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At the national level, the Health Council advises the government on evidence-based medicine, health care, public health, and environmental protection.
The Medicines Evaluation Board oversees the efficacy, safety, and quality of medicines.
The National Health Care Institute assesses new technologies for efficacy and cost-effectiveness and advises the Ministry of Health on whether to include those technologies in the mandatory benefit package.
The Dutch Health Care Authority (Nederlandse Zorgautoriteit) has primary responsibility for ensuring that the health insurance, health care purchasing, and care delivery markets all function appropriately.
The Dutch Competition Authority (Autoriteit Consument en Markt) enforces antitrust laws among both insurers and providers.
The Health Care Inspectorate supervises the quality, safety, and accessibility of care. Self-regulation by medical doctors is also an important aspect of the Dutch system.
Health information technology (IT) is not centralized in one body. The Union of Providers for Health Care Communication (Vereniging van Zorgaanbieders voor Zorgcommunicatie) is responsible for the exchange of data via an IT infrastructure
Public vs private
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The national PHR
History
In 2011 there were the first discussions in the country about creating a national Electronic Patient File (EPD), which would have been the same for every patient in the Netherlands and would enable them to see their medical data. This project received no support from the Senate.
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