I have now taken your cup and mixed it with everyone else's cup and you can now pay me for a stochastically probable sample of saliva-filled water.
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The story of the sharks is a story that makes London great.
Hilarious summary if you have 10 mins
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_8xh...
Hilarious summary if you have 10 mins
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_8xh...
November 19, 2024 at 11:50 AM
The story of the sharks is a story that makes London great.
Hilarious summary if you have 10 mins
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_8xh...
Hilarious summary if you have 10 mins
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_8xh...
Just casually showing off that I’ve been on @bsky.app for over a year already.
It’s starting to feel like the community place that twitter used to be in the good ole days, but wiser and more mature.
It’s starting to feel like the community place that twitter used to be in the good ole days, but wiser and more mature.
Hello world!
I’m on bsky now!
I’m on bsky now!
November 19, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Just casually showing off that I’ve been on @bsky.app for over a year already.
It’s starting to feel like the community place that twitter used to be in the good ole days, but wiser and more mature.
It’s starting to feel like the community place that twitter used to be in the good ole days, but wiser and more mature.
Excellent list, thanks @lucienengelen.com for compiling this!
So, to help start this community, I'm working on a starterpack for #healthcare transformation folks, digital or not. go.bsky.app/M4j9Qm9 who should I add?
November 19, 2024 at 7:10 AM
Excellent list, thanks @lucienengelen.com for compiling this!
Hello world!
I’m on bsky now!
I’m on bsky now!
October 31, 2023 at 7:33 AM
Hello world!
I’m on bsky now!
I’m on bsky now!