2005: Zagreb

ESQH recently held its 3rd Network Conference in Zagreb, Croatia. An informal report will follow here shortly, but for now you can view the programme and the presentations.

Programme -

Conference Opening:

Croatian Society – Jadranka Mustajbegovic, President.

ESQH – David Somekh, President

The Conference was also addressed by the Croatian Medical Association and the Ministries of Science & Technology, and Health.

Introduction:

“Quality in Healthcare: lessons learnt from seven years of ESQH”
- Marius Buiting, Past President & Fellow, ESQH.


Plenary:

1. Quality in Healthcare: State of the Art
- Marius Buiting, Senior Fellow, CBO, Utrecht, Netherlands.

2. Patient Safety: The International Concern
- Dianne Parker, Manchester University, UK.

3. Evidence-Based Guidelines: An Overview & Future Developments
- Kitty Rosenbrand, CBO and Guidelines International Network.

Discussion: Chaired by David Somekh ESQH.



Parallel Sessions – Establishing Good Practices

1. Quality Strategies on an Organisational Level
- Chaired by Karl-Henrik Lundell, ESQH Board, Sweden.


2. Guidelines in Everyday Practice
- Chaired by Anastasius Moumtzoglou, ESQH Council, Greece

3. Patient Safety & Risk Management
- Chaired by Basia Kutryba, ESQH Board, Poland.

Plenary:

1. Patient Participation & Empowerment
- Piera Poletti, ESQH Board, Italy.

2. Educating for Quality in Healthcare
- Michael Bergstrom, Assoc of Local Authorities & Regions, Sweden.

3. ICT Solutions for Quality Improvement
- Hannu Hämäläinen, EHTEL Executive, Finland.


Discussion: Chaired by Basia Kutryba, ESQH.



Parallel Sessions – Establishing Good Practices

1. Patient Participation & Empowerment
- Chaired by Ian Callanan, ESQH Board, Ireland.

2. Educating for Quality in Healthcare
- Chaired by Frank Verheggen, University Hospital Maastricht, Netherlands

3. ICT Solutions for Quality Improvement
- Chaired by Antwan Reijnen, Argosoft Ltd, Netherlands
and Noel Harrington, Communications Officer ESQH, Ireland.

Closing Plenary:
'Creating our Future'
- David Somekh, President ESQH