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BRIDGE Project @bridge-project.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Many thanks to Euregio for organizing a workshop on a health pass. It's very valuable to exchange perspectives on cross-border healthcare use. These exchanges help to broaden and challenge our perspective. Looking forward to the next steps and potential further inventory.

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BRIDGE Project @bridge-project.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Join us March 18th for an online policy workshop! We'll explore the opportunities and barriers for the cross-border deployment of medical personnel. The session will feature expertise from Susanne Sivonen (ITEM) and Dr. Corinna Glasner (UMCG and CBI). www.bridgeresourcepooling.eu/Join%20our%2...

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Interreg @interreg.eu · 12/11/2025

🆕 New cross-border agreement: SEM (Spain) and SAMU (France) can now deploy ambulances across the Pyrenees, sending help where response time is shortest. Faster, coordinated emergency care — cooperation that saves lives. #InteractIsSocial #AMoreSocialEurope #Interreg

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BRIDGE Project @bridge-project.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

At this year’s Cross-Border Health Meet Up in Groningen, the CBI once again welcomed many projects sharing the goal to strengthen German-Dutch healthcare provision. BRIDGE joined to further foster the project and the collaboration between both countries.

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BRIDGE Project @bridge-project.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Last Thursday, Acute Zorg Euregio, the Universities of Twente and Münster met to push the BRIDGE project forward by planning the Co-Creation Workshops starting at the end of this year to spark new ideas for healthcare. We are excited to continue building bridges between research and practice!

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Check out this scatterplot of health spending per capita (x axis) & life expectancy (y axis) in OECD countries (lines = averages). The United States sits alone in the bottom right area due to its very high spending rate and below-average life expectancy. More www.oecd.org/en/publicati... 🧪

Figure 1.7 illustrates the extent to which countries that spend more on health have better health outcomes.
There is a clear positive association between health spending per capita and life expectancy at birth (Figure 1.7). Among the
38 OECD countries, 18 spend more and have higher life expectancy than the OECD average (top right quadrant). A further
11 countries spend less and have lower life expectancy than the OECD average (bottom left quadrant).
Of particular interest are countries that deviate from this basic relationship. Eight countries spend less than the OECD average
but achieve higher life expectancy overall (top left quadrant). This may indicate relatively good value for money of health systems,
notwithstanding the fact that many other factors also have an impact on health outcomes. These eight countries are Korea, Spain,
Italy, Israel, Portugal, Chile, Costa Rica and Slovenia. The only country in the bottom right quadrant is the United States, with
much higher spending than all other OECD countries but lower life expectancy than the OECD average.

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BRIDGE Project @bridge-project.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Last week, Dominik Tkalcic presented the idea of a social network analysis for the BRIDGE project at the European Group for Public Administration's annual conference in Glasgow. The panel was enthusiastic about Dominik's ideas, and he received plenty of useful comments to work on.

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BRIDGE Project @bridge-project.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

In this interview, Alex Friedrich, CEO of the University Hospital Münster (UKM), talks about the BRIDGE project and the importance of learning from border regions. Read the article in the Grenspost Düsseldorf. (Article in Dutch) www.grenspostdusseldorf.nl/actueel/gren...

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Alex Friedrich over zorgpreventie en innovatie

Alex Friedrich is arts-microbioloog en ziekenhuisbestuurder – én grensdenker. Hij is medisch directeur en voorzitter van de Raad van Bestuur van het UKM.

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 06/04/2025

Labour mobility drives opportunity across Europe. The Annual Report on Intra-EU Labour Mobility shows that in 2024: 📈 3.8% of EU working age population are movers 👥 10.1 million EU citizens work abroad 🔄 1.83 million cross-border workers More info ↓ europa.eu/!gwXwKd

An image of a construction worker. He is walking from left to right. The background blends two distinct scenes: on the left, modern apartment buildings in Helsinki and on the right the red 25 de Abril Bridge in Lisbon, Portugal. At the top center, a European Union flag is displayed

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BRIDGE Project @bridge-project.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Vor 30 Jahren trat das Schengener Abkommen in Kraft und ermöglichte nahtlose Reisen, Geschäfte und grenzüberschreitende Projekte. Die grenzüberschreitende Gesundheitsversorgung, die wir in BRIDGE organisieren, wäre ohne Schengen nicht möglich! Ein Hoch auf 30 Jahre offene Grenzen! #Zusammenarbeit

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BRIDGE Project @bridge-project.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

30 jaar geleden werd het Schengenakkoord van kracht, dat naadloos reizen, zakendoen en grensoverschrijdende projecten mogelijk maakte. De grensoverschrijdende gezondheidszorg die we in BRIDGE organiseren zou niet mogelijk zijn zonder Schengen! Op 30 jaar open grenzen! #Schengen30 #Samenwerking

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BRIDGE Project @bridge-project.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

30 years ago, the Schengen Agreement came into effect, enabling seamless travel, business, and cross-border projects. The cross-border healthcare we are organising in BRIDGE wouldn't be possible without Schengen! Here’s to 30 years of open borders! #Schengen30 #EuropeWithoutBorders #Collaboration

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BRIDGE Project @bridge-project.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Diesen Monat traf sich BRIDGE in Münster, um die Entwicklungen des Projekts zu besprechen. Es war ein produktiver Tag und ein Vergnügen, persönlich mit Kollegen von Acute Zorg Euregio, Universität Twente, NovioQ, Universität Münster und Universitätsklinikum Münster zusammenzuarbeiten.

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BRIDGE Project @bridge-project.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Deze maand kwam BRIDGE bijeen in Münster om de ontwikkelingen in het project te bespreken. Een productieve dag en een genoegen om persoonlijk samen te werken met collega's van Acute Zorg Euregio, Universiteit Twente, NovioQ, Universiteit Münster en Universitätsklinikum Münster.

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BRIDGE Project @bridge-project.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

This month, BRIDGE met in Münster to discuss the research into resource pooling and the design of the digital platform. A productive day and a pleasure to work in person with colleagues from Acute Zorg Euregio, University of Twente, NovioQ, University of Münster and Universitätsklinikum Münster.

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