Major Themes

If you are serious about improving quality and safety in health care in your work place the 2008 International Forum is not to be missed. The programme is shaping up to be more thought provoking and dynamic than ever before, with over 60 sessions planned and expert speakers in the field of quality and safety attending from around the world.

Major themes this year include :

• Leadership (Don Berwick, Helen Bevan, Jim Easton, Carol Haraden)
• Whole system transformation, with presentations from successful pioneers such as Jönköping (Göran Henriks) and Intermountain Health (Brent James)
• Safety (Laurent Degos, Rene Amalberti, Charles Vincent)
• Education (Michael Bergstrom, Paul Batalden, David Stevens)
• Patient involvement - work from the WHO, Italy, Germany, New Zealand, USA
• Mental health- with presentations from transformed systems in France, Singapore, USA
• Primary care
• Plus team work, innovation, empowering ward staff, engaging clinicians, research and evidence, writing and publishing, and much more….