New Hospital Concept

The "New Hospital Concept" Project was funded by the Belgian Ministry of Public Health. It was a joint-venture between the VLERICK SCHOOL, the Institute for Computer Science (FUNDP), the CITA (FUNDP), the CRID (FUNDP) and several hospitals. The Project aimed to analyze the legal and socio-organizational conditions supporting the implementation of a new organizational culture in Belgian Hospitals. Indeed Belgian Hospitals are today organized on a functional base. This division of the hospital in services and units raises coordination and efficiency problems. The analysis focused on the non-satisfied needs of the patients. With respect to this the CRID analyzed the legal conditions to process medical data in an organisation environment centered around the patients and theirs needs.