prof.dr. (Roland) RA Bal

Biography

My main research interest lies in the building, functioning and consequences of knowledge infrastructures for the governance of health care. I have studied such infrastructures both at (inter)national (e.g. the working of science advisory bodies), sectoral (e.g. the use of performance indicators in health care), organisational (e.g. planning & control cycles in hospitals) and shopfloor levels (e.g. the implementation and use of information technologies). Currently my main interest is in organisational infrastructures for quality and safety in health care. Projects related to this agenda are studies on the regionalisation of elderly and mental healthcare and a study on task differentiation of nursing care. Also I am involved in several studies with and focused on the work of the Healthcare Inspectorate. 

Methodologically, I have specialised in qualitative, mainly ethnographic research methods. I have become increasingly interested in 'interventionist' or 'action' research as well as on the study of 'complex' interventions in health care and 'mixed methods' research.

I am a member of the Dutch research school of Science, Technology & Modern Culture and of the Society for the Social Study of Science. I participate in the European Health Policy Group, a group of political scientists and economists studying (comparative) health policy.

I teach in several programs of the Erasmus Shool of Health Policy and Management. I also coordinate a course on Organizing for Quality in the Nfu Master program on Quality and safety in healthcare..

Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management

Full professor | Health Care Governance (HCG)
Email
r.bal@eshpm.eur.nl
Location
Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam

Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management

Researcher
Email
r.bal@erasmusmc.nl

More information

Work

  • Robert Borst, Johanna Kostenzer & Roland Bal (2020) - Global Health is dead, long live global health!

Radboudumc

Start date approval
November 2022
End date approval
November 2025
Place
NIJMEGEN
Description
Modulecoordinator master Kwaliteit en veiligheid N

ZonMw

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November 2022
End date approval
November 2025
Place
DEN HAAG
Description
Lid Commissie Actie-onderzoek

ZonMw

Start date approval
November 2022
End date approval
November 2025
Place
DEN HAAG
Description
Lid commissie implementatiefellow doelmatigheid

ZonMw

Start date approval
November 2022
End date approval
November 2025
Place
DEN HAAG
Description
Lid commissie veerkracht preventie

Integration project

Level
bachelor 1
Year Level
bachelor 1
Year
2023
Course Code
GW103I

Academic Development & Skills

Level
bachelor 1
Year Level
bachelor 1
Year
2023
Course Code
GWAVV-23

Module Knowledge

Level
bachelor 1
Year Level
bachelor 1
Year
2023
Course Code
GW101K

Advanced Research Methods

Level
master - jaar 2
Year Level
master - jaar 2
Year
2023
Course Code
GW4003MD

Quality and Safety

Level
master
Year Level
master
Year
2023
Course Code
GW4007MV

Master Thesis HEPL

Level
master
Year Level
master
Year
2023
Course Code
GW4555M

Healthcare Ethics

Level
master
Year Level
master
Year
2023
Course Code
GW4564M

Level
pre-master
Year Level
pre-master
Year
2023
Course Code
GW5637PM

Quality and Safety

Level
master - jaar 1
Year Level
master - jaar 1
Year
2023
Course Code
GW4007MD

Thesis HCM

Level
master
Year Level
master
Year
2023
Course Code
GW4030MV

Comparative Health Policy

Year Level
master, master
Year
2023
Course Code
GW4574M

Advanced Research Methods

Year Level
master, master
Year
2023
Course Code
GW4588M

News regarding prof.dr. (Roland) RA Bal

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Three of the eleven projects awarded to ESHPM in ZonMw's Safety II call

In the ZonMw Safety II programme 3 of the 11 projects were awarded to ESHPM; nurses; transferring vulnerable children and hospital processes.
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