VEDRAN KRULJAC, Ph.D.
He is international specialist for preparation, planning, evaluation, implementation and management of health sector projects certified by University for Peace established by the United Nations, The European Center for Peace and Development.
Before defending his doctoral thesis at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law, he trained at the Europa Institute of the Saarland University in Saarbrücken.
For 17 years he worked at the Special Hospital for Medical Rehabilitation in Varaždinske Toplice where, among other things, he was acting principal. Since 2022, he has been employed at the University North where he is currently a lecturer. He has published more than 20 scientific papers and professional articles. He is the founder and CEO of New Healthcare d.o.o. and the editor of the New Healthcare portal.
Doctoral Thesis
- Privatization by conversion of health institution and transfer of share in Ltd., University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law, 2024
Scientific Papers
- The Requirements and Opportunities for Promotion of Croatian Health Tourism (coauthor Božo Skoko), 13th International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development, Book of Proceedings, Barcelona, 14-16 April 2016, p. 193-202
- The opportunities for brownfield projects of health tourism in Hrvatsko Zagorje, Radovi Zavoda za znanstveni rad HAZU Varaždin, No. 26, December 2015, p. 309-337
- An analysis of development opportunities of health tourism in Hrvatsko Zagorje and Međimurje – potential greenfield projects, Radovi Zavoda za znanstveni rad HAZU Varaždin, 26, December 2015, p. 285-308
Professional Articles
- Certification of medical institutions, Riznica 6/2016, p. 43-46
- Positioning of Croatian healthcare in Europe, Riznica 11/2015, p. 38-43
- Standby in emergency medicine, Riznica 10/2015, p. 44-47
- Measures to stop the outflow of doctors to foreign countries, Riznica 7/2015, p. 42-46
- National Development Plan of Hospitals from 2015 to 2016, Riznica 6/2015, p. 44-48
- Rehabilitation of health care institutions, Riznica 5/2015, p. 48-51
- Management of health care institutions, Riznica 3/2015, p. 53-57
- A company for carrying out medical activities, Riznica 9/2014, p. 57-61
- Agreement on the implementation of hospital and specialist health care, Riznica 8/2014, p. 14-18
- The right of the patient to the complaint and a lawsuit in a civil action, Riznica 7/2014, p. 53-57
Lectures
- 26 June 2024; Bečići: invited lecture Possibilities of legal regulation of professional management as the basis of sustainable healthcare as a part of XXIX ECPD International Summer School «Management of Health Institutions» with the main topic «Professional management – the basis of sustainable healthcare», 24-28 June 2024 (Organizer: European Center for Peace and Development of the UN University for Peace)
- 9 January 2017; Zagreb: guest lecture Public Relations in health care as part of the specialist graduate college Public relations in public institutions (Organizer: Edward Bernays College of Communication Management)
- 20 December, 2016; Zagreb: guest lecture Public relations and marketing in health care as part of the undergraduate college Fundamentals of Public Relations (Organizer: Edward Bernays College of Communication Management)