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Tobias Posthumus

Position: Manager Digital Health and Digital Strategy at KPMG Netherlands

Since 2017, I work at KPMG to accelerate the digital transformation of healthcare. My background is in Economics and Business economics, during which I quickly realized that technology (e.g. platforms) enables new ways of collaboration and will have a transformative impact. Then I joined KPMG and quickly came to believe that this digital transformation will have the greatest societal impact in healthcare – as well as face the biggest challenges in healthcare. For me, these challenges are in developing shared visions, (digital) strategies and long-term collaborations (governance and operational models) in complex healthcare ecosystems. I support healthcare organisations and collaborations within healthcare, such as public-private partnerships, regional healthcare collaborations, associations and others.

What am I up to during INDICATE? Connected to which WP? Which cases do I work on?

KPMG is a proud partner of INDICATE, with active participation from various disciplines within KPMG and by our offices in the Netherlands and Poland. Our responsibilities include:

  • Implementation of the technical infrastructure: ensuring that the technology supports all the needs of INDICATE, enabling a secure, trustworthy and federated analysis of data and machine learning, as well as a user-friendly portal.
  • Ownership and governance model: designing and implementing a sustainable governance for the INDICATE ecosystem, that will ensure the continuity of INDICATE after the project ends. This includes the establishment of a new entity under European law.
  • Operational model: designing and implementing the operational model for management of the INDICATE ecosystem, which includes the responsibilities that will be centralized within the new entity and the responsibilities that will be federated/decentralized in the broader INDICATE ecosystem.
  • Other: in addition, we support INDICATE with various (relatively) smaller tasks. Examples are the development of template agreements, supporting the development of business models and assessing the operational maturity of INDICATE at several points in time.

As the project lead for KPMG, I act as the primary contact and coordinate the KPMG involvement within INDICATE. Additionally, I lead the development and implementation of the ownership-, governance- and operational model.

What motivates me to be part of INDICATE?

INDICATE brings together all the aspects of what motivates me in my professional career: collaboration in complex ecosystems, societal relevance and impact, implementing new and innovative concepts, and working with a great team – from various organizations, nationalities and disciplines.

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