Control patterns in a healthcare network

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). Categories and Subject Descriptors [Computer Applications]: J.1 Administrative Data Processing – business, law, J.3 Life and Medical Sciences – health General Terms Management, Legal Aspects Keywords governance and control, community-based (we-centric) services

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: DGO
• Authors: Vera Kartseva, Joris Hulstijn, Jaap Gordijn, Yao-Hua Tan
• Keywords: Control Patterns, Control Problem, DGO 2007, Education, Inter-organizational Control Measures