Healthcare

Healthcare is no longer governable without data & AI
Costs are rising and the workforce is shrinking, while care grows more complex. Across Europe, systems are struggling to stay in control.

The Pressure in Belgium

75
%
of Belgian hospitals clear less than a 1% margin.​
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585
K
Belgians on long term sick leave, and still climbing.
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30
%
projected rise in care demand while budgets stay flat.
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Drowning in Data, Yet Struggling to Steer

Data Exists. Insights are Fragmented
Organisations hold vast amounts of data, most of it fragmented and disconnected from real decisions.
Data Teams are Busy, But not Steering
Too much time goes to reactive reporting, too little to the decisions that actually matter.
Care has Outgrown Manual Steering
It now spans more actors and systems than any team can coordinate by hand.

Where steering breaks down

Data keeps growing. The ability to act on it has not kept pace.

Fragmented
Reactive
Beyond Manual
The Shift

Fragmented

The data exists. The insight does not, scattered across systems and disconnected from real decisions.

More Tools Won’t Fix The System

From insight to
real decisions
Data must actively support prioritisation, trade-offs and timing, where outcomes and costs are shaped.
From local optimisation to end-to-end steering
Care is still optimised within silos. Steering must reflect how care is actually delivered, across teams, organisations and the full patient journey.
From urgency-driven to choice-driven priorities
Too many initiatives follow the loudest request. Real impact requires explicit steering choices, and sustained alignment of data, teams and capabilities around them.

How we help, by organisation

We support healthcare leaders in making data work across organisations, systems, and people.

Healthcare | Niels Tavano | Financial Steering Model

Financial Steering Model

We consolidate activity, finance and staffing data into one model your board steers with, so inefficiencies are caught before they compound.

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Healthcare | The AI Native Hospital

The AI native Hospital

We redesign core processes around the patient and make the strategic choices that define the AI native hospital, before the market does.

Healthcare | Return to Work

Return to Work

We accelerate return to work by replacing reactive case handling with a data driven execution model, identifying members at risk early and giving case handlers the tools to act on outcomes.

Healthcare | The Health Partner Members Choose

The Health Partner Members Choose

We make you the health partner members actively choose, turning member data into a personalised journey so you can anticipate needs and become the fund members turn to first.

Healthcare | Protect the Margin

Protect the Margin

We bring scattered demand, capacity and staffing data into one steering model, so shortages and unmet demand are caught before they compound.

Healthcare | The Care Model of the Future

The Care Model of the Future

We build your care model of the future by making the strategic choices, redesigning core processes, and anchoring AI where it strengthens care and lightens the load on your people.

i-mens II

i-mens’ Journey to Data-Driven Care

How leadership regained clarity under growing pressure

Scaling Integrated Care
i-mens unites thousands of professionals around one ambition: delivering integrated, people-centred care across Flanders.
Taking Ownership
As healthcare complexity grew, i-mens’ leadership strengthened transparency and decision-making across the organisation.
From Data to Leadership
Together with Madison Partners, data was embedded into daily routines to support clearer, more consistent decisions.

Healthcare Roundtable

Creating Space For Collaboration

Through initiatives like the Healthcare Roundtable, we bring hospitals, care organisations, mutualities and policymakers together around shared challenges.

Our Healthcare Ecosystem

Leading organisations and initiatives driving change across the sector

"We must dream of a computerless hospital, where technology doesn't force us to look at a screen, but instead liberates us to truly look at the patient again."

Prof. Dr. Frank Vermassen

Gedelegeerd Bestuurder | UZ Gent

"We must step out of our silos and move forward together to improve care for the patients."

Karin Van Mossevelde

CEO | i-mens

"We must dare to experiment and look beyond our own borders, because we can only solve the challenges in healthcare by joining forces."

Margot Cloet

Managing Director | Zorgnet-Icuro

"Innovation happens where different sectors meet; we must build an ecosystem where technology and healthcare go hand in hand."

Wim De Waele

Associate Partner | Madison Partners

"Real transformation in healthcare is not just about technology; it's about the willingness of people and organisations to fundamentally challenge their processes and traditional ways of working."

Thomas Dubois

Partner | Madison Partners

"Technology in healthcare should be as invisible as possible, yet as present as needed. If it doesn't serve the patient or the healthcare provider, we must dare to question its effectiveness."

Tom Braekeleirs

Founder of Nexxtt.Health & Visiting Professor at UGent

"Innovation should serve the public good; it's about breaking data out of silos and building an ecosystem where information flows freely to make healthcare more human and efficient."

Frank Hamerlinck

CEO | Flanders Technology & Innovation

Prof. Dr. Frank Vermassen
Karin Van Mossevelde II
Margot Cloet
Wim De Waele
Thomas Dubois
Tom Braekeleirs
Frank Hamerlinck

Part Of The Healthcare Ecosystem

From conferences to roundtables, we actively contribute to conversations shaping healthcare today.

Meet Our Healthcare Experts

Thomas Dubois
Partner
Thomas Dubois
Niek De Taeye
Partner
Niek De Taeye
Stijn Snoeck Healthcare
Senior Consultant
Stijn Snoeck

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The Future of Healthcare Depends on How We Steer Today

We work with healthcare leaders to translate complexity into clear, data-driven choices.

Thomas Dubois works with leadership teams across healthcare to explore how data and AI can support better steering in practice​.