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  This webinar that took place on 13 December 2022 presented the "5 years to save lives" Project led by PAQS between 2017 and 2021. This Project aimed to improve six domains in 19 organisations: communication during patient handovers, high-risk medication, patient identification, infection prevention and control, safe surgery and for psychiatric institutions violence prevention. This Project was based on the WHO recommendations and was aligned with accreditation requirements.   The objectives of the webinar were to:  - Explain the…

  On 31 May, HOPE and PAQS organised the 12th Quality and Safety Network webinar which described how the third French national adverse events survey shows a statistically significant drop in preventable adverse events (AE) and of their severity between 2009 and 2019. Vigilance must be maintained on risks related to surgical procedures, critical care and on implantable medical devices for events that occurred during hospitalisation. The increased prevalence of organisational contributing factors may be related to a measurement bias…

  HOPE organised with PAQS its 11th patient safety and quality webinar on 29 March 2022 with a presentation of the VIKZ network, an organisation financed by the Flemish government, that has as primary goal to measure, follow up and publicly report quality and safety of care in the Flemish healthcare sector for the purpose of quality improvement. Svin Deneckere, director of VIKZ presented the methodology used, gave an overview of preliminary results and discussed challenges and future objectives of…

  The eleventh edition of the Awards will take place on Tuesday 8 February 2022 from 18:15 until 19:30 CET at the Hotel Le Plaza in Brussels and online to mark the occasion Rare Disease Day. It will bring together persons living with a rare disease, patient advocates, policy makers, scientists, healthcare professionals, industry representatives, and more. Hosted every February to coincide with Rare Disease Day, the EURORDIS Black Pearl Awards celebrate the inspirational qualities of people living with a…

FEAM Forum Annual Lecture Fastening EU Drug Development 25 November 2021 | 10.30 - 12.30 (CET) | Zoom   What is the biggest challenge in the drug development process? On 25 November, FEAM European Biomedical Policy Forum organises a discussion on how we can accelerate the process of drug production in the European Union. Professor Jaap Verweij, Member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences and Director of the Cancer Drug Development Forum, Antonella Cardone, Director of the European Cancer…

The Portuguese Association for Hospital Development (APDH) is organising its fifth biannual Conference, to be held virtually on 22-23 November 2020, with the theme: “New Times. New Challenges”.  Global health systems have long faced difficult and complex challenges, such as increasing ageing, chronic diseases and comorbidities, health inequalities and major cost increases. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated many of these weaknesses, and its effects on population health, economies and the well-being of society, in general, are already…

FEAM Forum event The impact of COVID-19 on routine vaccination 26 October 2021 | 12.00 - 13.30 (CET) | Zoom What has been the impact of COVID-19 on routine vaccination programmes? On 26 October, the FEAM European Biomedical Policy Forum will organise an event on "The impact of COVID-19 on routine vaccination". From 12:00 to 13:30 (CET), experts from European authorities and stakeholders will provide an overview on the impact that COVID-19 had on routine vaccination. In the first semester…

  This webinar took place on 12 October at 15.00 CET, it described the quality management system as a basis for patient safety in Estonia. It consisted in an overview of patient safety activities in Estonian hospitals based on a study conducted in 2021 about quality management systems in Estonia. The question is – if the government is not leading the patient safety movement, who is ?   The objectives of the webinar were to :  - present how Estonia…

    Portuguese Patient Safety Culture Assessment: Lessons learned   On 15 June 2021, HOPE co-hosted with PAQS (Plateforme pour l’Amélioration continue de la Qualité des soins et de la Sécurité des patients) the eighth webinar of the Quality & Safety Network series. Margarida Eiras, Executive Board Member of the Portuguese Association for Hospital Development (APDH) presented the lessons learned from the Portuguese Patient Safety Culture Assessment. Upon recommendations from the Council of the European Union and the World Health…

  The conference "GDPR and cybersecurity in healthcare", which will take place on May 25, 2021, 9:15 - 15:00 (CET), is organised as part of the "GDPR in Health" cycle, which is the largest event regarding the protection of medical data in Poland, bringing together the largest, most important industry organisations, as well as representatives of the public sector.   The aim of the conference is to create a platform for the exchange of knowledge and experience related to the…

The EURORDIS Black Pearl Awards is an annual awards ceremony that takes place every February to celebrate advancements in the rare disease field. Since 2012, EURORDIS-Rare Diseases Europe has organised this event to recognise the major achievements and outstanding commitment of patient advocates, patient organisations, policy makers, scientists, companies and media who strive to make a difference for the rare disease community. In 2021, participants will take a moment to reflect upon the far-reaching impact this event has had on…

On 26 January 2021, HOPE co-hosted with PAQS (Plateforme pour l’Amélioration continue de la Qualité des soins et de la Sécurité des patients) the webinar “The Dutch Hospital Patient Safety Programme”. This was the sixth webinar of the Quality & Safety Network series whose purpose is to promote and share best practices and experiences across Europe in the area of quality of care and patient safety. The webinar presented the Dutch Hospital Patient Safety Programme, introducing its implementation, outcomes and impact. Steffie…

  The Portuguese Association for Hospital Development (APDH) is organising the 8thInternational Hospital Congress, to be held virtually on 26-27 November 2020, with the theme: “Health 6.0: People and Technology”. Global health and social systems are facing nowadays not only challenges, like aging population, increasing chronic diseases and multimorbidity among patients, but also increased health inequalities and costs and expectations for a personalised care approach and even some new challenges, such as the importance of health promotion or the risk…

HOPE joins the FEAM European Biomedical Policy Forum in the organisation – with the support of Cancer Research UK – of the online annual lecture 2020 on “Cancer & Immunotherapy: greatest challenges and novel therapies inspiring European citizens”. The event will be held on the 17 November 2020, 10 am - 12.30 pm (CET). With a unique European focus on cancer research, the aim of this annual lecture is to discuss progress and new emerging treatments to better manage and eradicate…

This Quality and Safety Network webinar was organised by HOPE and PAQS asbl on 6 October. It described the developments of a Regional Strategy for Patient safety improvement.  This was the fifth webinar of the Quality & Safety network’s series. It covered the development of a Regional Strategy for Patient Safety Improvement in Belgium. Denis Herbaux, CEO of PAQS started by giving an overview healthcare in Belgium to then present a regional quality and safety strategy. Denis Herbaux started the webinar…