Patient Safety Program Director, Vaud Hospital Federation; Switzerland

After an MBA at INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France) and an MPA at IDHEAP (Lausanne, Switzerland), Anthony Staines obtained a PhD at University of Lyon (France) with a doctoral dissertation on the impact of hospital quality improvement programs on clinical outcomes.

He served as CEO of hospitals in Switzerland for 10 years. He currently runs a program on Patient Safety improvement for the Federation of hospitals of Canton Vaud (Switzerland), and advises several hospitals on Patient Safety strategies. He lectures on Quality Improvement and Patient Safety at IFROSS, University of Lyon, France.