Royal Philips Electronics has partnered with Achmea Health, the largest healthcare insurer in the Netherlands, to develop solutions that will increase the independence of those living with chronic conditions.
The five year co-operation agreement will focus on enabling those who suffer from chronic diseases to manage their health at home and reduce the need for them to be admitted to hospital and for intervention from healthcare professionals.
Walter van Kuijen, general manager of home monitoring at Philips Healthcare, said: “As the largest healthcare insurer in the Netherlands, the insights of patient and healthcare professionals captured by Achmea Health are an extremely important tool for us in our efforts to develop solutions that will genuinely meet people’s needs.”
Philips previously worked with Achmea Health on a ‘HartMotief’ study, which looked at the possibilities for increasing self-management among patients who have had heart failure.
The findings resulted in the launch of the Philips Motiva homecare system, an interactive healthcare platform that connects patients to their healthcare providers via a TV and broadband connection.
The system is now fully integrated into nine hospitals across the Netherlands.
Roelof Konterman, chairman of the board of management at Achmea Health: “We want to ensure that people with chronic diseases are firmly in the driving seat when it comes to managing their own health.
“This will not only benefit patients by reducing the number of hospital stays and shortening those stays that do take place, the burden on the healthcare system can also be reduced. In the long term we believe that this approach will enable us to reduce the costs of health insurance for our customers.”
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