The Middle East Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, organised by Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) in collaboration with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), has opened its online registration for this year’s leading quality improvement conference.
The Forum will take place from May 5 to May 7 at Qatar National Convention Center and the programme will feature a wide variety of sessions and is available for attendees to select the workshops, lectures, and speakers they would most like to see.
The theme for the conference is, ‘Adding Value in Healthcare’ and all the workshops, lectures and sessions will centre on the three main strands related to this: providing a better patient experience, improving overall health and increasing cost and resource efficiency.
HMC’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer and Director of Medical Education, Dr Abdullatif Al Khal, who co-chairs the Middle East Forum Planning Group, said the Forum has grown significantly each year and is established for building quality improvement capacity and capability among local and regional healthcare workers.
“The Middle East Forum has become an important event for healthcare professionals in Qatar and in the region, and given the huge interest it has generated, I recommend that interested attendees register early in order to ensure they can select the sessions that most interest them. Many of the workshop sessions are designed to be interactive and consequently, spaces are limited,” he said.
The quality improvement poster exhibition and competition is also ready to accept submissions. Open to any healthcare professionals interested in sharing information on their quality and safety improvement projects with international experts and other peers, the poster exhibition and competition offers an ideal platform for doctors, nurses and allied health professionals to showcase excellent illustrations of practical, real-life examples of quality improvement projects. Posters should reflect the main conference theme.
Submission criteria are available on the conference website, http://ihimeforum.hamad.qa, and the deadline for entering a submission is March 16. Submissions will be peer-reviewed by a panel of expert judges, and posters that comply with the stringent acceptance criteria will be entered into the competition. The top posters will be recognized at an awards ceremony during the Forum and featured on the conference website. Authors of accepted posters are eligible for the discounted registration fee.
The programme for the Middle East Forum 2017 also focuses on improvement initiatives that have provided a transformative approach to improving healthcare delivery by inspiring innovation.
