Despite facing the challenge of providing high-quality care with limited resources, hospitals near the border are leveraging resource pooling to meet the demands effectively. Resource pooling involves a variety of tools and strategies for coordinating and sharing resources within and between organizations, minimizing waste and maximizing efficiency. Through this approach, hospitals along the German-Netherlands border can rapidly access necessary resources during emergencies, ensuring shorter distances and quicker access to specialized care for patients, leading to healthier communities. BRIDGE identifies opportunities for coordinated cross-border resource pooling, developing and implementing a digital platform to streamline this process and provide valuable input for policy decisions.
Project BRIDGE is carried out within the framework of the Interreg VI program Germany-Netherlands and is co-financed with EUR 1,497,345.91 by the European Union, MWIKE NRW, as well as the provinces of Overijssel and Gelderland. ITEM is participating in this project as an associate partner.
Read more about the project here.
