Networks in medicine are interpreted differently in different health systems. In American health care, the term might conjure identifiable—and perhaps loathed—insurance networks, which dictate resource utilization for patients and doctors. In the Netherlands, network medicine is viewed as the next evolution of healthcare system redesign, with one of the eight major academic hospital systems declaring this year that their strategic aim is to become an “academic medical network.” But what exactly does this mean? … Download the full article below.