Suzanne Verheijden

Suzanne Verheijden serves as a Lecturer at TIAS Business School and Strategic Innovation Advisor at Buro Strakz, specializing in digital transformation within healthcare. With over 25 years of experience since 1998, she focuses on guiding healthcare employees through technological adoption while addressing human behavioral aspects of change.

Her core research and professional domains include:

• Digital Leadership frameworks for healthcare management
• Digital Skills assessment and training methodologies
• Healthcare Technology implementation strategies
• Behavioral change management in digital transitions
• Innovation management for e-Health systems

Verheijden developed the national digital skills initiative 'Digivaardig in de Zorg' (www.digivaardigindezorg.nl), featuring her research-based '4 types of technology users' assessment tool. As program manager since 2019, she oversees this multi-year Dutch healthcare sector program commissioned by the Ministry of Health. Her work includes conducting government-funded research on digital leadership in long-term care and developing practical implementation guides.

She is author of 'A Hint of Blue and a Splash of Pink' and regular contributor to ICT & Health magazine, translating academic concepts into actionable strategies through lectures and masterclasses across the healthcare sector.