2020 QI Forum, Heidelberg

Digitalization and QI: Challenges for Better Health Outcomes

The 4th edition of the International QI Forum will take place on the 11th and 12th of June in Heidelberg, Germany and will serve as a pre-conference to ISQua's 37th International Conference in Florence, Italy (30.08 – 02.09). The focus of the Forum is on Digitalization and Quality improvement.

Digital solutions in the health sector are infamously inconsistent, they do not share common approaches, terminologies or objectives. Digital solutions are complex and need to be critically discussed from the perspectives of different stakeholders and under technical, ethical, effectiveness and efficiency aspects.

Key question: do digital solutions and Artificial Intelligence (AI) improve quality of care and Patient Safety?

Aim of the forum: Better understanding of opportunities, limitations and risks of  digitalization for quality improvement in health care

Audience: a diverse international audience of health professionals, service providers, students, patients and public health delegates from health facilities, Universities, Ministries, Health insurance companies and development agencies.

 

The forum is organized by evaplan GmbH at University Hospital Heidelberg, the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua), the aQua Institute for Applied Quality Improvement - Göttingen and the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH) of the University of Heidelberg.

Register for the QI Forum and receive a 15% discount on registration for ISQua's 37th International Conference in Florence, 2020.

For more information on the Forum, and to register, please visit https://www.evaplan.org/quality-improvement-forum-2020/

Digital Transformation and Health (pre-Forum course)

The QI Forum will be integral part of a five days training course on "Digital Transformation and Health" , taking place at the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health- University Hospital Heidelberg from 8th to 12th June 2020.

The course aims to equip the global audience to reflect on the overall impact of digitalization on health and healthcare systems. Participants will learn to identify opportunities and challenges that the digital transformation brings to the healthcare sector, evaluate and assess digital options, identify and prioritize necessary (or unnecessary) digital projects and structure them as well as learn how these projects respond to policy priorities and stakeholder needs.

The course will be taught by Steven Wanyee Co-Founder & Director of Digital Health Solutions, Research and Innovation (DHSRI), IntelliSOFT Consulting Limited and Steven Uggowitzer, Senior Architect, Health Information Systems, ICT4D.

For more information on this course, and to register, please visit https://www.evaplan.org/quality-improvement-forum-2020/