Wednesday 31 October 2012

Event: Improving patient care in the office practice and the community

7th-9th April 2013 - Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

This is the Institute for Health Improvement's 14th Annual International Summit on Improving Patient Care in the Office Practice and the Community.

More information available here.

Event: Introduction to service user and citizen engagement and involvement

15 November and 13th December 2012 - Hilton Stansted Airport

This is a two-day course, aimed at frontline staff and will help all learners involved in patient engagement to understand the issues faced in engaging the public in services and to build confidence in engaging with the public.

More information available here.

Monday 15 October 2012

Conference: International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare

16th-19th April 2013 - Excel, London, England

The theme for the 2013 conference is "Improving quality, reducing cost, saving lives", and confirmed keynote speakers include Don Berwick, Maureen Bisognano, Dame Ruth Carnall, Dr RD Ravindran, and Dr Devi Prasad Shetty.

Find out more here.

Call for abstracts: International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare

Deadline for abstracts - 29th October 2012 - 5pm

Submit a poster abstract for this conference, the theme of which is "Improving quality, reducing cost, saving lives".

Find out more here.

Conference: Better, quicker, lower cost health services

26th-28th June 2013 - Bocconi University, Milano, Italy

The European Health Management Association is holding their 2013 Annual Conference "What healthcare can we afford? Better, quicker, lower cost health services", the purpose of which is to search for better and more effective ways to deliver care, to shape cooperation between stakeholders, and to provide patients with the care they want and need.

Find out more here.

Call for abstracts: Better, quicker, lower cost health services

Deadline for abstracts - 21st January 2013 - midnight CET

The European Health Management Association is seeking proposals for oral presentations and posters from researchers, managers and policymakers on the theme What healthcare can we afford? Better, quicker, lower cost health services. They are inviting both research abstracts, presenting the findings from research and evaluation studies, and practice abstracts, presenting the results of management projects and initiatives.

Find out more here.

Monday 1 October 2012

Event: The King's Fund Annual Conference 2012

28th November 2012 - 10am-5pm - The King's Fund, London, England

The conference will provide delegates with a better understanding of what constitutes a high-performing health care system and what needs to be done to sustain the future of the NHS.

Find out more here.