Measuring What Matters in Patient Safety – Perspectives from Denmark and the United States

Before the summer holidays you are invited to an afternoon about quality and patient safety. An international capacity, Ulfat Shaikh, is visiting Denmark and will, together with experts from the Unit for Quality and Safety at Rigshopitalet shed a light on and spark a discussion about how we measure patient safety and how we enhance patient safety and quality in a changing health care system.

Objectives

1. Discuss initiatives to enhance patient safety in hospital and outpatient settings
2. Identify strategies to increase the effectiveness and usefulness of measurement of patient safety outcomes

Presenters

Ulfat Shaikh, MD, MPH, FAAP, Director for Healthcare Quality, University of California Davis Health; Chair, American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Quality Improvement and Patient Safety and board member, ISQua

Representatives from Rigshospitalet, Unit for Quality and Patient Safety

Moderator: Inge Kristensen, CEO, Danish Society for Patient Safety

Registration deadline

20th June