Headline Sponsor
Medtronic
Bold thinking. Bolder actions. We are Medtronic. Medtronic plc, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, is the leading global healthcare technology company that boldly attacks the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people across 150 countries. Our technologies and therapies treat 70 health conditions and include cardiac devices, surgical robotics, insulin pumps, surgical tools, patient monitoring systems, and more. Powered by our diverse knowledge, insatiable curiosity, and desire to help all those who need it, we deliver innovative technologies that transform the lives of two people every second, every hour, every day. Expect more from us as we empower insight-driven care, experiences that put people first, and better outcomes for our world. In everything we do, we are engineering the extraordinary. For more information visit:
Medtronic Integrated Health Solutions (IHS)
Integrated Health Solutions builds on Medtronic‘s unique combination of capital resources, process optimization expertise and therapy knowledge.
In cooperation with medical institutions, IHS develops innovative services and solutions to improve efficiency, reduce costs, facilitate patients’ access to different types of treatment, and improve outcomes.
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Virginia Mason Institute
Virginia Mason Institute is a mission-driven not-for-profit education and training company specialising in partnerships that enable organisations worldwide to create, accelerate, and sustain their own patient-centred management system and embed a culture of continuous improvement.
Our multi-disciplinary team has extensive health care leadership experience and are experts in strategic planning, innovation, large-scale change, and process improvement.
Whether you are getting started on an improvement journey, facing a significant challenge, or looking for a comprehensive system-wide transformation, we have the experience and proven models and methods to help you dramatically elevate your patient experience, eliminate waste and sustain excellence long-term.
Sponsors and Exhibitors
Codonics
Codonics Safe Label System (SLS) is a medical device that helps eliminate hospital medication errors in syringe preparation areas.
Integrating worldwide best practices and international standards, it meets the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Guidelines and uses barcode technology to improve the safety and accuracy of medication management. SLS electronically verifies medication data against the hospital’s pharmacy-approved formulary database during syringe preparation, instantly provides visual and audible safety confirmations, and then prints a human and machine-readable full-color, ready-to- apply syringe label, eliminating handwriting. The label integrates with the patient record at administration for 100% accuracy and effective closed-loop medication management.
Join the world’s leading hospitals that’ve made SLS a standard of care, helping to prevent >1.4M medication errors. Visit our website and come speak to us in Copenhagen to learn more.
Emento
Imagine if each patient had their own digital healthcare guide available 24 hours a day? With Emento’s digital platform it is a reality; the clinical staff is enabled to create an individualised and targeted care guide for their patients. The care guide forms the basis from going from “one-size fits all” information to making it possible and easy to provide the patients with the right knowledge at the right time during their courses of treatment. Evaluations show that the care guide creates reassurance, reduces unforeseen no-shows and increases the patient’s autonomy and self-management. For the clinical staff, the solution can streamline workflows, create better conditions for measuring impact and renew professionalism and enthusiasm for work. Emento is a reward-winning Danish company specialising in software development and patient communication for the healthcare sector. Emento has offices in Aarhus, Copenhagen and Düsseldorf and delivers its solution to hospitals and municipalities.
GS1
GS1 is a neutral, not-for-profit, member-owned, standards development organisation. We help healthcare and other sectors to make their processes and solutions safer through the globally unique identification of every person, every product, and every place.
We are best known for providing a system of unique numbers (GS1 standards), data carriers (e.g. barcodes and radio frequency identification tags) and information sharing standards, relevant to products, relationships, assets, locations, services and processes. By barcoding and tracking products, assets, people, locations and more, information can be captured quickly at the point of care or use – and all with a simple scan. With this information, we can be sure who did what to whom, when, where, with what and why, to improve transparency throughout the supply chain and patient care pathway. This delivers enhanced patient safety, reduces clinical variation and improves operational efficiency.
GS1 is actively collaborating with authorities, hospitals, suppliers and other key stakeholders to embed the standards in their systems and processes to help drive global traceability from manufacturer to the patient bedside.
Improvement Cymru
Improvement Cymru is the improvement service for NHS Wales. Our aim is to support the creation of the best quality health and care system for Wales so that everyone has access to safe, effective and efficient care in the right place and at the right time across the whole care system.
We work alongside organisations to create the conditions, build the capability and make the connections for improvement to flourish.
You can keep up-to-date with our work by visiting our website and signing up to our e-newsletter. You can also listen and subscribe to our podcast, Talking Improvement.
ImproveWell
ImproveWell is an award-winning real-time feedback solution for continuous improvement and everyday innovation in health and care, helping organisations to improve staff experience and the quality of patient care. Boosting morale and empowering the frontline to drive change, 24/7 everyone can: suggest ideas for improvement; share how their workday is going; and complete pulse surveys. Insights from wider stakeholder groups can also be captured. An intelligent data dashboard enables leads to gather real-time feedback, track sentiment, prioritise improvements, measure change and publish reports. From the ward to the board, everyone has a voice in improving health and care.
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Medicin.dk
Medicin.dk provides independent, full scale and updated pharmaceutical information to the Danish society.
Our content is based on data from authorities, clinical guidelines and scientific sources and published after a peer reviewed editorial process involving more than 250 Medical Doctors appointed by the scientific societies. The value-added information is presented in user-friendly formats on public websites and apps customized to healthcare professionals and citizens. Updated patient leaflets is also available in electronic format together with visual instruction material.
Information from Medicin.dk is fully integrated in all healthcare systems; in hospitals, municipalities, pharmacies, and healthcare-websites. As a new feature the information is also integrated in the national decision support system and linked directly with specific patient data in the electronic medical record to improve quality and patient safety.
We believe knowledge saves lives and are eager to share what we know, and curious to get inspired by our innovative international colleagues.
MEG
MEG is a cloud-based, all-in-one quality management system for healthcare delivered through configurable mobile and web app tools.
MEG enables healthcare providers to make 10x gains in staff productivity and engagement across quality improvement, compliance with accreditation/regulatory standards, and patient safety.
Thanks to seamless integration into existing workflows for audit, incident reporting, risk management, patient experience, complaints management, document management and training processes, frontline workers are empowered to capture related data or access live information from anywhere on any device.
Management can collate, analyse and act upon real-time information and metrics across multiple sites, consolidating data into a centralised platform.
MEG is in operation in hospitals across 16+ countries, including Ireland, UK, UAE, Australasia and South America, with multilingual support.
Mölnlycke
We are Mölnlycke®
A world-leading medical products and solutions company
Our purpose is to advance performance in healthcare and we aspire to equip everyone in healthcare, from clinicians to procurement managers, to perform at their best.
We constantly innovate to offer our customers the most sustainable solutions while not compromising on safety and quality of our products. And we’re committed to do more with fewer resources.
The University of Edinburgh
MSc Patient Safety and Clinical Human Factors – Edinburgh Surgery Online
In a fast-paced healthcare environment, ensuring patient safety is of utmost importance. With this Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors (CIEHF) accredited degree, you’ll become an expert in human factors, patient safety culture, and the latest technologies and techniques used to improve healthcare delivery.
The programme provides you with the tools to make a real difference and advance your career. You’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with international experts from a range of specialties and apply your learning to real-world scenarios.
With flexible online learning options, you can study at your own pace and on your own schedule.
Enrol now for September 2023
Contact Professor Steven Yule for more information: patient.safety@ed.ac.uk
Vingmed
The Vingmed Group consists of 4 direct sales organizations: Vingmed AS (Norway) – Vingmed AB (Sweden) – Vingmed A/S (Denmark) – Vingmed Oy (Finland).
The group is one of the largest companies in the Nordic for distribution and services of high-quality medical products.
Over the past few years, the company has established a Pharmacy portfolio of different solutions that have in common that they support Closed Loop Medication. We represent leading manufacturers within Pharmacy solutions like unitdose, multidose and package dispensing as well as automatic dispensing cabinets to support the clinical side.
Our portfolio is constantly developing, and new products and solutions are added where we believe it can provide added value for our customers.
The product range is evaluated with respect to high quality and competitiveness. When choosing suppliers, we prioritize high level of innovation and continuity are factors of great importance.
Wolters Kluwer
Wolters Kluwer provides trusted clinical technology and evidence-based solutions that engage clinicians, patients, researchers, students, and the next generation of healthcare providers. With a focus on clinical effectiveness, research, and learning, our proven solutions drive quality improvement and patient safety across the continuum of care.
Organisers
BMJ
BMJ is a global healthcare knowledge provider with a vision for a healthier world. The company supports health providers globally, from individual clinicians to major institutions, with evidence-based tools and resources:
The BMJ: One of the world’s top five most cited general medical journals, The BMJ has built a reputation for challenging inadequate, unethical or outdated practice.
Latest clinical knowledge and opinion: BMJ publishes 70 journals, some of which are the most cited and influential titles in their specialty.
Clinical decision support: BMJ Best Practice is a multi-award winning app and website providing evidence-based answers to clinical questions, the latest research, and guidelines.
Learning and training: Accredited continuing medical education and continuing medical professional online courses for self-assessment and exam preparation.
Medical events and career services: Help for clinicians to improve practice in their current roles whilst also seeking new opportunities.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
For 30 years, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) has used improvement science to sustain better outcomes in health and health systems across the world. IHI brings awareness of safety and quality to millions, catalyzes learning and the systematic improvement of care, develops solutions to previously intractable challenges, and mobilizes health systems, communities, regions, and nations to reduce harm and deaths. IHI works in collaboration with the growing IHI community to spark bold, inventive ways to improve the health of individuals and populations. IHI generates optimism, harvests fresh ideas, and supports anyone, anywhere who wants to profoundly change health and health care for the better.