Headline Sponsor
SimConverse
SimConverse train healthcare workers to communicate better and more safely by using AI to play the role of any patient, colleague or casualty in any given communication scenario. Our technology is incredibly flexible to one’s educational needs and as such is used across health curricula from year 1 of an undergraduate through to board registration and CPD training. We specialise in verbal communication, everything we do is firmly based in learning theory and it’s important to us that we enable the best communication skills training possible.
If you’re interested in improving communication skills training, please send us a message, we’d love to hear from you.
Sponsors
Allience4Ukraine
The Alliance4Ukraine is a coordinating coalition of civil-social organizations, foundations, governmental institutions and private businesses. Together, our aim is to create a network of coordinated solutions for displaced people and refugees. Our current network mainly focuses on organizations that operate in or are based in Germany, with some recent expansion into Europe.
Calitakropolis
CALITAKROPOLIS develops consultancy in integrated management and ensures sanitary management performance with top solutions in the domain. With more than 15 years of experience, we thrive by launching the only Romanian Health Quality Management application called MediQapp to emerge towards digitalization, this software fully optimizes the management of quality operations in hospitals and also received the MEDICAL INNOVATION OF THE YEAR 2021 Award for Excellence.
CALITAKROPOLIS is an ISQua Institutional Member from 2019, Partner – Bronze Sponsor at the International Federation of IHF Hospitals (23.02.2021), Institutional Partner at 3Novex Global (25.01.2022), with national and international reference participation in several fields, mainly in Healthcare Management, E-Learning and Policies on International Accreditation Standards.
Calitakropolis products and MediQapp software system have ORDA, WIPO, EUIPO, and OSIM protection, thus recognizing the elements of innovation that control quality management, hospital accreditation, in-house training, and general and/or clinical risk analysis.
Codific
Codific is created by cybersecurity researchers at the KU Leuven to implement privacy by design methodologies in software architecture. Videolab is the solution that has been created to safely and compliantly share privacy sensitive videos for training and grading purposes. It was first designed for the KU Leuven GP training program and is now a standard tool in GP training across Belgium and The Netherlands. Others are using Videolab to provide training in specific fields such as: psychiatry & psychology , elderly care, nursing, addiction, dentistry, oncology, shared decision making, and lifelong learning. A secure end to end solution to record and share from any device.
Contacts us in:
Scandinavia: Daniel Söderman daniel@codific.eu
UK: Michaella Masters Michaella@codific.eu
All other regions: Dag Flachet Dag@codific.eu
Gothenburg
Welcome to Gothenburg!
A friendly city on the west coast of Sweden, home to a vibrant cultural scene, world-class restaurants, sustainable living and a fascinating history – all within walking distance. Adventure is never far away, with wide open spaces and magical archipelago islands waiting to be explored. Welcome to visit us if you have questions about what to see and do while you are in Gothenburg. But also if you are curious about moving here. We can help you with everything you need to know and consider before moving to and working in the Gothenburg region, West Sweden.
Choosing Gothenburg should be easy!
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 developments by visiting our website and signing up to our e-newsletter.
Irradia
Irradia is a family owned Swedish medical device company that specializes in laser medicine, and has been in business for over 40 years. We engineer, manufacture, and sell medical lasers for applications in photobiomodulation therapy (PBMt), and we offer education and extensive scientific resources to all our customers.
Grounded in scientific research and decades of clinical experience, our instruments are designed for ease-of-use, to facilitate simple record keeping, and to help the clinician tailor the treatment to each patient’s needs, with excellent results and minimal risks or adverse events.
We take great pride in being a leading contributor to the growing body of scientific knowledge within PBMt, and thanks to our products and expertise, Irradia has become internationally renowned in academic settings and clinical practice.
If you’d like to know more, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Life QI
Life QI is the global web platform where tools, people and data come together to make improvement happen. Run, track and share QI projects with colleagues, teams and other organizations.
MEG | Healthcare Quality Management Software
MEG is a digital quality management system for healthcare. Its suite of configurable mobile and cloud-based tools enable providers to engage staff in quality improvement, patient safety and manage compliance with accreditation or regulatory standards.
The easy-to-use modules can be used on any device by frontline workers to collect data from all over an organisation. Capture incidents, audits, risk assessments, and access information anytime right at the point of care.
Management can collate, analyse and act upon real-time information and metrics across multiple sites, consolidating data into a centralised platform.
MEG is currently in operation in hospitals across 15+ countries with multilingual support.
PUSensor
A turning point for the fight against pressure ulcers
Reduced microcirculation, which is not visible, increases the risk for pressure ulcers.
Current methods fail to identify half of those at risk of developing pressure ulcers.
The PU sensor identifies high-risk individuals, which prevents pressure ulcers, reduces suffering, and saves resources.
Region Kronoberg
Our mission is to promote health, sustainability and growth in Kronoberg. Our vision is a good life in a vibrant Kronoberg. It should be attractive to live, work and live in our county.
We are a politically controlled organization that works on behalf of the residents. Every four years, you who live in Kronoberg choose which political parties are to decide on the region’s direction and development.
The Kronoberg Region brings together responsibility for areas that contribute to regional development throughout the county. Healthcare dominates the business.
Other areas of responsibility include; public transport and infrastructure, skills and education issues, environment and climate, community planning, innovation, business development, international issues, public health and culture.
Our core values are respect for human beings.
The Kronoberg region owns and has interests in a number of limited companies and economic associations in culture, entrepreneurship, traffic and education.
RLDatix
Trusted by over 5,000 healthcare organisations globally, RLDatix helps to make healthcare a safer, better experience for clinicians, staff and patients alike. We offer a broad suite of solutions and services that enables you to proactively identify risk, enhance operational efficiency and compliance, and build a consistent, transparent culture of safety. We partner with health systems that strive to improve and integrate siloed governance, risk, and compliance functions to keep their organisations safer. Our vision of Applied Safety Intelligence aims to increase insights and collaboration across all healthcare operations — enabling you to save time, lower costs, and inspire trust.
Socialstyrelsen
The National Board of Health and Welfare
We work to ensure good health, social welfare and high-quality health and social care on equal terms for the Swedish population.
We are a government agency under the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs and we have many different duties within the fields of social services, health and medical services, patient safety and epidemiology.
Our activities focus on staff, managers and decision-makers in the above-mentioned areas. We give support and exert influence in many different ways:
– Collect, compile, analyse and pass on information
– Develop standards-based on legislation and the information collected
– Undertake other official duties such as maintaining health data registers and official statistics
For us, it is important to ensure that people’s need for health and social care is met. We want health, medical and social services to work together, taking into account the total needs of the individual.
Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR)
The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR) is an employers’ organisation and an organisation that represents and advocates local government in Sweden. All of Sweden’s municipalities and regions are members of SALAR.
Our members are the employers of more than one million people, which make us the largest employer organisation in Sweden.
We also represent and advocate for local government by raising issues, acting decisively and enlightening public opinion. Our ambition is to be one step ahead and to shed light on important changes outside local government that affect our members. We speak for our members in dialogue with the Government, the Swedish Parliament, government agencies, the EU and other key organisations.
The Association strives to promote and strengthen local self-government and the development of regional and local democracy. SALAR is a politically run organisation.
University of Edinburgh
Flexible, part-time online Masters Programme designed to meet the needs of the modern Human Factors Expert or Patient Safety Officer in training.
The online Masters in Patient Safety and Clinical Human Factors is a three year part-time programme. It allows healthcare workers from all backgrounds to study online, while working full time, and gain knowledge and practical skills in Human Factors science that will improve health systems, and patient care around the world. The online masters is offered jointly with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF).
Furthermore, it will provide students with recognition of academic achievement and a strong foundation with which to progress through your career in Human Factors Science. The MSc welcomes students from all over the globe, including The Philipines, USA, Australia, Canada and Libya.
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.
Wolters Kluwer Health
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, clinical surveillance & compliance, and data solutions, our proven solutions drive effective decision-making and consistent outcomes across the continuum of care.
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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.