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8:30

Welcome Coffee

Registration open – Welcome to visit our conference space!

Van Swieten Hall

Main entrance

9:30

Welcome Message

1

Mrs. Penilla Gunther

President of the European Patient Safety Foundation
2

Dr. Brigitte Ettl

President of the Austrian Network for Patient Safety

3

Dr. Michael Wagner

EUPSF Board Member and Medical University of Vienna Representative
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9:40

Opening speech

European healthcare in times of multiple crisis

Prof. Natasha Azzopardi Muscat – Director of the Division of Country Health Policies and Systems at WHO

9:50

Keynote lecture

Reasons and ways to keep Patient Safety on the agenda

Dr. Anthony Staines, Fédération des Hôpitaux Vaudois (Switzerland)

MODERATOR:

Mrs. Penilla Gunther, European Patient Safety Foundation (Sweden)

10:10

Patient Involvement

From passive to active: when the patient contributes to improving the quality and safety of his/her own care

1

National Programmes on Patient Engagement in Patient Safety, the Austrian perspective

Mag. Dr. Daniela Rojatz, Austrian National Public Health Institute (Austria)
2

Patient Reported Incident Measure (PRIM), the Belgian experience

Mr. Denis Herbaux, EUPSF Board Member and CEO of the Platform for Continuous Improvement of Quality of Care and Patient Safety – PAQS ASBL (Belgium)
3

Patient owned checklists, best practice example from Norway

Dr. Kristin Harris, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen (Norway)

PANEL DISCUSSION:

Dr. Annemarie Fridrich, Swiss Patient Safety Foundation (Switzerland)

Prof. Mike Durkin, Chair of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (UK)

Mag. Dr. Daniela Rojatz, Austrian National Public Health Institute (Austria)

Dr. Kristin Harris, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen (Norway)

MODERATOR:

Ms. Anna Teufel, Austrian Network for Patient Safety
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11:20

Safety and Culture

To which extent our behaviours, shared beliefs and values do impact safety?

1

Culture in organisation and AI: Is it compatible with current medical culture?

Prof. Oliver Kimberger, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital Health and Patient Safety; Department of General Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at Medical University of Vienna (Austria)
2

Behavioural and Cultural Insights (BCI) in Healthcare: Exploring and using the factors that affect health behaviours to improve patient outcomes

Dr. Iveta Nagyova, President of the European Public Health Association – EUPHA (Slovakia)
3

How implementation science can improve continuously Quality and Safety Culture in Emergency Medicine?

Dr. Abdelouahab Bellou, President of the Global Network in Emergency Medicine (USA)

PANEL DISCUSSION:

Mag. Birger Rudisch, Tyrolean Patient Council (Austria)

Prof. Benedikt Preckel, European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC)

Dr. Iveta Nagyova, President of the European Public Health Association – EUPHA (Slovakia)

MODERATOR:

Mr. Denis Herbaux, EUPSF Board Member and CEO of the Platform for Continuous Improvement of Quality of Care and Patient Safety – PAQS ASBL (Belgium)
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13:30

Leadership, team and organizational performance

How to design a safety-oriented organization?

1

The impact of Second Victim Support on health worker resilience

Prof. Reinhard Strametz, Wiesbaden Institute for Healthcare Economics and Patient Safety (Germany)
2

Using simulation and debriefing to improve team and leadership performance

Dr. Michael Wagner, Medical University of Vienna (Austria)

3

Case study: Using the “Never events” to move towards a learning organisation

Mag. Verena Nikolai, Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection (Austria)

PANEL DISCUSSION:

Mr. Mattias Hellström, FOKUS Patient (Sweden)

Mag. Johannes-Cyrill Culen, Semmelweis Foundation (Austria)

Mag. Verena Nikolai, Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection (Austria)

Prof. Reinhard Strametz, Wiesbaden Institute for Healthcare Economics and Patient Safety (Germany)

MODERATOR:

Dr. Johannes Wacker, EUPSF Individual Affiliate (Switzerland)
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14:30

Challenges of implementation

Tools and recommendations for implementing patient safety practices

1

Challenges for change in Healthcare

Dr. Irene Grossmann, TU Delft Centre for Safety in Healthcare (The Netherlands)
2

Implementing changes using the Breakthrough Collaborative method: from theory to practice

Dr. Ruth Hecker, German Coalition for Patient Safety (Germany)
3

The importance of learning from other sectors: Case of Patient Safety Certificate of TUM

Dr. Angelika Werner, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich (Germany)

PANEL DISCUSSION:

Dr. Katharina Bibl, Netzwerk Kindersimulation (Austria)

Dr. Irene Grossmann, TU Delft Centre for Safety in Healthcare (The Netherlands)

Dr. Ruth Hecker, German Coalition for Patient Safety (Germany)

Dr. Angelika Werner, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich (Germany)

MODERATOR:

Prof. Eberhard Kochs, EUPSF Advisory Board (Germany)
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15:45

Well-being and safety of the healthcare workers

Fighting Fatigue Together – Collaborating across Europe

1

Fatigue – One of the symptoms of a deeper crisis

Dr. Nancy Redfern, EUPSF Advisory Board and Co-chair of the Joint Fatigue Group (UK)
2

Q&A - National Fight Fatigue Campaign in UK

Dr. Emma Plunkett (UK), Association of Anaesthesists, Co-chair of the Joint Fatigue Group UK
3

Impact of fatigue on wellbeing, safety and motivation - trainee point of view

Dr. Nils Bukowski,  Medical University of Vienna (Austria)
4

Fighting Fatigue Together Campaign – Official campaign launch and call to join

Mrs. Mirka Cikkelova, European Patient Safety Foundation, (Belgium)

PANEL DISCUSSION:

Mr. Andrea Rappagliosi, Edwards Lifesciences (Switzerland)

Mr. Pedro Vieira dos Santos, Medtronic (Portugal)

Mrs. Panagiota Tsikala, EUPSF Individual Affiliate (Austria)

Prof. José Mira, ATENEA Research Team, FISABIO (Spain)

MODERATOR:

Mrs. Penilla Gunther, EUPSF President (Sweden)
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Watch Session 5: Well-being and safety of the healthcare workers

16:50

Thank you

1

Mrs. Penilla Gunther

President of the European Patient Safety Foundation
2

Dr. Brigitte Ettl

President of the Austrian Network for Patient Safety

3

Dr. Michael Wagner

EUPSF Board Member and Medical University of Vienna Representative

SPEAKERS

Dr. Abdelouahab Bellou

Global Network on Emergency Medicine | USA

Dr. Katharina Bibl

Medical University of Vienna | Austria

Dr. Nils Bukowski

Medical University of Vienna | Austria

Mrs. Mirka Cikkelova

European Patient Safety Foundation | Belgium

Mag. Johannes-Cyrill Culen

Semmelweis Foundation | Austria

Mr. Pedro Vieira dos Santos

Medtronic | Portugal

Prof. Mike Durkin

Patient Safety Movement Foundation | UK

Dr. Brigitte Ettl

Austrian Network for Patient Safety | Austria

Dr. Annemarie Fridrich

Swiss Patient Safety Foundation | Switzerland

Dr. Irene Grossmann

TU Delft Centre for Safety in Healthcare | The Netherlands

Mrs. Penilla Gunther

European Patient Safety Foundation | Sweden

Dr. Kristin Harris

Haukeland University Hospital | Norway

Dr. Ruth Hecker

German Coalition for Patient Safety | Germany

Mr. Mattias Hellström

FOKUS Patient | Sweden

Mr. Denis Herbaux

PAQS | Belgium

Prof. Oliver Kimberger

Ludwig Boltzmann Institute, Medical University of Vienna | Austria

Prof. Dr. Eberhard Kochs

EUPSF Advisory Board | Germany

Prof. José Mira

Head of the ATENEA Research Team, FISABIO | Spain

Dr. Natasha Azzopardi Muscat

Director of the Division of Country Health Policies and Systems at WHO | Malta | Virtual participation

Dr. Iveta Nagyova

European Public Health Association (EUPHA) | Slovakia

Mag. Verena Nikolai

Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection | Austria

Dr. Emma Plunkett

Association of Anaesthesists | United Kingdom

Prof. Benedikt Preckel

European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESAIC) | The Netherlands

Mr. Andrea Rappagliosi

Edwards Lifesciences | Switzerland

Dr. Nancy Redfern

EUPSF Advisory Board | United Kingdom

Mag. Dr. Daniela Rojatz

Austrian National Public Health Institute | Austria

Mag. Birger Rudisch

Tyrolean Patients’ Council | Austria

Dr. Anthony Staines

Fédération des Hôpitaux Vaudois | Switzerland

Prof. Reinhard Strametz

Wiesbaden Institute for Healthcare Economics and Patient Safety (WiHelP) | Germany

Ms. Anna Teufel

Austrian Network for Patient Safety | Austria

Mrs. Panagiota Tsikala

EUPSF Affiliate, Universitätsklinikum AKH Wien | Austria

Dr. Johannes Wacker

EUPSF Affiliate, Hirslander Klinik | Switzerland

Dr. Michael Wagner

Medical University of Vienna | Austria

Dr. Angelika Werner

Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich | Austria

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