“Healthcare Reforms in Comparative Health Systems”

Location: Hong Kong Academy of Medicine
For further information: vist www.medcom.com.hk/racma-hkccm/ or email RACMA-HKCCM@hkam.org.hk

RACMA and HKCCM Fellows are opinion leaders and decision makers in large networked healthcare services. They are extensively involved in decision making about hospital resources, clinical governance for safety and quality of care for patients and their families, health services reform, technology acquisition and e-health,  policy and advocacy to governments, workforce and strategy.
 
This 2010 international conference for medical leaders will bring together peers and industry experts from around the world, and, through a series of interactive workshops, forums and plenary sessions they will discuss:
• Implementing Healthcare reform
• Healthcare system performance
• Healthcare professional performance
• e-Health
• Management of public health

"Back to the Future - Unlocking the Potential"

Venue: Convention and Exhibition Centre, Perth, Australia

For Further Information: email aaqhc2010@arinex.com.au or visit www.aaqhc2010.org.au

This Conference is the premiere event on the Australasian Safety and Quality in Health Care calendar and will appeal to all Clinicians and Managers from Acute Hospitals, Aged Care and primary care who are interested in providing safe, quality care to patients and their families. A range of local and international speakers will present an innovative program of plenary sessions, invited papers and workshops around the theme of “Back to the Future” examining the major issues in this vital topic.

The Quality Forum will be held on 7 October 2010 from 9.00 am till 12.30 pm, at the OECD Headquarters, 2 rue André Pascal, Paris, France.

Items to be discussed:

• What do we know about quality of care from the work done at the OECD and elsewhere?
• How can national information infrastructures be improved to meet data needs for calculating valid and reliable quality indicators?
• How should quality measures be used as part of national strategies and policies to improve quality and the overall performance of health care systems?

The Forum will include:

• Presentations by the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) and the OECD.
• Stakeholder panel with representatives from the medical professionals (World Medical Association), hospital management (International Hospital Federation), patients (International Alliance of Patient Organisations), industry, trade unions and indicator experts.
• Roundtable discussion by selected ministers of health.

Participation in the Quality Forum is free. To request registration to the Forum, click here and fill in your details.

Venue: Palace Nova Cinema, Adelaide, SA
Website: http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au/events/2010NAC/
Contact: Chris Cafcakis on 08 8303 3637 or chris.cafcakis@adelaide.edu.au

The Joanna Briggs Institute takes great pleasure in inviting you to attend the 2010 National Australian Conference on Evidence-based Clinical Leadership, to be hosted in the beautiful city of Adelaide 22-23 November 2010.

Join an all-star cast on set at the Palace Nova Cinema where we will focus on this year's conference theme, "Directing Policy to Action".

The National Australian Conference will focus on the role of evidence-based clinical leadership in improving health and aged care. Evidence-based researchers and reviewers, guideline developers, clinicians, educators, policy makers, administrators and consumers will gather together in front of the big screen to work toward improving techniques and methods of getting evidence into practice.