28th Congress of the European Association for hospital managers
Innovative Healthcare Strategies
6 themes, 6 hospitals
Big data & digital health
AZ Groeninge Kortrijk
AZ Groeninge, which has over a thousand beds (1054, to be precise), is located in the south of West Flanders, close to the French border, 30 km from Lille.
The institution strives to place the patient at the centre of the care process. The values which drive it are first and foremost respect and trust (via a participatory model), transparency, open communication, accessibility of care, listening, receptiveness and diversity.
Digital...
Finance & health economics
Delta Chirec Brussels
The AZ Delta Chirec hospital group is based around three hospital sites: one site in Walloon Brabant, in Braine-l’Alleud – Waterloo (287 beds) and two sites in Brussels: Ste-Anne St-Remi in Anderlecht (327 beds), plus the brand-new Delta hospital (438 beds), which opened in December 2017.
Delta is the first new hospital to be built in the Brussels region for no less than forty years. So its opening was a...
Smart buildings & logistics
AZ Delta Roeselare
AZ Delta Roeselare, the biggest hospital in West Flanders, has 1417 beds, spread across 5 sites: three in Roeselare, one in Torhout and one in Menen. By the end of 2019, when the new phase of construction which is currently underway is scheduled to be finished, the institution will only have 4 sites, although the number of beds will still be the same.
The institution prides itself on being...
Health management, governance & ethics
UZA Antwerp
Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), with its 573 authorised beds, lies in the south-west of the province of Antwerp.
It is an academic centre for leading clinical and customer-friendly patient care, high-quality academic education and ground-breaking scientific research with a major international dimension. It is one of Belgium’s seven university hospitals.
UZA focuses on clinical scientific research, based on a large biobank. In clinical terms, the hospital enjoys wide renown for...
Innovation & technology
AZ Maria Middelares Ghent
AZ Maria Middelares, located to the south of Ghent, in East Flanders, is easily accessible by both car and public transport. It is a medium-sized institution with 542 authorised beds and 99 beds for day patients.
AZ Maria Middelares is a very efficient hospital, innovative yet proud of its warm human face. Constantly monitoring advances in science, it offers high-tech healthcare alongside basic care.
The hospital’s high-quality care is safeguarded...
Healing architecture
AZ Zeno Knokke
AZ Zeno is a medium-sized hospital with 334 authorised beds, spread across three sites, on the Belgian coast, including the brand-new site at Knokke-Heist, which opened in March 2018.
Under the slogan ‘This is not a hospital’, AZ Zeno is innovating, with its new construction marrying the highest technology with a unique architectural design and aiming to deliver the best level of comfort for patients and staff alike. It is...