Medication Transfer: Substantiating the Need for a Safer and More Efficient Process Across the Healthcare Chain

8 August 2025

The research report "Medication Transfer: Substantiating the Need for a Safer and More Efficient Process Across the Healthcare Chain" by Betsie Limmen, commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS), has been published.

The study — a healthcare-wide baseline measurement of the medication transfer process — was conducted by Nivel, UMCG, MUMC, and consortium partners on behalf of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport.

The report, along with the accompanying letter to Parliament, is available on the website of the Dutch government:
https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/rapporten/2025/01/31/rapport-medicatieoverdracht

The report is also available on the Nivel website:
https://www.nivel.nl/nl/publicatie/medicatieoverdracht-onderbouwing-van-de-noodzaak-voor-een-veiliger-en-efficienter-proces

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Medication Transfer: Substantiating the Need for a Safer and More Efficient Process Across the Healthcare Chain

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