Health care systems are under pressure from an aging society burdened by decades of unhealthy lifestyle choices. These challenges are compounded by a shortage of healthcare personnel.
Keeping everyone healthy for as long as possible at the lowest possible cost. This is our dream. In our vision, extending the period in which we lead healthy lives, or as healthy as possible, is the key to ensuring sustainable, affordable and accessible health care. We put everything we have into pushing through the necessary groundbreaking changes that no one else is focusing on. This requires a healthy dose of guts, creativity, active involvement and entrepreneurship. We believe that no challenge is too big and every change starts with a first step, no matter how small.
We define health according to Machteld Huber's concept of positive health: people's ability to adapt and take charge of their own lives in the face of the physical, emotional and social challenges of life.
We currently spend 90-95% of healthcare costs on curative care. But the need for curative care is often the result of years of incremental steps in an unhealthy lifestyle combined with an aging body, which then reduces the quality of life.
The challenges in healthcare are clear, but the solutions are complicated. Our health care systems are highly regulated with tight budgets, overburdened staff and diffused processes of decision making. Innovation that drives systemic change is therefore difficult and require long term thinking and actions.
We need visionary leaders who can initiate and support change in the complex world of healthcare to make this happen. Noaber is here to help these frontrunners with a donation through our programs or an investment in a new innovative company.
We have the knowledge, the network, the creativity and the guts to bring about systemic change. Where the established order fails and where traditional forms of financing are inadequate, we look for new ways and technologies and make new, strategic connections between people and organizations with a common vision. Together we tackle social challenges that have a very real chance of failing. But what if they succeed? That mindset is exactly why the world needs "Noabers:" neighbors promoting groundbreaking changes for an inclusive, healthy society.
When it comes to improving health, we focus on four impact aspects (the Quadruple Aim). Improving health, reducing healthcare costs per capita, improving the healthcare experience of patients, and the work experience of healthcare professionals.
To measure the extent to which we contribute to change, we examine eight different aspects: organizational development, organizational positioning, market development, embedding in (regular) funding, embedding in (working) protocols, system innovation, system improvement and scientific positioning.
Our impact framework is based on the Quadruple Aim. Quadruple Aim is an approach developed to optimize the performance of health systems. It provides insight into the direct impact of investments in relation to Noaber's mission (intentionality). It also looks at the extent to which Noaber's contribution/funding makes a difference (added value). Noaber's added value lies in its focus on early-stage propositions in developing market segments that therefore have a higher risk profile and are less likely to be financed by traditional investors.
Impact rapport 2023
