Bianca Buurman

Prof. Dr. Bianca Buurman is a nurse and professor of Acute Elderly Care at the Amsterdam UMC. Within this research line, research is being done into the emergence of acute care needs of the elderly and ways to organise care differently, to achieve better outcomes for the elderly. The focus has increasingly shifted to data-driven working and the development of data-driven healthcare policy. Bianca is also chairman of the professional association of Nurses and Caregivers in the Netherlands (V&VN).

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