
- Location
- Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
- r.bal@eshpm.eur.nl
Profile
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..
- Oemar Van Der Woerd, Elizabeth Van Veen-Berkx, Wilma Van Der Scheer & Roland Bal (2022) - How does a Network Platform Work for Participating Actors Towards Integrated Care Governance?: A Case Study of a Dutch Hospital Region - International Journal of Integrated Care, 22 (4), 1-11 - doi: 10.5334/ijic.6736 - [link]
- Marjolein Moleman, Sonja Jerak-Zuiderent, Hester van de Bovenkamp, Roland Bal & Teun Zuiderent-Jerak (2022) - Evidence-basing for quality improvement; bringing clinical practice guidelines closer to their promise of improving care practices - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 28 (6), 1003-1026 - doi: 10.1111/jep.13659 - [link]
- Eva van Baarle, Laura Hartman, Sven Rooijakkers, Iris Wallenburg, Jan Willem Weenink, Roland Bal & Guy Widdershoven (2022) - Fostering a just culture in healthcare organizations: experiences in practice - Bmc Health Services Research, 22 (1) - doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-08418-z - [link]
- Robert Borst, Rik Wehrens & Roland Bal (2022) - Sustaining Knowledge Translation Practices: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis - International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 11 (12), 2793-2804 - doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2022.6424 - [link]
- Jenske Bal, Bert de Graaff, Greet Vos & Roland Bal (2022) - Mediating scarcity in pandemic times: an ethnographic study on the prevention and control of the SARS-CoV-2 infections during the emergence of the corona crisis in the Netherlands - BMC Health Services Research, 22 (1) - doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-08843-0
- Marjolijn Heerings, Hester van de Bovenkamp, Mieke Cardol & Roland Bal (2022) - Ask us! Adjusting experience-based codesign to be responsive to people with intellectual disabilities, serious mental illness or older persons receiving support with independent living - Health Expectations, 25 (5), 2246-2254 - doi: 10.1111/hex.13436 - [link]
- Ian P. Leistikow, Anne Margriet Pot & Roland Bal (2022) - Value Driven Regulation and the role of inspections.: Commentary to: Hovlid E, Husabø G, Teig IL, Halvorsen K, Frich JC. Contextual factors of external inspections and mechanisms for improvement in healthcare organizations: A realist evaluation. Soc Sci Med 2022 Apr;298:114872 - Social Science and Medicine, 308 - doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115170 - [link]
- Syb Kuijper, Martijn Felder, Roland Bal & Iris Wallenburg (2022) - Assembling care: How nurses organise care in uncharted territory and in times of pandemic - Sociology of Health and Illness, 44 (8), 1305-1323 - doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.13508 - [link]
- Ian P. Leistikow & Roland Bal (2022) - Government Actions and Their Relation to Resilience in Healthcare; What We See Is Not Always What We Get Comment on “Government Actions and Their Relation to Resilience in Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic in New South Wales, Australia and Ontario, Canada” - International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 11 (9), 1942-1944 - doi: 10.34172/IJHPM.2021.170 - [link]
- Jan Willem Weenink, Iris Wallenburg, Laura Hartman, Eva van Baarle, Ian Leistikow, Guy Widdershoven & Roland Bal (2022) - Role of the regulator in enabling a just culture: a qualitative study in mental health and hospital care - BMJ Open, 12 (7) - doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061321 - [link]
Radboudumc
- Startdatum goedkeuring
- november 2022
- Einddatum goedkeuring
- november 2025
- Plaats
- NIJMEGEN
- Beschrijving
- Modulecoordinator master Kwaliteit en veiligheid N
ZonMw
- Startdatum goedkeuring
- november 2022
- Einddatum goedkeuring
- november 2025
- Plaats
- DEN HAAG
- Beschrijving
- Lid Commissie Actie-onderzoek
ZonMw
- Startdatum goedkeuring
- november 2022
- Einddatum goedkeuring
- november 2025
- Plaats
- DEN HAAG
- Beschrijving
- Lid commissie implementatiefellow doelmatigheid
ZonMw
- Startdatum goedkeuring
- november 2022
- Einddatum goedkeuring
- november 2025
- Plaats
- DEN HAAG
- Beschrijving
- Lid commissie veerkracht preventie
Thesis HCM
- Niveau
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Jaar
- 2022
- Course Code
- GW4030MV
Integration project
- Niveau
- bachelor 1
- Year Level
- bachelor 1
- Jaar
- 2022
- Course Code
- GW103I
Module Knowledge
- Niveau
- bachelor 1
- Year Level
- bachelor 1
- Jaar
- 2022
- Course Code
- GW103K
Comparative Health Policy
- Niveau
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Jaar
- 2022
- Course Code
- GW4574M
Governing Healthy Cities
- Niveau
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Jaar
- 2022
- Course Code
- GW4565M
Master Thesis HEPL
- Niveau
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Jaar
- 2022
- Course Code
- GW4555M
Quality and Safety
- Niveau
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Jaar
- 2022
- Course Code
- GW4007MV
Module Knowledge
- Niveau
- bachelor 1
- Year Level
- bachelor 1
- Jaar
- 2022
- Course Code
- GW114K
Academic Development & Skills
- Niveau
- bachelor 1
- Year Level
- bachelor 1
- Jaar
- 2022
- Course Code
- GWAVV-22
Quality and Safety
- Niveau
- master - jaar 1
- Year Level
- master - jaar 1
- Jaar
- 2022
- Course Code
- GW4007MD
Healthcare Ethics
- Year Level
- master, master
- Jaar
- 2022
- Course Code
- GW4564M
Module Knowledge
- Niveau
- bachelor 1
- Year Level
- bachelor 1
- Jaar
- 2022
- Course Code
- GW101K