1. Profile Hi, I'm a 39 year old competitive, sporty & passionated entrepreneur/physician with a
great interest for human and digital & fusion of both.
I strongly believe that medicine has come to a point where big changes are needed: we
have to change our reactive way of dealing with health & sickness towards a proactive
way of dealing with both. Digitalization therefore is the biggest change since the discovery
of the human body by Vesalius.
As a doctor I would rather see medicine as a service rather than a technical act. I rather
approach my patients as clients rather then calling them patients. I strongly believe in
client experience and therefore looking for all means to improve that experience by a
perfect service , a qualitative communication and high access for all clients. Technology
can help that client experience in a way that it's improving quality & enlarging patient
access. Technologies such as digitalization of patient reported outcomes; offering the
possibility of telemedicine; prescreening to prioritize patient acces; individualized
treatment according to the need of patient, putting the accent on pro-active medicine
rather then heaving to deal with reactiveness.
As an entrepreneur I'm dealing with challenges & difficulties I've experienced myself as a
doctor. Starting from optimizing client experience, I want to create solution with
introduction of technology means to improve communication between health care
providers & between patients and healthcare providers. Furthermore I want to improve
access to qualitative care. Provide the patients/clients with information and skills needed
for patient autonomy and patient centricity. I believe in apps and medical digital devices.
Not as silo's but integrated into a bigger platform. I am convinced of the "big data" story.
I want to build a strong brand putting all my knowledge and passion into it, managed by a
team of professionals all convinced of our mission: "when human meets digital" & "Eat
your own dog food”. My team members get full
Klaas
Vandevyvere
Vredenhofstraat 7
8650 Merkem-Belgium
M +32(0)473982991
klaas.vandevyvere@m2mdot.com
www.m2mdot.com/home
2. Experience Chief executive officer / Co-founder - M2M. – 2015-ongoing.
Creating my own baby start-up is the biggest dream coming true. From strategic
management and Human resources towards product development , negotiations , etc. .
One loves to do it all in the creative and disruptive atmosphere of a start-up.
Key organizer/responsible Hack Kortrijk 4 life , 2016, ongoing.
Founder and key organizer of a hakathon : hack Kortrijk 4 Health in Kortrijk .
Board member task force digital health valley by Vice-minister President Alexander
Decroo 2016-ongoing.
Creating tool box of startups in digital healthcare as well developing ecosystems for
mobile health applications . This project is on initiative of Vice-Minister President of
Belgium, Alexander Decroo.
Chairman department of Rheumatology, AZ groeninge, 2015-ongoing.
In this role I consider myself being in a role of managing director of a SME with various
roles going from strategy towards people management to public relations with clients
(patients) and suppliers ( general physicians).
Board member pharmaceutical board, AZ groeninge, 2015-ongoing.
As a board member of the pharmaceutical board, one has a an advising role into the
global therapeutical policy of an hospital
Board member sciential board, AZ groeninge, 2012-ongoing.
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Principal investigator clinical trials (phase II,III, IV) dep. of Rheumatology, AZ groeninge,
2008-ongoing.
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Consultant Rheumatology, AZ groeninge, 2007-ongoing.
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Education Studies of medicine :
2001-2007: Master after Master’s Degree: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Rheumatology
Residency Program.
1997 - 2001: Master’s Degree: Doctor of Medicine (MD) Catholic University of Louvain,
Louvain - Belgium.
1994 -1997: Bachelor’s Degree, Medicine, catholic university of Leuven, Kortrijk, Kortrijk-
Belgium.
3. Other education :
2015: Postgraduate course: Business analytics at the Warthog school, University of
Pennsylvania via Coursera (E-course).
2015: Postgraduate course: Gamification for business : application of strategies of game
industry in businesses at the Erasmus Hogeschool of Brussels, Brussels - Belgium.
2012: Postgraduate course: Healthcare Management at the Catholic University of
Louvain, Brussels - Belgium.
2000-2001: Postgraduate course ‘initiatie tot ondernemen’ at the catholic University of
Louvain, Louvain - Belgium.
Memberships
Board member KortrijkIn: full member since 2015.
Board member Voka BRYO: full member since 2015
Board member Voka Health Community: full member since 2015.
Board member KBVR (Belgian rheumatological Society): full member since 2004.
Board member EULAR (european society of rheumatology): full member since 2007.
Board member ACR (American society ofRheumatology): full member since 2007.
Scientific board AZ Groeninge: full member since 2008.
Skills Healthcare, Healthcare management, Healthcare information technology, clinical trial
management, Lean management, change management, people management, visionair,
strategic leadership, communication techniques , emotional interviewing techniques,
public speaking.
Projects:
Coordinator Hackathon, H4H, 15-17 april 2016, Kortrijk - Belgium.
Lead developer of E-incubator H@K, 2015-ongoing, Kortrijk-Belgium.
Coordinator national symposium Rheumatology, spondylartopathy on the move, 25
november 2010 Catholic University of leuven, Kortrijk, Kortrijk - Belgium.
4. Hobbies I believe in self-development: "Mens Sana in Corpore Sano". Therefore I love putting my
mind & my body in a challenge to explore the boundaries of it's capacities: mindfulness,
yoga , Neurolinguistic programming as well trial running, marathon & triathlon, trial running
and mountain biking help me to to explore my own capacities. Creating my own blog is
far most my rewarding hobby.
Referenties Luc Baert, CEO medical web services, +32475879867
Wesley Lorrez , CEO Pegusapps +32483459099
Frederik Maddens, managing director Quinckalux,+32479816242