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Introduction
Why this program
About this program
Practical Information

Start date
22 juni 2026
Duration
Duration of 5 months: 3 times a 2-day block of lectures on location
Language
Dutch
Costs
€ 7600
Rankings
TIAS Executive Education is ranked #1 in the Netherlands for participant satisfaction by the Financial Times, with a score of 8.7 out of 10.

Introduction

Shortages, both financial and in terms of staffing, while demand for care is increasing. This is one of the ‘wicked problems’ in healthcare that urgently requires a different approach. As a healthcare organization, how do you ensure that productivity increases while maintaining or even improving the quality of care and employee satisfaction? And how can organizations within the healthcare sector that do not provide care themselves contribute to the solution based on a better understanding of the operational challenges faced by healthcare organizations?

In the Advanced Program The (Healthcare) Organization as an Ecosystem, you will learn how to turn scarcity into new opportunities. These opportunities arise by viewing the healthcare organization as an ecosystem that can only achieve the highest level of operational efficiency by leveraging synergy.

Participation in this program means that you will complete one of the four modules of the TIAS Executive Master of Health Administration program in its entirety. You will learn and discuss at the master's level and work together with experienced managers, executives, and professionals from the healthcare sector who are enrolled in the full master's program.

Participant profile

Participants from healthcare and welfare providers want to gain a better understanding of how they can find opportunities within the synergy between organizational units to enable their organizations to perform sustainably in the future. Participants working for partners of healthcare organizations, such as health insurers, pharmaceutical organizations, suppliers, and government agencies, are looking for more insight into how they can fulfill their role more effectively in that synergy and contribute to the solution. You are a highly educated, ambitious manager, supervisor, or professional within the healthcare sector in the broadest sense of the word.

Average demographics
40 years | 70% women & 30% men | From all over the Netherlands
Average work experience
12 years of relevant work experience

Why this program

In the Advanced Program The (Healthcare) Organization as an Ecosystem, you will develop a scientifically based ecosystemic view of healthcare management in healthcare organizations. Knowledge of how other departments think and work will give you the tools to find and make optimal use of opportunities for synergy. This will enable you to create a healthcare ecosystem in which optimal use of HR management, financial management, ICT/digitization, logistics management, and real estate management, in line with strategic choices, can be used to organize an optimal operational process.

What will the program bring you?

You will acquire in-depth knowledge and understanding of the current theoretical background of healthcare management and the latest developments in healthcare management.

You understand financial legislation, financial conditions, financial decision-making, and developments in the field of finance in healthcare and healthcare organizations.

In relation to retaining and attracting healthcare professionals, you will delve into human resource management and how this task relates to other healthcare management tasks.

You will develop knowledge, insights, and skills that will enable you to optimize daily operational processes in the service of better patient care, lower costs, a healthier society, and higher employee satisfaction.

About this program

Program content

In the Advanced Program The (Healthcare) Organization as an Ecosystem, you will delve into the optimization of operational processes by approaching your organization as an ecosystem. Supported by scientific concepts and models, you will discover the scope and freedom of movement needed to create strong synergy between organizational units, thereby creating the ideal conditions for efficient operational processes in line with your strategy.

Program structure

The program has a blended structure, with both online and offline components. The online part consists partly of classroom sessions and partly of independent components that can be followed at a time of your choosing. The offline part comprises three two-day interactive lecture blocks at TIAS in Utrecht.

This structure creates an optimal learning environment and promotes high learning efficiency. From the joint online kick-off, each participant receives the necessary tools to engage in high-level discussions with each other during the lectures. This leads to valuable insights that help to deal strategically with the current complexity and dynamics.

Time investment and certificate

The program duration is five months: three two-day lecture blocks on location and two months of preparation for assessment. The study load is 12-15 hours per week. Upon successful completion, you will receive a certificate of participation that can ultimately count toward an Executive Master of Health Administration degree, provided you complete all four standalone advanced programs based on the modules of this master's program and complete your graduation assignment.

Modules

Blok C - De zorgorganisatie als ecosysteem

Start: 6/22/2026

The (Health) Organisation as an Ecosystem