Call for abstracts: European Health Management Association annual conference

Deadline for submissions - 21st January 2013

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 invite 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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Event: European Health Management Association annual conference

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

The title of the European Health Management Association's annual conference is "What healthcare can we afford? Better, quicker, lower cost health services."

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Webinar: Can clinical decision support technology help hospitals deliver their QIPP goals?

12:30-13:15 - 12th December 2012 - online

This free Health Service Journal webinar will look at the impact clinical decision support software can have in hospitals, featuring real-world examples and cases.

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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.

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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.

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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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