Event: Joined-up solutions to joined-up problems - if integration is the answer what was the question?

4th March 2013 - Health Services Management Centre, Park House, University of Birmingham, UK

This event will be chaired by Jon Glasby, Professor of Health and Social Care and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Integrated Care. After an initial introduction to key policy debates, frameworks and concepts, the bulk of the day focuses on learning from a series of local case studies, sharing what worked, what didn’t work and how they got to where they are now.

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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.

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.

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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".

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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.

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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.

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