VieCuri clears complexities from course administration and compliance : Learning-management system leads to greater efficiency

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to reveals how a 3,000-employee general hospital in The Netherlands has replaced a complicated and cumbersome system for the administration of learning and compliance with learning and development that is efficient, flexible and easy to use. Design/methodology/approach – Deals with the causes of the problems, the solutions and the results achieved. Findings – Charts how a the learning-management system (LMS) helped to simplify administration, support the strategic goal of developing e-learning, dynamically collate results of e-learning and practical examinations on one platform and facilitate on-the-go learning for employees with unpredictable schedules. Practical implications – Explains how the hospital implemented SumTotal’s LMS to support the administration of learning. Details how the medical center worked with SumTotal partner Atrivision to implement the LMS, which formed the basis for the VieCuri learning portal for learning and compliance tracking. Social implications – Highlights how compliance – critical in health care – can be ensured using the LMS. Originality/value – Provides a rare case study of the introduction of an LMS at a large hospital in The Netherlands.