2nd International Patient Safety Congress, March 25-29, 2008, in Antalya, Turkey

p4ps joins other international patient safety organizations in endorsing this important step forward in advancing the patient safety movement in Turkey, the theme of which is 'Global Knowledge Sharing for Patient Safety'.  The Congress objective is to achieve an exchange of knowledge and experience on a global scale at the highest extent practically possible.  Participants from Developing Countries and full-time students are provided discounted fees and grants.  In addition, Patients for Patient Safety champions, as designated by the World Health Organization will have an additional 10% discount for fees.

The official language of the Congress is English and simultaneous translation to Russian and Turkish will be made available during the Congress.  p4ps President Martin J Hatlie will speak at the event.  For more information, visit www.patientsafetycongress.net

The International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care 2008, co-sponsored by IHI and the BMJ Publishing Group, will be held on April 22-25, 2008, in Paris, France.

Open to all, the International Forum is aimed at physicians, nurses, managers, other health professionals, health care leaders, policy makers, researchers, patients, and patients' representatives. The International Forum will benefit both beginners and those experienced in quality improvement. p4ps President, Martin J. Hatlie, will moderate a WHO Patients for Patient Safety interactive workshop at the event demonstrating techniques for effectively engaging patients as partners in safety.

For more information on ISQua, visit http://internationalforum.bmj.com

To learn more about the WHO Patients for Patient Safety initiative, visit http://www.who.int/patientsafety/patients_for_patient/en

Northwestern Memorial Hospital, CAPS and p4ps host Consumer Forum to Advance Partnerships to Improve Healthcare Patient Safety.  First-of-its-kind workshop to convene at Northwestern Memorial June 19 – 21, 2008

Ensuring that healthcare providers provide state-of-the-art safeguards and other quality measures, in collaboration with informed and engaged patients, is the focus of Consumers Advancing Patient Safety (CAPS).  With organizing partners Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the World Health Organization’s Patients for Patient Safety Program, Pan American Health Organization and Partnership for Patient Safety, CAPS will facilitate a workshop June 19-21 in Chicago.  Participation will be limited to 60 people, and the focus of the workshop is to engage consumers in designing better systems for patient safety.   

Building on a successful international World Health Organization (WHO) workshop held in London in November 2005 and a regional workshop for the Americas in San Francisco in May 2006, the Chicago workshop will be the first such event focused specifically on collaborative work by patients and providers on broad patient safety issues in the United States at a local level. 

The Chicago workshop will center on five initiatives including: 

• Reporting medical errors and/or “near misses”

• Contributing to root-cause analyses of medical system failures
  Providing patient education materials on healthcare safety risks and opportunities for engagement in managing those risks

• Incorporating patient experiences into research and formulation of research agendas

• Engaging consumers in the planning, safety and effectiveness of their own care or care of their loved ones.  

For more information on the workshop, visit Consumers Advancing Patient Safety