In an increasingly complex healthcare landscape—especially in East Gelderland, where Sensire navigates between four different IZA regions, three ROAZ regions, and seven hospitals—a seamless exchange of information is not a luxury, but a necessity. Yet at Sensire, it is not technology that sets the tone, but nursing expertise.
Sensire’s Information Hub brings together data, AI, and technology to better support healthcare professionals. The focus is not on the technology itself, but on “nursing mastery.” By making information more widely available, Sensire aims to give healthcare professionals more room for professional expertise, appropriate care, and evidence-based decision-making.
CEO Margje Mahler put it aptly during her keynote speech at Zorg & ICT: “The goal of the Information Heart is not to automate for the sake of automation, but to support and empower healthcare professionals as effectively as possible in their daily work.”
Build a solid foundation with vision
For Mahler, this topic is essential and requires a strong vision. “This isn’t a system you can implement ‘on the fly.’ It really is a top-level priority,” she emphasized. According to her, it’s crucial for executives to engage with this issue in a systematic way.
“You shouldn’t just focus on rolling out a new system; you need to build a solid infrastructure with a clear vision. The goal is to make it easier to find, collect, enrich, and share information. Only then can you build a foundation that truly benefits professionals on the front lines.”
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Robust architecture for data-driven work
Sensire has been laying the foundation for this data-driven architecture since 2021. Although the first steps were taken even before Mahler took office, significant progress has been made in recent years. The result is a solid architecture for data-driven work that is designed to give healthcare professionals more room for professional expertise, appropriate care, and evidence-based decision-making.
To make this a reality, Sensire has invested in a specialized analytics team and information specialists, including nursing information specialists. They bridge the gap between technology and everyday healthcare practice. “We’re proud of where we are now,” Mahler said. “We have a strong foundation.”
From administrative burden to time savings
For nurses on the front lines, daily practice often feels like a race against the clock, with administrative tasks putting pressure on the precious time spent at the patient’s bedside. Sensire’s Information Hub breaks through this by enabling data to flow more intelligently. When data is entered once and is immediately and seamlessly available across all systems, it saves a lot of daily frustration.
As Mahler aptly emphasized: “Thanks to the Information Heart, these professionals not only get the tools, but above all the space to practice the profession they have chosen.”
And because information entered once is automatically available in other systems as well, it also saves time: it results in a time savings of 10 to 15 minutes per client.
Actionable insights and decision support
The added value of this data availability extends beyond reducing administrative burdens and saving time. It also translates into actionable insights: from dashboards and care plans to trends in regional healthcare demand.
Thanks to the use of AI, healthcare providers also receive immediate decision support and quick summaries from the ECD. The result? Healthcare professionals are engaging in more substantive discussions with one another based on the information from these systems.
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From Fear to Practical Advice
The ambitions don’t stop here. Sensire is expanding voice-activated reporting to multidisciplinary consultations. In addition, through the GERDA initiative (Integrated Regional Data Infrastructure Achterhoek), the Information Hub enables secondary data use. Mahler: “It also functions as a virtual data workshop where more targeted interventions can be made across the entire care chain—for example, in the area of fall prevention.”
Perhaps the greatest benefit is adaptability. Although there were initial concerns that the transition to this system would be challenging, the design turned out to be so intuitive that healthcare professionals are able to work with it effortlessly.
The next step was recently completed: a platform that not only provides healthcare professionals with data but also offers actual advice. This adds a new dimension to the nursing profession, with Sensire’s “beating Information Heart” taking nursing support to the next level.
Technology as an ally
For organizations looking to make the transition to data-driven practices, Mahler has clear advice:
“First, invest in a solid foundation of data structures and information technology expertise. Those who neglect this foundation are building on quicksand. By first tightly streamlining the internal organization and information systems, technology truly becomes an ally. Ultimately, that is the only path to a healthcare system where technology is invisible, information flows freely, and nurses are given the space to do what they were trained to do: provide care with attention and professionalism.”
