Control patterns in a healthcare network

  • Authors:
  • Vera Kartseva;Joris Hulstijn;Jaap Gordijn;Yao-Hua Tan

  • Affiliations:
  • Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam;Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam;Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam;Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

  • Venue:
  • dg.o '07 Proceedings of the 8th annual international conference on Digital government research: bridging disciplines & domains
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

To keep a network of enterprises sustainable, inter-organizational control measures are needed to detect or prevent opportunistic behaviour of network participants. We present a methodology for understanding control problems and designing solutions, based on an economic value perspective. The methodology employs a library of so-called control patterns, inspired by design patterns in software engineering. A control pattern is a generic solution for a common control problem. The usefulness and adequacy of the control patterns is demonstrated by a case study of the governance and control mechanisms of the Dutch public health insurance network for exceptional medical expenses (AWBZ).