Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare 2024 - Middle East | Hamad Medical Corporation | 22 February 2024 | Qatar National Convention Center, Al Luqta St, Ar-Rayyan, Qatar

Since 2013 the forum has helped equip and inform healthcare professionals to excel, to improve and be catalysts for change. The long-standing strategic partnership between Hamad Medical Corporation and the Institute of Healthcare Improvement has led to meaningful improvements in healthcare in Qatar and the region. The forum provides an opportunity to witness inspiring talks from leading international experts as well as regional and local guest speakers, touching on the latest trends in quality and safety improvement methodologies and practices. The Forum will feature plenary speakers and presenters who will lead multiple workshops and lectures.

This year’s Forum will connect both in-person and online, more than 2,500 physicians, nurses, quality leaders, healthcare administrators, hospital executives, patient and family advisors and other allied health professionals. This comprehensive learning activity will inspire healthcare professionals to meet, learn and share knowledge with the collective aim to improve the quality and safety of care for the patients and communities we serve.

Learning Objectives
• Quality & Safety
• To develop a comprehensive understanding of quality improvement methodologies and strategies.
• To enhance the ability to identify and mitigate potential risks to patient safety.
• To promote a culture of continuous and sustained quality improvement in healthcare organizations.
• Population Health:
• To explore quality improvement strategies for improving the overall health outcomes of diverse populations.
• To gain insight into enhancing the health results of a collective of individuals, encompassing the dispersion of these outcomes within the group.
• Leadership and Innovation in Healthcare:
• To cultivate leadership skills and innovation in healthcare quality and safety.
• To inspire and engage leaders at all levels to drive positive change and sustainable results.
• To gain insight into the utilization of technology for enhancing the quality of healthcare.
• Applied Improvement
• To apply improvement science concepts, methods, and tools to bring about meaningful and sustainable change in healthcare.
• To develop the capability to manage unexpected challenges while maintaining day-to-day operations.
• To enhance the capacity for rapid, data-driven decision-making to drive improvement initiatives.
• Person-Centered Care
• To emphasize the importance of placing patients, staff, and care partners at the center of healthcare improvement.
• To learn how to effectively partner with individuals to enhance the quality of care.
• To create a more patient-centered healthcare environment that plans, manages and improves based on individual needs and preferences.

Learning Outcomes:
• At the end of the forum, the participants will be able to:
• Understand improvement science and its data driven applications in healthcare, and its role in addressing diverse population needs through collaboration between healthcare disciplines, teams and systems.
• Connect functional teams applying improvement projects, including an aim, measures, and iterative tests of change to their purpose of better patient experience.
• Develop leadership skills and resilience to drive sustainable improvements in healthcare, while also mastering the art of nurturing innovation, adaptability, and the effective utilization of technology within healthcare organizations.

2024 Speakers

IHI SPEAKERS:

Dr. Amar Shah
Consultant forensic psychiatrist & Chief Quality Officer at East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) & National Clinical Director for Improvement at NHS England

Dominique Allwood
Associate Editor for BMJ Leader Journal

Don Berwick, MD, MPP, FRCP
President Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Göran Henriks​​
Senior Fellow, Institute of Health Care Improvement

Jeff Salvon-Harman, MD, CPE, CPPS​​
Vice President, Safety, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

John Boulton​​​
Faculty, IHI's Improvement Coach Professional Development Program

Dr. Kedar Mate, MD​​
President and Chief Executive Officer at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

Mark Britnell​​
Professor Global Business School for Health at University College London

Maureen Bisognano​​
President Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Maureen Tshabalala​​
Senior Project Director, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

Robert Lloyd, PhD​​
Vice President of Improvement Science and a Senior Improvement Advisor at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

Dr. Sodzi Sodzi-Tettey​​
Vice President, Global, at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement