Vincent Blijleven

Dr. Vincent Blijleven is a Lecturer and Visiting Fellow at Nyenrode Business Universiteit, specializing in digital transformation, lean IT implementations, and healthcare informatics. His research focuses on optimizing IT systems in clinical and organizational contexts, particularly addressing workarounds in electronic health record systems and critical success factors for Lean practices in IT outsourcing.

Education: He earned a Business Informatics degree cum laude from Utrecht University and a PhD from Nyenrode Business Universiteit, with his thesis investigating workarounds in academic hospital settings and Lean IT transformations, supported by institutions like the University of Amsterdam and companies such as McKinsey & Company.

Research Interests:

• Digitalization strategies and execution
• Lean and agile transformations in IT
• EHR system usability and safety
• IT outsourcing partnerships
• Healthcare process optimization

Key Awards:

• 2018 IMIA Yearbook Best Journal Article (Medical Informatics)
• BAZIS Prize for Best PhD Research in Clinical Informatics (2017-2018)
• Human Factors NL Dissertation Award (2016-2019)

His work bridges societal, technological, and strategic challenges, with notable contributions to frameworks like SEWA for analyzing EHR workarounds and studies on critical success factors for Lean IT outsourcing. He actively collaborates with industry partners like ABN AMRO and Achmea, applying academic insights to real-world organizational challenges.