EHMA 2023 Conference Programme
DAY 1 – Monday, 5 June 2023
Ready, set, go… Welcome to #EHMA2023!
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Three years of the COVID pandemic have exposed gaps and vulnerabilities in European health systems that are pushing healthcare professionals to a breaking point. As health systems manage burdens from inflation, war, and climate change, the importance of sustainable solutions for health system viability requires deeper analysis. How can health systems adapt and evolve to the changing needs of the population and environment when the path is undefined?
Sustainable solutions and strategic thinking continue to be required to drive the transformation of health systems. EHMA 2023 will provide access to high-calibre research, tools and evidence from renowned researchers, academics and professionals to navigate the extended period of instability and insecurity being experienced by our health systems. It will provides access to a community of experienced leaders delivering sustainable change for the provision of high-quality healthcare.
Speakers
- Prof Sandra C. Buttigieg, MD, President, European Health Management Association (EHMA); Professor and Head of the Department of Health Services Management, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Malta
- Prof Antonio Gasbarrini, MD, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
- Prof Antonella Occhino, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
- Prof Orazio Schillaci, MD, Minister of Health, Italian Ministry of Health, Italy
Facilitator
- Prof Americo Cicchetti, Director, ALTEMS – Graduate School of Health Economics and Management, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Get ready for the first sessions of #EHMA2023
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The workshop will discuss best practices in the development of national health portals to support personal choices and enhance public accountability for the implementation of person-centred health systems. Through practical cases and lessons learnt from the direct experiences of different countries, presenters will address how public institutions have approached the challenges and opportunities of public reporting, in direct collaboration with citizens, health professionals, and decision-makers. In particular, the workshop will address how to engage citizens in the co-design and co-creation of new tools, making their voices continuously heard for the progressive development of new tools that can support actionability and the correct interpretation of quality and outcomes indicators.
Specific issues that will be tackled by the presentations include:
- Scope and purpose of national portals
- Prioritisation and organisation of thematic areas
- Publication of the availability, characteristics, and performance of specific types of services
- Visualisation of performance information and value of international benchmarking
- Inclusion of person-centred measures, e.g. patient experiences
The discussion will compare views among all presenters and the audience, providing guidance on the possible avenues for the cost-effective implementation of national portals.
Speakers
- Dr Fabrizio Carinci, Executive Analyst, Coordinator of the Italian National Portal for the Transparency of Health Services, AGENAS, Italy
- Prof Niek Klazinga, Professor of Social Medicine, Academic Medical Centre at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Dr Dimitra Panteli, Programme Manager, European Observatory of Health Systems and Policies, Belgium
- Ms Valentina Strammiello, Director of Programmes, European Patients’ Forum, Belgium
Facilitator
- Prof Fausto Di Vincenzo, Associate Professor of Business Organisation, DISFIPEQ Department, University “G. d’Annunzio”, Italy
The post-COVID period we are experiencing has forced everyone, business and private, to reconsider new welfare models, and health promotion solutions. The effort of Eni is to focus on a renewed and innovative Health vision, in the approach and in the contents, in order to integrate the company health services with the national public system. This vision is setting the basis, before the context, of a different model of taking in charge the personnel, in view of a business continuity between the Company and the territory, the Company and the country. The opportunities in health and welfare offered by Eni are meant to be a testament to this commitment not only to employees but also to a collaboration aimed at safeguarding greater resilience and efficiency in the National Healthcare System.
Speakers
- Filippo Uberti, MD, Head of Health, Eni, Italy
- Mr Bruno Serra, Head of Relations with the Confindustrial System, Eni
- Mr Simone Mortara, Head of Competence Center Global Health, Eni
This session is organised in collaboration with Eni
Since the beginning of 2000, scholars and professionals have started to discuss the application of operations management science to the healthcare delivery sector. The initial focus was on aspects like efficiency, productivity, control of variability, capacity planning, and utilisation. What have we learnt from more than twenty years of experience, research, and case studies in healthcare operations management?
Now the contest has completely changed and there are at least, two different types of challenges. First, problems of access due to the delays caused by the recent COVID-19 pandemic and the shortage of healthcare professionals force operations managers to manage more efficiently production assets and people. Secondly, healthcare operations need to be redesigned to better support value creation in the perspective of patients’ care considering some critical trends, particularly: (i) chronic diseases; (ii) the aging of the population; (iii) one health approach with the need to integrate healthcare with social care. In this context technology, understood as big data and artificial intelligence, telemedicine, virtual hospital, and automatization, introduces for sure new scenarios and opportunities.
This workshop will aim to answer two questions:
- What will be the new roles, goals, and responsibilities of healthcare operations management in an era of value-based healthcare?
- How should scholars reframe their research agenda to offer robust and significant insights to managers and policymakers?
Speakers
- Dr Andrea Cambieri, MD, CMO, Gemelli Teaching Hospital, Italy
- Dr Gillie Gabay, Senior Researcher, Achva Academic College, Israel
- Prof Paul Gemmel, Professor of Service and healthcare management; incoming Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium
- Dr Pamela Mazzocato, Co-director, Medical Management Center, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Facilitator
- Prof Stefano Villa, Full Professor of Management, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Despite major challenges due to COVID-19 pressure on both healthcare systems and technology developers, innovative solutions uptake has not slowed down. Flexibility represented the only way to tackle evolving system’ needs and organizational urgencies. The ability to tailor technology platforms to new pathogenic variants affected not only R&D processes but also regulatory pathways. Covid-19 rolling review principles are now leading to a mandatory reflection on coverage with evidence schemes across Europe but this is not the only immediate effect. Technology platforms such as mRNA vaccines are helping healthcare systems to face endemic phase and will have a major role in coping recurring health needs such as chronicity in terms of organizational model too. Moreover a reflection will have to be made on the regional management of pandemic and endemic vaccinations and on the reflections that this can bring to Health Care System.
This shift toward an accelerated and dynamic R&D process will help decision makers and healthcare professionals to fight against new challenges with always up-to-date solutions.
Speakers
- Prof Americo Cicchetti, Director, ALTEMS – Graduate School of Health Economics and Management, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
- Prof Enrico Desideri, President of the Board, Fondazione per l’Innovazione e la Sicurezza in Sanità, Italy
- Prof Dr Lasse Lethonen, MD, Director of Diagnostic Services, Helsinki University Hospital (HUS), Finland
- Walter Marrocco, MD, AIFA, Italy
- Mr Jacopo Murzi, General Manager for Italy, Moderna, Italy
- Prof Walter Ricciardi, Professor, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore; President Cancer Mission Board, European Commission
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated changes in the professional and organisational systems, creating an unforeseen scenario that highlights uncertainty, fatigue, and discomfort. The challenge for professionals is to deal with new organisational constraints and to reposition themselves in changing contexts. At the same time, professionals must balance providing health services with ensuring safe working conditions, despite reduced resources and requests for more effective services. However, there is a risk of social conflicts, such as no-vax demonstrations, and events related to patient aggressiveness, which may lead to resignations and retirements from work. This is in contrast with the mission of the health service, which aims to take care of every user with a need.
There is an impasse between balancing the threshold of the limit and the limit of the threshold, defining conditions of survival, joint elaboration, and collective action. The possibility of conceiving oneself as an emancipatory limit depends on a collective system alliance, which considers both realistic fears regarding personal safety and the elaboration of defensive dynamics in the face of external aggression. The lacerating dilemma is between the identification with a service that must take care of the needs of a patient and the need to protect oneself and others’ safety to fulfil the professional task.
Speakers
- Tiziana Antonini, MD, Psychologist, Healthcare and Social Services – ASST SS Paolo e Carlo, Italy
- Marco Barletta, MD, Vice Medical Director, ASL Napoli 1, Italy
- Paola Capellini, MD, Medical Director, Healthcare and Social Services – ASST SS Paolo e Carlo, Italy
- Prof Mara Gorli, Associate Professor of Work and Organisational Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
- Prof Bjørn Erik Mørk, Professor in Innovation, BI Norwegian Business School; Research Leader, Centre for Healthcare Management, Norway
Facilitator
- Prof Giuseppe Scaratti, Full Professor of Work and Organisational Psychology, University of Bergamo, Italy
The digital revolution in healthcare is accelerating de-hospitalisation trends and the sustained use of e-health, t-health, and m-health technologies. The relevance of primary care, historically shadowed by the great attention of scholars to the management of acute settings, is by now unquestionable, especially after the dramatic consequences of poor primary care networks during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this scenario, it is important to clearly understand the characteristics, dynamics, and limits of those digital tools that are going to (and already are) transform primary care systems worldwide. In particular, the success of digitalisation in primary care highly depends on their ability of implementing digital ecosystems effectively. A lack of integration of data and information between settings, professionals, patients, and other stakeholders implies an ultimate inability of the system to provide patient-centred care.
This panel session is oriented to foster a lively debate on enabling and hindering factors to the effective creation and full implementation of digital ecosystems in primary care. Moreover, it aims at creating a network of scholars and managers to foster a long-term international group of interest in these topics.
Speakers
- Dr Zoltán Cserháti, MD, Senior Lecturer, Semmelweis University Health Services Management Training Centre, Hungary
- Dr Katalin Dózsa, MD, Practising family physician, diabetologist, GP-cluster Head-GP; Senior Research Fellow, Semmelweis University Health Services Management Training Centre; Board Member, Primary Care Working Group of the Hungarian Diabetes Association; Member, Hungarian Research Organisation of Family Physicians, Hungary
- Prof Diego Ponte, Associate Professor in Organisation science and human resource management, University of Trento, Italy
- Dr Alberto Zanutto, Senior Researcher in Business organisation, University of Macerata; Contract Lecturer in Sociology of work and economic processes, University of Verona, Italy
Facilitator
- Dr Irene Gabutti, Research Fellow in Organisational theory, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Connect with delegates and check out the poster exhibition, while enjoying a delicious lunch
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Health systems can make a powerful contribution to other sectors. They can contribute to the achievement of the so-called Sustainable Development Goals by producing better population health and co-benefits in other sectors: greening healthcare (SDG13), financial protection against poverty (SDG1), health systems promoting gender equality (SDG5), or investment in health systems for economic growth (SDG8). These are just a few examples of where health systems can contribute to sustainable development.
This plenary will provide an overview of the concepts and evidence from work on the SDGs and co-benefits and it will link to concrete examples and experiences in healthcare organisations.
Keynote speaker
- Prof Scott L. Greer, Professor, Michigan University; and Senior Expert Advisor, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, USA
Panelists
- Prof Sandra C. Buttigieg, MD, Professor and Head of the Department of Health Services Management, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Malta
- Prof Catherine Keller, Director of the Institute of Management, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique (EHESP), France
- Mr Torbjørn Solberg, Member of the Board, Norwegian Nurses Organisation (NNO), Norway
- Prof Dr Dr Wilfried von Eiff, Head, Center for Hospital Management Münster; Academic Director, Center for Health Care Management and Regulation, HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Germany
Facilitator
- Dr Matthias Wismar, Programme Manager, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Belgium
Connect with delegates over an original Italian espresso
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In Europe, the healthcare sector is estimated to be responsible for 5% of greenhouse gas emissions. With a mission to ‘do no harm’, the challenge for all stakeholders is clear: we must step up to increase climate leadership and action to decarbonize healthcare, or risk contributing to an increasingly unhealthy future. Inspired by the Champalimaud Foundation’s sustainability strategy, the session brings together expert voices – hospital leaders, policymakers and purchasers – to share pioneering initiatives and partnerships to reduce healthcare’s carbon footprint. The discussion will touch upon circular transformation, care pathways optimisation, digital transformation and the role of public procurement to enable and accelerate hospital net-zero ambitions.
Opening remarks
Keynote
- Dr João Silveira Botelho, Vice President, Champalimaud Foundation, Portugal
Panelists
- Dr Dimitra Panteli, Programme Manager, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Belgium
- Dr João Silveira Botelho, Vice President, Champalimaud Foundation, Portugal
Facilitator
- Ms Anett Ruszanov, Director of Policy and Programmes, European Health Management Association (EHMA), Belgium
This session is organised in collaboration with Philips
[This is a closed-door session upon invitation only]
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) accounts for 63% of acute respiratory infections in infants and is the leading cause of hospitalisation in their first year of life. The severity of RSV is unpredictable and its burden extends beyond the hospital.
The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened awareness of the public health threat of respiratory illnesses, including RSV, and the need for new approaches to infection prevention and control. Therefore, there are compelling reasons to prioritise RSV and develop strategies for implementing innovative treatment and prevention solutions in paediatric outpatient and inpatient settings.
This session will explore the implementation of a monoclonal antibody immunisation for RSV infection in Europe through a discussion of the existing barriers and possible opportunities present within health systems. The session will explore how policy and decision-makers can support European health systems address the burden of paediatric RSV through the equitable access to new RSV solutions across Europe.
Take the opportunity to connect with speakers and delegates
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In this session, presenters will discuss health professionals’ working conditions, wellbeing and resilience, and the governance impact on health workforce sustainability.
The following abstracts will be presented:
- Experiencing and witnessing disruptive behaviours towards nurses in COVID-19 teams, patient safety and errors in care (ID 3)
Dr Gillie Gabay, Achva Academic College, Israel - Towards sustainable health workforces: the roles of governance, planning and data (ID 92)
Dr Gareth H Rees, ESAN University, Peru - Workplace ostracism undermines work wellbeing in healthcare (ID 106)
Ms Sirpa M. Manninen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland - Utilising dormant workforce talent: developing, supporting & integrating multinational doctors in England through the Medical Support Worker (MSW) Programme, a sustainable workforce initiative (ID 194)
Dr William Sacre, NHS England, United Kingdom & Mr Thomas Kearney, NHS England, United Kingdom
- A realist review of the international literature demonstrating how governance and decision-making during the 2008 financial crisis impacted health workforce resilience for COVID-19 and future health system shocks (ID 79)
Dr Padraic Fleming, Centre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
The session is facilitated by Prof Ann Mahon, Professor of Health Leadership and Head of the Health Management Group at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom
In this session, presenters will share evidence about the benefits that AI and machine learning generate in health management, operations and practice. The research presented will provide guidance for the use of digital technology for data collection, operations planning, and decision-making.
The following abstracts will be presented:
- Artificial Intelligence in healthcare management (ID 24)
Mr Christian Sturm, accadis Hochschule Bad Homburg, Germany - Artificial Intelligence on the improvement of hospital efficiency – An automated surgical scheduling tool using machine learning and optimisation algorithms (ID 237)
MSc Alice Paulo, Lean Health Portugal, Portugal - Systematic review of machine learning algorithms for triage in emergency department (ID 83)
Mr Emre Guvey, Acibadem University, Turkey - Machine learning algorithm predicts mortality, length of stay and hospitalisation costs after aortic valve implant based on five simple metrics (ID 141)
Dr Maria Zisiopoulou, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Germany - Machine learning and digital health in the Big Data era: a systematic review (ID 171)
Dr Gabriele Infante, Università degli Studi di Milano, Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods, Italy
The session is facilitated by Prof Teresa Magalhães, Professor and Coordinator of the Digital Health Executive Course, National School of Public Health, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
This session will feature research investigating existing evaluation processes in healthcare. Presenters will discuss HTA, horizon scanning methodologies, tools for mass screening and innovative technologies that support health managers in assessing health systems and organisations’ quality and processes.
The following abstracts will be presented:
- Integrating environmental sustainability dimension into HTA: the state of the art and possible trajectories (ID 217)
Ms Michela Bobini, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy - Using horizon-scanning methodologies to support the implementation of digital and other innovative technologies that address Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) (ID 206)
Ms Oshin Sharma, Newcastle University/NIHR Innovation Observatory, United Kingdom - The impact of a CF carrier screening to the general population: results from an Italian HTA (ID 62)
Mr Fabrizio Schettini, Carlo Cattaneo – LIUC University and LIUC Business School, Italy - Multidimensional analysis of models for drug supply chains in an hospital setting (ID 116)
Ms Sofia Silvola, Università LIUC – Carlo Cattaneo, Italy - Automated technologies for the enhancement of laboratory medicine efficiency (ID 60)
Mr Fabrizio Schettini, Carlo Cattaneo – LIUC University and LIUC Business School, Italy - Implementing Whole genome sequencing for paediatric population with suspected genetic disorders: results from a survey of organisational aspects (ID 176)
Mario Cesare Nurchis, MD, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore; Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Italy
The session is facilitated by Prof Sandra Buttigieg, Professor and Head of the Department of Health Systems Management and Leadership (HSML), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Malta
During this session, presenters will describe management tools, including indicators to measure systems and organisations’ effectiveness, efficiency, and the quality of care.
The following abstracts will be presented:
- From the standards of care to a set of performance indicators for the management of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA): methods and lessons learnt (ID 169)
Prof Lucia Ferrara, CERGAS SDA Bocconi, Bocconi University, Italy - A change management perspective on the implementation of value-based healthcare (ID 85)
Drs Dorine van Staalduinen, Leiden University Medical Center; Leiden University, Institute of Public Administration, Netherlands - Chemotherapy compounding areas: an analysis of different organisational and logistic configurations (ID 72)
Dr Daniele Bellavia, Carlo Cattaneo – LIUC University and LIUC Business School; HD LAB – Healthcare Datascience LAB – Carlo Cattaneo – LIUC University, Italy - Learning from excellence in healthcare management: the breast cancer care pathway (ID 186)
Maria Francesca Furmenti, MD, MPH, Management and Health Lab, Institute of Management, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy - Using hospital benchmarking to improve performance – analysis of three years of Risk Adjusted Mortality Index hospital score due to outcomes of critically ill inpatients (ID 272)
MSc Susana Ferreira, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de santo António, Portugal
The session is facilitated by Dr Teppo Heikkilä, MD, Project Director, Health and Social Services Reform for Finland (on leave from the post of Chief Administrative Medical Officer at HUS – Helsinki University Hospital), Finland
This scientific dialogue will showcase best practices in the transformation of health systems and organisations towards a patient-centric approach. The spotlight will be on innovative models of organisational culture, structure, and management that are driving positive changes in healthcare. The latest advancements in social prescribing and transitional care will also be presented, providing valuable insights into cutting-edge strategies that are shaping the future of healthcare delivery.
The following papers will be presented:
- The impact of the Self-Portrait’s design elements on child engagement in care, children’s emotions and cognition, and their personal development
Ms Claire Verkijk, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management, Department of Health Services Management and Organisation, The Netherlands
- Patients’ perspectives on ethical principles to fairly allocate scarce surgical resources during the COVID-19 pandemic: a Q-methodology study
Anouk van Alphen, MD, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, The Netherlands - The anatomy and strategies of dual leadership governance in Finnish wellbeing services counties
Mr Jari Salomaa, Nordic Health Group, Finland
- Organisational culture and ideology in healthcare management within China. A literature review about Wuhan’s makeshift hospitals
Dr Earle John Du Plooy, University of Verona, Italy
- A transformative quality of work environment program from the UAE: the “WAZN” program
Prof Mohamad Alameddine, University of Sharjah, UAE - Skill-mix innovations for integrated care across Europe: the example of two European-funded projects – CANCERLESS and CO-CAPTAIN
Mr Alejandro Gil-Salmerón, International Foundation for Integrated Care, Spain
- Improving the patients experience using PREMs: an optimisation model
Dr Elisa Peruzzo, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy
- The role of leadership in continuous improvement maturity: a literature review
Dr Oskar Roemeling, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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Social prescribing in Lisbon: adaptations of work processes and challenges to implement a people-centred integrated care intervention
Ms Louíse Hoffmeister, NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Center, CHRC, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal - Air traffic control tower as a metaphor for managing complexity in transitional care: an organisational perspective
Prof Ginevra Gravili, Università Degli Studi di Bari, Italy & Ms Ludovica Florenzano, KPMG Italy
The session is facilitated by Prof Federico Lega, Full Professor of Health Administration at the Public Health Department at Milan University; and Head of the Research Centre in Health Administration (HEAD), Italy
In this session, presenters will address challenges faced by the health workforce, such as ageing workforce, retention, and violence. The evidence from the research will bring solutions to implement an effective management of human resources.
The following abstracts will be presented:
- Young medical specialists in an ageing health workforce: why we should listen to their needs. German rheumatology as a case study (ID 41)
Dr Ellen Kuhlmann, Hannover Medical School, Germany - Violence against doctors and health care workers: a view from junior doctors across Europe (ID 163)
Ellen McCourt, MD, European Junior Doctors Association, Belgium - Caring for caregivers: a critical look at managing human capital in a struggling system (ID 50)
Ms Friederike Sahling, MCI – The Entrepreneurial School, Austria - Destructive leadership and psychosocial health among public sector care workers (ID 118)
Dr Minna Kaarakainen, University of Eastern Finland; Savonia University of Applied Sciences, Finland - Towards effective retention policies: working hours and EWTD compliance in Junior Doctors in Europe 2022 (ID 138)
Ellen McCourt, MD, European Junior Doctors Association, Belgium - Breaking barriers and perceptions: a path towards the increase of health professionals research engagement (ID 249)
MSc Liliana Sousa, Escola de Economia e Gestão – Universidade do Minho; NIPE – Escola de Economia e Gestão – Universidade do Minho; i3S – Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
The session is facilitated by Dr Marius Ungureanu, MD, Chair of the Department of Public Health at Babeș-Bolyai University; and Director of the Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy of Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania
Healthcare is responsible for around 5% of global net emissions. Health systems have a substantial climate footprint, but there is also room for mitigating the impact of the sector on the environment. Several initiatives aim to support decision-makers in moving towards climate-neutral health facilities, spanning actions targeting sustainable building renovations, the increased use of renewable energy sources, improving recycling and waste management practices, developing green mobility plans for patients and staff, creating more green spaces and redesigning procurement practices to consider environmental criteria.
This session will showcase different levels of potential support: it will present findings from a mapping of support instruments made available by the European Union to facilitate the greening of health facilities and provide insight into the work of the Climate Competence Center at the Austrian Public Health Institute and the Italian Institute for Planetary Health. Finally, participants will reflect on the importance of green skills development for the realization of sustainable healthcare practices, guided by insights from the BeWell consortium.
Speakers
- Prof Dr Ronald Batenburg, Coordinator research programme, Nivel; Professor, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Dr Chiara Cadeddu, Researcher, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
- Dr Ruperta Lichtenecker, Head, Climate and Health Competence Center, GOEG, Austria
- Dr Dimitra Panteli, Programme Manager, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Belgium
Facilitator
- Dr Matthias Wismar, Programme Manager, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Belgium
This session is organised in collaboration with the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
It’s aperitivo time! Our cocktail reception is a great opportunity to connect with other attendees and build your network. You will also have the chance to walk around the posters displayed by researchers, and ask them for more details about their findings in a relaxed and informal setting.
The posters being showcased are:
- Cost-utility analysis of patient consultations via teledermatology units versus conventional face-to-face dermatology examinations at the hospital (ID5)
Dr Antonio Lopez-Villegas, Poniente University Hospital, Spain - Digital transformation in healthcare organisations: opportunity for leveraging in private clinics (ID6)
Dr Lior Naamati-Schneider, Hadassah Academic College Jerusalem, Israel - Prioritisation of surgical patients during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: a qualitative exploration of patients’ perspectives (ID9)
Anouk van Alphen, MD, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Netherlands - Participatory and evidence-based planning of primary healthcare services in Kosovo (ID13)
Dr Bajram Maxhuni, AQH project, Kosovo - Moving to value-based management: how to set up a real-time digital monitoring tool for a time-dependent care pathway (ID17)
Mr Egidio de Mattia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS; Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy and Ms Carmen Angioletti, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa, Italy - Vertical integration of primary and secondary care as a mean to add cost-effectiveness and equity of care? (ID21)
Maria Lovén, MD, University of Helsinki, Finland and Ms Laura Pitkänen, University of Helsinki, Finland - Personalised medicine in the age of Big Data (ID22)
Luigi Bellante, MD, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria S’Andrea, Italy - Improve quality of healthcare services through certification and accreditation of state health services organisation (Cyprus) (ID23)
Dr Nicolas Nicolaou, State Health Services Organization, Cyprus - Snapshot of leadership in healthcare in the 21st century: a systematic review (ID37)
Ms Marzia Di Marcantonio, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy - Seasonality and work habits of medication errors in a psychiatric correctional setting: preliminary data and prevention management (ID44)
Dr Kyriakoula Manaridou, St. Josef AMEOS Psychiatric Hospital, Germany; Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Frederick University, Cyprus - Patient journey disruptions: the obstacle of integrated and coordinated care (ID45)
Mr Märt Vesinurm, Aalto University School of Science, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Finland - Telemonitoring in hospital at home programs (ID54)
Prof Teresa Magalhães, Nova National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Center, CHRC, Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal - Innovation after research: generating value from the hospital units – the University Hospital of Coimbra case (ID55)
Dr Ines Antunes Ferreira, Universitary Hospital of Coimbra, Portugal - Exploring the conceptual relationship between clinical leadership and patient experience (ID65)
Mr Aniekan Ekpenyong, Edge Hill University, United Kingdom - Chronic disease management during the COVID-19 pandemic and the emergence of digital healthcare: a literature review (ID67)
Mr Ilias Champilomatis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece - How to support the sustainability of good practices on digitally enabled integrated person-centred care transferred to heterogeneous contexts? Sharing the results of the JADECARE Joint Action (ID87)
Ms Yhasmine Hamu, Institute for Health Services Research Kronikgune, Spain - An investigation into the attitudes of medical, nursing, and healthcare management students towards AI (ID91)
Ms Ecenur Aydemir, Acibadem University, Turkey - Is the impact perceived by people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus influenced by the number of simultaneous diseases? An analysis of correlations (ID97)
Prof Ana Rita Pedro, Comprehensive Health Research Center; NOVA National School of Public Health, Portugal - How Managed Entry Agreements contribute to the governance of pharmaceutical spending: the Italian case (ID102)
Ms Agnese Cangini, Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco, Italy - Transforming Saudi Arabia’s health workforce in the last phase system of care (ID104)
Dr Saud Altamimi, University College London, United Kingdom; Ms Moza Al-thani, University College London, United Kingdom; and Dr Rawan Alshehri University College London, United Kingdom - A dynamic business modelling approach to address sustainable performance in healthcare organizations (ID107)
Assist Prof Guido Noto, University of Messina, Italy - Digital simulation as a tool for healthcare teams to acquire and improve managerial competencies (ID112)
Prof Bernardo Ramirez, University of Central Florida, USA - Hospitals interface with modernity (ID113)
Luigi Bellante, MD, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria S’Andrea, Italy - Recommendations for the adoption of telemedicine services to access hospital specialty consultations in a pandemic context (ID126)
Dr Ana S. Cunha, NOVA National School of Public Health; Public Health Research Center, Portugal - AIFA monitoring registries as a tool for achieving effective real clinical practice (ID143)
Ms Leonarda Maurmo, Rete Nazionale degli Specializzandi in Farmacia Ospedaliera (ReNaSFO), Italy - An information system to support the management of clinical trials: a conceptual model (ID147)
Prof Teresa Magalhães, Nova National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Center, CHRC, Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal - Healthcare in Ukraine during the war: challenges, lessons & conclusions for re-thinking of medical systems (ID157)
Olena Chernenko, MD, MEDCAPITALGROUP; Ukrainian Medical Alliance Charity Fund, Ukraine - The second victim phenomenon in Germany – Results from the SeViD-Studies (ID158)
Ms Hannah Roesner, Wiesbaden Business School, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Germany - Amortisation of granted medical rehabilitation measures depending on the income status of German pension insurance scheme (DRV) insurees (ID164)
Prof Dr Maria Weyermann, Niederrhein University of Apllied Sciences, Germany - National Recovery and Resilience Plan: a mission to reform territorial health network by 2026 (ID174)
MSc Maddalena Iodice, Agenzia Nazionale per i Servizi Sanitari Regionali – AGENAS, Italy - Beyond experience and evidence in healthcare management: a new method for evidence-based design thinking (ID187)
Dr Kasia Tabeau, Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management, Netherlands - Analysing the relationship between performance and technology adoption in the healthcare sector: an organisation-based view (ID200)
Ms Francesca De Domenico, University of Messina, Italy - Facebook communication strategy of hospitals in the COVID-19 era: insights from topic modelling and sentiment analysis (ID204)
Dr Diego Ravenda, TBS Business School, Spain - Week surgery: an efficacy management model based on intensive care (ID209)
Mr Claudio Trotti, Centro Ortopedico di Quadrante, Italy - Fast track surgery: an efficacy goal to reduce waiting list (ID211)
Mr Claudio Trotti, Centro Ortopedico di Quadrante, Italy - Utilisation of second medical opinions as a function of the payment track: population base study in Israel (ID228)
Dr Liora Shmueli, Bar-Ilan, Israel - Organisational perceptions towards hospital-associated deconditioning within two NHS healthcare organisations; a multiple case study (ID229)
Ms Joanne Russell, Edge Hill University, United Kingdom - Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): strategies to reduce exacerbations and disease burden in Portuguese health system context (ID230)
Prof Ana R. Pedro, Public Health Research Center; Comprehensive Health Research Center, Portugal - Self-assessment of intercultural competences of medical doctors and nurses in Poland in the face of current refugee challenges (ID241)
Dr Bożena Freund, Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Management and Social Communication, Poland - Telehealth as a tool to optimise the pre-hospital pathway: an extreme case study in southern Italy (ID251)
Dr Anna Roberta Gagliardi, Department of Economics, University of Foggia, Italy - The economic burden of Atopic Dermatitis and Psoriasis in Europe: analysing the available evidence to guide a value-based decision making (ID260)
Dr Floriana D’Ambrosio, Section of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy - Institutional tools for controlling and preventing the conflict of interest and double loyalty of doctors (ID264)
Dr Rodica Gramma, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy Nicolae Testemitanu, Republic of Moldova - The importance of the interactive voice response on the sustainability of attendance in primary health care (ID266)
MSc Daniel Teixeira da Silva, Universidade Évora, Portugal - How could the organisational model of online pharmaceutical companies evolve in the future? (ID268)
Dr Nadia Di Carluccio, Università degli Studi di Foggia, Italy - Examining patient-reported feedback and their use for the improvement of health service (ID271)
Dr Elisa Peruzzo, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy - A collaborative platform for person-centred information on health care availability, quality, and outcomes: the Italian National Portal for the Transparency of Health Services (ID274)
Dr Fabrizio Carinci, AGENAS, Italy - Agile governance fusion – Modern governance & thoughtful leadership (ID276)
Mr Nabil Jamshed, Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust, United Kingdom - Consulto: building a distributed system of vertically integrated micro-provider organisations offering hybrid care for people with complex conditions following a value-based care model (ID279)
Dr Basem Higazy and Dr Baher Higazy, EPFL; Consulto, Switzerland - Sustainable solutions in climate action – by strengthening the role of medical doctors (ID280)
Prof Dr Marija Jevtic, MD, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina, Serbia; Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Research centre on Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Belgium - Urban planning and public health expertise as a pillar of sustainable solutions in health management (ID281)
Prof Dr Marija Jevtic, MD, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina, Serbia; Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Research centre on Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Belgium
DAY 2 – Tuesday, 6 June 2023
Ready, set, go… Welcome to day 2 of #EHMA2023!
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[This is a session for EHMA Organisational members who are Programme Directors or representatives of a study course]
Excellence in post-graduate health management programmes was a key-driver behind the establishment of EHMA and it remains a principal focal point today.
EHMA has a well-established Programme Directors’ Group (PD Group) that brings together Programme and Course Directors, Heads of Department, Deans to help ensure that taught programmes continue to provide the highest quality education for health managers, healthcare professionals and other stakeholders. The PD Group is chaired by Prof Ann Mahon, University of Manchester.
This informal breakfast is an opportunity to network with other Programme Directors or course leaders in the area of healthcare management education. If you are interested in joining the event, please contact us at [email protected]
At this session, presenters will discuss patient involvement in co-designing healthcare services amidst the digital transformation of health systems. Particular attention will be paid to oncology, a field that has one of the largest patient populations.
The following abstracts will be presented:
- Organising contemporary oncology care: a systematic literature review of multi-hospital oncology networks (ID 111)
Drs Roos van der Ven, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation; Maastricht University, Netherlands - Oncological care at home: a systematic review of the experiences of cancer patients and their caregivers (ID 131)
Maria Francesca Furmenti, MD, MPH, Management and Health Laboratory, Institute of Management, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy - Patient advocacy associations and their evolution in the digital era (ID 64)
Ms Alessandra Pernice, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy - Boosting shared decision making by integrating patient preferences into the electronic health record (ID 56)
Dr Mirjam Garvelink, Department of value-based healthcare, St. Antonius Hospital, Netherlands - Change management for services redesign in healthcare: a conceptual framework (ID 117)
Ms Sofia Silvola, Università LIUC – Carlo Cattaneo, Italy - Supporting shared decision-making and communication in breast cancer: the ShareView project (ID 100)
Dr Natalia Oprea, SDA Bocconi School of Management, Italy and Ms Vittoria Ardito, SDA Bocconi School of Management, Italy
The session is facilitated by Prof Dr Henk Nies, Endowed Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Organisation Sciences; Endowed Professor, Network Institute; Endowed Professor, Organisation & Processes of Organising in Society (OPOS) at the Vrije University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Presenters at this session will share evidence about teams and multi-professional networks and how they can provide benefit to integrated care. Presenters will focus on tumour boards, social community teams, and transmural networks.
The following abstracts will be presented:
- Processes and structures affecting tumour board quality: a systematic review (ID 120)
Prof Dr Guido Offermanns, University of Klagenfurt; Karl Landsteiner Society, Austria - How different boundary types influence social community teams’ efforts for integrated care (ID 182)
MSc Martian Slagter, University of Groningen, Netherlands - Network care in the cardiology domain: evaluating the impact of a value-driven network (ID 48)
Ms Lise Moers, Netherlands Heart Network, Netherlands - Quality improvement in multidisciplinary cancer team meetings at a university hospital: first results of a self-assessment tool (ID 114)
Prof Dr Guido Offermanns, University of Klagenfurt; Karl Landsteiner Society, Austria
The session is facilitated by Dr Federica Morandi, Academic Director at ALTEMS; and Researcher at the Faculty of Economics at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
In this session, presenters will share evidence from various European countries regarding their responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Presenters will discuss the effects of the pandemic on health organisations’ management, service delivery, and access to care. They will share lessons learnt to improve pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, as well as the resilience of primary and secondary care.
The following abstracts will be presented:
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender disparities in cancer care access in Europe: a cohort study using the survey for health, ageing and retirement (SHARE survey) (ID 133)
Dr Rui Dang, Westminster International University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Primary care during the pandemic: lessons learnt from five European countries (ID 192)
Dr Markus Kraus, Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS), Austria - Prerequisites and response strategies for tackling a pandemic: lessons for secondary care from five European countries (ID 196)
Dr Thomas Czypionka, Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS), Austria - Test-trace-isolate-support strategies in the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from three European countries to improve public health preparedness (ID 16)
Dr Thomas Czypionka, Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS), Austria - Assessing the impact of a COVID-19 vaccination promotion programme in England (ID 167)
Prof Axel Kaehne, Edge Hill University Medical School, United Kingdom - Why the bough need not break: a qualitative study of Region Stockholm’s health care response to the initial COVID-19 wave (ID 84)
Dr Pamela Mazzocato, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
The session is facilitated by Prof Todorka Kostadinova, Vice-Rector for International Cooperation, Accreditation and Quality at Varna Medical University, Bulgaria
Presenters at this session will share management tools and models to evaluate health systems and organisations to optimise the quality of care.
The following abstracts will be presented:
- The importance of the existence of a uniform evaluation model in the development of the Home Hospitalisation Units of the Portuguese national health system (ID 122)
Ms Cláudia Almeida, Nova National School of Public Health, Portugal - Exploring innovative applications to optimise and adapt pharmacotherapeutic of multimorbid patients in the Basque Country (ID 185)
Ms Irati Erreguerena, Kronikgune institute for Health Services Research, Spain - Internal auditing in healthcare: emerging approaches from a survey across Italian health organisations (ID 127)
Dr Camilla Falivena, SDA Bocconi, School of Management, Italy - Using child health measures to understand pathways to overall health system performance (ID 188)
Mr Nathan Shuftan, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Germany - Sustainability accounting and reporting practices in healthcare organisations: a systematic review of the literature (ID 128)
Ms Martina Pisarra, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
The session is facilitated by Dr Nathan Proudlove, Senior Lecturer in Operational research and management science at Alliance Manchester Business School, United Kingdom
In this session, presenters will discuss the efficiency and accessibility of healthcare. Topics addressed in this session include the role of the health workforce, systems and organisations management, and patients’ involvement.
The following abstracts will be presented:
- Workforce availability on the intra-procedural stage of endoscopy procedures: a single-centre time and motion preliminary efficiency study (ID 205)
Stefano Guicciardi , MD, AUSL Bologna; Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy - Workforce efficiency and technology acquisition: the role of performance management systems (PSMs) in creating services improvement in radiologic area (ID 33)
Dr Claudio Buongiorno Sottoriva, SDA Bocconi School of Management; CeRGAS, Italy - Bridging the gap between caregiver demand and service offering: a multi-method and multi-stakeholder study in Italy (ID 49)
MSc Alberto Mangini, School of Management, Politecnico di Milano, Italy - Booking systems as strategic levers to manage waiting lists in healthcare, a systematic literature review (ID 191)
Ms Laura Giudice, SDA Bocconi School of Management, Italy and Dr Paola Roberta Boscolo, SDA Bocconi School of Management, Italy - Trends patterns in emergency inpatient admissions from multimorbid heart failure patients (ID 269)
MSc Joana Seringa, NOVA National School of Public Health, Portugal - Expectations of primary healthcare patients – can patients be segmented from the point-of-view of expected health benefits? (ID 283)
Ms Laura J. Pitkänen, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Population Health, Finland
The session is facilitated by Prof Antonella Cifalino’, Professor at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
This scientific dialogue is dedicated to research on the transformational impact of digital technologies – such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, telemedicine, blockchain – and their applications on healthcare systems and patient care.
The following papers will be presented:
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EU leadership to fight childhood cancer using Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Ms Pilar Gangas, International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC), Spain -
Tigullio Luogo di Salute (TLS): the reorganisation of Asl4 for proximity healthcare, digitalised and accredited to excellence
Ms Yuliya Shcherbina, Accreditation Canada, Canada - Using AI for mass screening of diabetic retinopathy as a disruptive technology implementation: Ukrainian experience for global perspectives
Kyrylo Goncharuk, MD, Ukraine Diabetic Federation, Ukraine & Olena Chernenko, Founder and CEO, MedCapitalGroup, Ukraine -
A qualitative analysis of the key contextual factors for the scaling-up of the ADLIFE digital solution in the Basque Health Service
Dr Nerea González, Kronikgune-Institute for Health Services Research; Osakidetza Basque Health Service, Spain -
Artificial intelligence to support primary care
MSc Maddalena Iodice, Agenzia Nazionale per i Servizi Sanitari Regionali (AGENAS), Italy -
Telemedicine and management of chronic disease. Where we are and how we can improve it
Dr Fabrizio Chiusolo, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Italy -
The impact of digitalisation on emergency department triage operations
Ms Elisa Doldi, University of Bergamo, Italy -
Development of a model of digital healthcare ecosystem based on blockchain technology
Prof Dr Marija Jevtic, MD, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Serbia; Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Research centre on Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Belgium - PROCare4Life lessons learnt
Ms Pilar Gangas, International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC), Spain - Search and rescue: health information and prediction systems for first responders in disasters
Ms Marta Burgos Gonzalez, Escuela Española de Salvamento y Detección con Perros, Spain -
Digital innovation in healthcare: a case study
Dr Anna Roberta Gagliardi, Department of Economics, University of Foggia, Italy
The session is facilitated by Prof Federico Lega, Full Professor of Health Administration at the Public Health Department at Milan University; and Head of the Research Centre in Health Administration (HEAD), Italy
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Europe and the world are witnessing a widespread digital transformation across health and care systems. Health services and processes are becoming increasingly digitalised, and new digital technologies such as medical products, devices, in vitro diagnostic tools, medical procedures, and measures for disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment become available every day. Digital technologies can make health systems more person-centred, evidence-based, responsive, resilient, and financially and environmentally sustainable, helping us to progress towards a healthier society. However, to maximise the potential of new digital technologies, health managers need to be equipped with decision-making tools that allow them to effectively understand and navigate digital transformation at a systemic level.
One such tool is Health Technology Assessment (HTA), a multidisciplinary, scientific, evidence-based process that informs decision-making by measuring the added value of new technologies at the different stages of their life cycles against the value offered by existing comparable technologies. Effective HTA serves as an evidence-based tool that can facilitate managerial processes and enhance the quality, equity, and efficiency of care delivery. HTA is also high on the EU health policy agenda: the Regulation on Health Technology Assessment (EU) will enter into force in 2025 to strengthen cooperation and coordination among EU Member States.
This plenary session will present the possibilities for using HTA to manage digital transformation in health systems. While offering examples from other solution-oriented, evidence-based managerial tools that proved successful, this session will highlight the role of HTA as an important managerial tool that can help health systems, organisations, and hospitals to make evidence-based decisions about new digital technologies.
Keynote speaker
- Rabia Sucu, MD, Vice President at HTA International; Principal Technical Advisor for Pharmaceutical Governance, SAFEMed, MSH, Turkey/Ukraine
Panelists
- Dr Iga Lipska, MD, MPH, Chairwoman of the Board, Health Policy Institute, Poland
- Marco Marchetti, MD, Director, AGENAS, Italy
- Dr Dimitra Panteli, Programme Manager, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Belgium
- Dr Laura Sampietro-Colom, MD, Deputy Director of Innovation; Head of Innovation Assessment Unit (Health Technology Assessment), Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Spain
- Ms Valentina Strammiello, Director of Programmes, European Patient Forum, Italy
Facilitator
- Prof Americo Cicchetti, Director, ALTEMS – Graduate School of Health Economics and Management, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
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This session is reserved to EHMA members-only
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Healthcare systems around the world are grappling with the same problems, delivering services amid resource constraints and increased demand, amid aging and growing populations, rises in non-communicable diseases and the impacts of climate change. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated these issues and starkly exposed weaknesses in health systems. This crisis prompts important questions about how health systems are made more resilient to future crises, and sustainable in the face of long-term pressures.
As a response to this, the Partnership for Health System Sustainability and Resilience (PHSSR) was established in 2020 by the London School of Economics, the World Economic Forum, and AstraZeneca, who were later joined by global-level partners that include Philips, KPMG, the WHO Foundation and CAPRI, the Center for Asia-Pacific Resilience and Innovation. The partnership also includes additional organisations at the regional and national levels. Through its work, the PHSSR and its partners collaborate with academic, non-governmental, life sciences, healthcare and business organisations to build knowledge and guide action through research reports that offer evidence-informed policy recommendations to improve the sustainability and resilience of healthcare systems.
The research, commissioned by the PHSSR, examines domestic healthcare systems using a framework designed by LSE academics. In order to identify system strengths, potential weaknesses, opportunities and risks, the framework examines seven key domain areas: financing, governance, workforce, medicines and technology, service delivery, population health, and environmental sustainability. The recent PHSSR report captures key findings on themes and recommendations for health system strengthening, based on research conducted in 20 countries. One of such topics is prevention and early intervention, which as we see in many of the country reports, are widely under-emphasised in national policies. One of the key recommendations for improving the sustainability and resilience of health systems is to invest in population-based screening and early diagnosis, defining specific objectives and performance evaluation criteria for the implementation of population screening programs. Furthermore, robust plans should be developed for maintaining essential care, including vital screening services, during crisis scenarios. Fostering a culture of innovation has also emerged as a key ingredient to supporting the sustainability of health systems, increasing chances of their adaptability and scalability – attributes that are vital to ensure health systems are capable of satisfying the needs of future populations.
The panel discussion will focus on the following questions:
- Why is a stronger emphasis on preventive care needed to ensure sustainable and resilient health systems?
- Many health systems have screening/early detection programmes in selected NCDs. What are the major hurdles that we can observe in the effectiveness of these policies?
- How can earlier intervention be incentivised in health systems in order to optimize patient pathways?
- What arguments resonate the strongest with decisionmakers to support investment into early detection/screening programmes?
- What criteria should decisionmakers apply to determine NCDs to implement early detection programmes?
- How can EU institutions support national health systems in prioritizing early intervention?
- How can we harness technology and innovation to support quality of care delivered to patients?
Speakers
- Dr Kostas Athanasakis, Assistant Professor of Health Economics and HTA, Laboratory for HTA, University of West Attica, Greece
- Prof Scott L. Greer, Professor, Michigan University; and Senior Expert Advisor, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, USA
- Marco Marchetti, MD, Director, AGENAS, Italy
- Ms Francesca Patarnello, VP Market Access & Government Affairs, AstraZeneca, Italy
- MSc Emmanouil Tsiasiotis, Research Project Manger, ALTEMS – Graduate School of Health Economics and Management, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Greece
Facilitator
- Prof Americo Cicchetti, Director, ALTEMS – Graduate School of Health Economics and Management, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
This session is organised in collaboration with AstraZeneca.
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to ensure health crisis management, disease control and prevention in Europe will need to come in hand with lessons learnt from the last years. The need for ensure a smooth transition in the European vaccine ecosystems that includes data registries among other digital innovations, was already highlighted by the European Health Management Association in their last white paper. Furthermore, OpenSky published a mapping on where the different European registries stand when it comes to vaccination data systems taking into account areas such as interoperability, technical architecture, etc. In parallel, MSD has been collaborating with a few eastern and central European countries to support the development or improvement of vaccination registries data systems building from COVID-19 dashboard experiences.
This session will bring together diverse stakeholders from various levels of healthcare management and subject-matter experts. The discussion will focus on sharing the main recommendations for a better use and deployment of vaccination registries as well as some countries best-practices sharing on how to implement them. The final goal of the session is to answer the question: what can Europe do better to unveil vaccination registries/data systems’ true potential?
Opening remarks
- MEP Tomislav Sokol, Member of the European Parliament, Croatia (Video contribution)
Keynote
- Dr Tudor Pitulac, Manager – Research Projects Division, OpenSky Data Systems, Ireland
Panelists
- Ms Nicoletta Luppi, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, MSD Italia, Italy
- Dr Tudor Pitulac, Manager – Research Projects Division, OpenSky Data Systems, Ireland
- Ms Daniela Quaggia, Senior Project Manager, Active Citizenship Network (Cittadinanza Attiva), Italy
- Dr Andrea Siddu, Medical Officer, Ministry of Health of Italy, Directorate-General for Health Prevention, Office 5 -Prevention of the Communicable Diseases and International Prophylaxis, Italy
Facilitator
- Prof Walter Ricciardi, Professor, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore; President Cancer Mission Board, European Commission
This session is organised in collaboration with MSD.
A great opportunity to connect with delegates and make new connections
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The Joint Action on digitally enabled integrated person-centred care (JADECARE) is an EU initiative that contributes to innovative, efficient and sustainable health systems by providing expertise and sharing good practices to assist the Member States in undertaking health system reforms. It enables national authorities to benefit from solutions in digitally enabled integrated person-centred care by supporting the transfer of four good practices in the field to 21 other settings of so-called Next Adopters (NAs). A three-step strategy has been created to address this issue putting a special focus on the analysis and preparation of the local environment and contextual determinants of the NAs. Furthermore, a JADECARE Sustainability strategy has been formulated to strengthen the use of the outcomes of the new practices after the end of the Joint Action.
This workshop presents the results and impact of JADECARE that has targeted more than 4 million people at different levels: regionally, European-wide and for future health policies; and explores the key elements to support the sustainability of good practice transfer beyond the projects. Two implementing regions will showcase their particular results of the transfer and implementation of good practices. In addition, the JADECARE Sustainability strategy will be exposed to the audience and its three core elements: policy environment, ownership of sustainability and culture of collaboration and consensus seeking. Finally, during the workshop discussion among attendees will be promoted about the crucial factors necessary to promote the continuity and scale-up of the outcomes of the transfer projects.
What will you learn?
- Discover results and impact of the JADECARE Joint Action
- Learn about implementation process to transfer and implement best practices in heterogeneous contexts
- Discuss key elements to ensure the sustainability and scale up of practices beyond a Joint Action
Speakers
- Ana María Carriazo, MD, Senior Advisor, Regional Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs of Andalusia, Spain
- Mr Denis Opresnik, Research and development associate, National Institute of Public Health of Slovenia, Slovenia
- Dr Martina Rimmele, Researcher, Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Germany
- Ms Dora Toth, Senior Project Manager, OKFŐ – National Healthcare Directorate for Hospitals, Hungary
Facilitator
- Ms Yhasmine Hamu Azcarate, Project Manager, Biosistemak, Spain
This session is offered to you by the Joint Action on digitally enabled integrated person-centred care – JADECARE project.
Hyperautomation is a next-generation approach to automation that has the potential to revolutionise the health sector. It describes the integration of advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and robotic process automation (RPA). Its goal is to automate as much of tasks and processes as possible and to provide intelligent, data-driven decision support to augment human decision making. Applied to the health care sector, it can enable managers to streamline processes, increase efficiency, and improve the accuracy of their operations in systems and organisations. It can also help to free up valuable time and resources that can be redirected to higher-level tasks and initiatives.
This workshop will deep dive into hyperautomation application in a context of augmented care and its implications for health managers. To ensure a vivid, participatory process, panellists will brainstorm and seek inputs from the audience. Speakers and participants will together list prerequisites, gaps, opportunities, and challenges of healthcare hyperautomation. Attention will be paid to healthcare processes, laboratory medicine, and required digital skills for the health workforce to deal with hyperautomation.
Speakers
- Prof Sandra Buttigieg, President, European Health Management Association (EHMA); Professor and Head of the Department of Health Services Management, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Malta
- Prof Damien Gruson, Head of Department, Clinical Laboratories, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc; Member of the Division on Emerging Technologies, International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory (IFCC), Belgium
- Prof Teresa Magalhaes, Professor and Coordinator of the Digital Health Executive Course, National School of Public Health, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
- Prof Sergio Bernardini, MD, Incoming Executive Board Secretary, International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory, Italy
Facilitator
- Ms Anett Ruszanov, Director of Policy and Programmes, European Health Management Association (EHMA), Belgium
Health workers are enduring violence that jeopardise their physical and mental health. Incidences of violence against health professionals are increasing, occurring in-person as well as verbally online. According to the World Health Organisation, up to 38% of the health workforce are exposed to physical violence during their career[1] and many more are verbally assaulted by patients and visitors. Despite the risk that this phenomenon poses to public health and healthcare systems, it still receives inadequate attention at European and international policy levels. Because of the role that health professionals play in systems’ resilience and sustainability, addressing this pressing issue is a health management priority.
In December 2022, stakeholders from the health management sector signed a commentary[2] to address the complex political and public health dimensions of violence against healthcare workers and call for action. The commentary urged the need to educate and protect health workers, while raising awareness on the topic through public engagement and research. Furthermore, the lack of implemented protective measures and prevention policies, the commentary called for immediate action. Six months after its release, the commentary takes on a new dimension by reconvening authors in a workshop to interactively identify sustainable solutions with health managers in the audience. Additionally, the roundtable will feature a former front-line healthcare professional, to inform the debate with his unique experience and perspective.
Speakers
- Dr Michelle Falkenbach, Technical Officer, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Belgium
- Ellen McCourt, MD, Medical Doctor in Emergency Medicine, United Kingdom; and Administration Officer, European Junior Doctors Association, Belgium
- Ms Zoi Mylona, Programme Manager, European Health Management Association (EHMA), Belgium
- Mr Rolf-André Oxholm, Member of the Board, Norwegian Nurses Organisation (NNO), Norway
Facilitators
- Dr Ellen Kuhlmann, President of the Health Workforce Research Section, European Public Health Association (EUPHA); Researcher, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany
- Dr Marius I. Ungureanu, MD, Chair of the Department of Public Health; Director of the Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania
[1] World Health Organisation, Preventing violence against health workers, March 2023
[2] Ellen Kuhlmann, Monica Georgiana Brînzac, Katarzyna Czabanowska, Michelle Falkenbach, Marius-Ionut Ungureanu, George Valiotis, Tomas Zapata, Jose M Martin-Moreno, Violence against healthcare workers is a political problem and a public health issue: a call to action, European Journal of Public Health, Volume 33, Issue 1, February 2023, Pages 4–5, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac180
Innovation is crucial to address the numerous health challenges today’s society is facing. In fact, new innovative technologies and approaches can improve healthcare outcomes and enhance patient experience. However, innovation alone is not enough. Having an innovation-friendly environment within healthcare organisations is necessary to ensure that new solutions can be effectively adopted and scaled up. This requires a cultural shift towards a mindset that embraces innovation and recognises the potential of these new technologies and approaches to tackle complex challenges.
Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI) is a procurement process that provides a practical means for healthcare organisations to stimulate innovation to address their unmet needs and improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare services through the uptake of new solutions. While PPI is a relatively new process, its uptake is increasing and is actively encouraged by the European Commision as a pillar for driving innovation and stimulating growth, thus ultimately leading to a more sustainable and competitive healthcare sector in Europe. PPI has already had more than a few success stories across the public sector, including the healthcare sector.
Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is a systematic and multidisciplinary assessment process of health technologies, developed to inform decision making while considering medical, economic, social, and ethical aspects and adopting a comparative approach. HTA can assess the safety, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of new technologies, evaluate their implications and GDPR compliance, and identify those that are most effective in improving patient and societal outcomes. HTA can therefore work hand-in-hand with PPI to help new solutions build an evidence base to support business models and ensure wider market uptake.
This hands-on workshop will bring together PPI and HTA practitioners to explore the hypothesis that – through a synergistic approach – PPI and HTA can be combined to create positive market conditions for the introduction and development of innovations to improve the efficiency, quality and sustainability of healthcare.
What will you learn?
- Foster learning exchange and collaboration between Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI) experts
- Explore scope for synergy and mutual benefit of HTA and PPI in enabling innovation in healthcare
- Brainstorm a model together with the participants for combining PPI and HTA methodologies to create a positive environment for healthcare innovation
Speakers
- Ms Rossana Alessandrello, Value Based Procurement Director, AQuAS – Salut, Spain
- Ms Sofia Moreno-Pérez, Innovation & business development, Active and Healthy Aging, VALDE Consulting
- Dr Laura Sampietro-Colom, MD, Deputy Director of Innovation and Head of the Health Technology Assessment Unit, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona; President of the Board of Directors, AQuAS, Spain
- Mr Yves Verboven, Founder of EU4HealthSolutions, Belgium
Facilitator
- Mr George Valiotis, Executive Director, European Health Management Association (EHMA), Belgium
This session is offered to you by the EcoQUIP+ project.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the greatest public health threats facing the world today. The health and economic impacts of AMR are a major challenge for all healthcare systems and societies worldwide. It is estimated that antibiotic-resistant infections are responsible for a substantial number of deaths in Europe each year, with a health burden comparable to that of influenza, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS combined and a cost of about €1.1 billion to the healthcare systems of EU/EEA countries. Holistic and multicomponent strategies in accordance with the ‘One Health’ perspective are key to curbing the development and spread of antibiotic resistance. One crucial component of such strategies is ensuring broad and timely availability of effective antibiotics.
This session aims to discuss the challenges facing health systems regarding how to foster research and development for new antibiotics and ensuring sustainable access to new and pre-existing antibiotics. In particular, it aims to highlight avenues for collaboration and the potential role of the EU for addressing these challenges. Following a short presentation of the key findings of a policy brief published by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies at the request of the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, participants will hear reflections from the national and international levels and discuss potential implications and ways forward.
Keynote
- Dr Michael Anderson, MD, Research Fellow, London School of Economics; General Practitioner, United Kingdom
Panelists
- Prof Dr Marija Jevtic, MD, Professor, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina, Serbia; Professor, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Research centre on Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Belgium
- Ms Emmi Weller, Policy Officer, European Health Management Association (EHMA), Belgium
Facilitator
- Dr Dimitra Panteli, Programme Manager, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Belgium
This session is organised in collaboration with the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
This session features presentations of the shortlisted abstracts that are competing for the Karolinska Institutet Medical Management Centre (MMC) & EHMA Research Award, an annual award for the best contribution associated with a doctoral thesis related to health management.
The following papers will be presented:
- Tinkering with tensions: boundary work and collaborative governance
Dr Sarah van Duijn, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands - Developing transferable theories to understand the interplay between standardisation and individualisation of care: a realist evaluation and synthesis of on-the-day surgery cancellations
Mr Buddhika Samaraisinghe, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom -
The implementation of the role of Operations Management in the healthcare sector
Ms Rossella Pellegrino, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy -
Financial performance of Local Health Authorities in Italy: measurement and predictors
MSc BA Peter Perger, Private University for Health Sciences and Health Technology, Austria -
Tipping the scale of resources – De-implementation of low-value care from an operant perspective
Ms Sara Ingvarsson, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
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This session will feature best practices, challenges, and practical insights in the health workforce professional development. Future health professionals’ skills, knowledge, and tasks will be discussed.
The following abstracts will be presented:
- The importance of human resources in health management: the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) (ID 145)
Mr Francisco Antunes, National School of Public Health, Portugal - Enhancing leadership skills and competence in strategic management among leading physicians using a conceptual model (ID 43)
Mr Filip Dumez, AZ Sint Blasius, Belgium - Career pathways and competency acquisition for hospital leaders (ID 59)
Dr Irene Gabutti, Graduate School of Health Economics and Management (ALTEMS), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy - Assessing physicians’ managerial attitude: a scale validation process (ID 66)
Dr Federica Morandi, Graduate School of Health Economics and Management (ALTEMS), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy - Enabling task shifting to increase the accessibility of primary care provision in Lithuania (ID 282)
Mr Marius Ciurlionis, Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine; Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania, Lithuania and Ms Solveiga Smagariene, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania, Lithuania
The session is facilitated by Dr Zoltán Cserháti, MD, Senior Lecturer at Semmelweis University Health Services Management Training Centre, Hungary
Presenters at this session will provide evidence, models, and best practices adopted to progress towards patient-centred, integrated health systems, organisations, and services. Special attention will be paid to solutions for complex and chronic diseases and multi-morbidity.
The following abstracts will be presented:
- An inverted container in containing and not containing hospitalised patients – A multidisciplinary narrative inquiry (ID 4)
Dr Gillie Gabay, Achva Academic College, Israel - Integrated care and patient’s satisfaction: evidence from the case of people with epilepsy (ID 12)
Ms Rossella Pellegrino, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy - Deployment of SHARE approach in ADLIFE project to encourage the share decision-making in a patient-centred approach (ID 28)
Ms Irati Erreguerena Redondo, Kronikgune Institute for Health Services Research, Spain - Designing, implementing and managing people centred integrated care using standard operating procedures and quality improvement methodologies (ID 31)
Dr Rachelle Kaye, Assuta Medical Centers; Assuta Ashdod Hospital, Israel - People-centred perspective from a technical paradigm: estimating and optimising medical exposure to paediatric congenital heart disease patients (ID 32)
Ms Susmita Afroz, Department of Optometry, radiography and lighting design, University of South-Eastern Norway; Department of paediatric cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Norway - The perceived impact of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus on daily life – a comparative analysis between people with multimorbidity and health care professionals (ID 96)
Prof Ana Rita Pedro, Comprehensive Health Research Center; NOVA National School of Public Health, Portugal - Digital aid for talking more about death and dying: incorporating advance care planning to integrated care management tools (ID 183)
Dr Nerea González, Kronikgune-Institute for Health Services Research; Osakidetza Basque Health Service, Spain
The session is facilitated by Dr Lise Elliott, Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Management, Alliance Manchester Business School, United Kingdom
This session will present research that challenges the traditional perspectives on the organisation of health services. The abstracts will cover topics including socio-economic and other determinants of health inequalities, barriers to accessing care, innovative approaches to organising healthcare settings, and potential solutions to alleviate the strain on healthcare systems. The presentations will offer insights that encourage rethinking of existing paradigms in healthcare delivery and highlight strategies for addressing complex challenges.
The following papers will be presented:
- Evaluating time trends and determinants of obesity inequalities in the adult population: the case of England
Dr Paolo Candio, University of Trento, Italy
- Promoting patient empowerment in Atrial Fibrillation across healthcare systems: how to ensure health equity and access?
Ms Caterina Bosio, EngageMinds HUB – Consumer, Food & Health Engagement Research Center, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
- Accountability within the public healthcare system. The effect of accurate information release on the service delivery
Dr Earle John Du Plooy, University of Verona, Italy
- Does autonomy affect multidisciplinary team performance? The mediating role of boundary spanning
Ms Roberta Laurita, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
- Overcrowding and boarding time in Emergency Department in Italy
Dr Daniele Bellavia, Carlo Cattaneo – LIUC University and LIUC Business School; HD LAB – Healthcare Datascience LAB – Carlo Cattaneo – LIUC University, Italy
- COVID-19 and surgical waiting times: the response strategy of a Local Health Authority
Stefano Guicciardi, MD, AUSL Bologna; University of Bologna, Italy
- Developing senior healthcare scientists as leaders and service improvers
Dr Nathan Proudlove, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
- ROSIA – a PCP for rehabilitation
Ms Patrícia Couceiro, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Portugal
- The Gastropack System as an effective alternative to the demand and supply model in healthcare
Stefano Guicciardi, MD, AUSL Bologna; Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy - Research and innovation in Personalized Medicine: a descriptive synthesis of actors in the European Union and in China
Ms Marzia Di Marcantonio, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
- Investigating pharmaceutical governances in the current global health scenario: a systematic review
Ms Giulia Falasca, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
The session is facilitated by Prof Americo Cicchetti, Director, ALTEMS – Graduate School of Health Economics and Management, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
In this session presenters will bring solutions for human capital, professionalism, and people management in community and primary care settings.
The following abstracts will be presented:
- People-centred care in a rural Catalan territory: how we relate and support each other among hospital and primary care professionals, and social and health integration in the close future (ID 74)
Ms Laura Giménez Jordán, Consorci Sanitari Alt Penedès-Garraf, Spain - Nursing homes and considerations on person-organisation fit theory to improve the recruitment and retainment of health workforce (ID 71)
MSc Luigi Apuzzo, National Agency for Regional Health Services – AGENAS, Italy - The family or community nurse: definition of the staffing standard to involved by 2027 (ID 175)
MSc Maddalena Iodice, Agenzia Nazionale per i Servizi Sanitari Regionali – AGENAS, Italy - Exploring the potential of community health workers to address future health system challenges in Romania (ID 273)
Dr Marius-Ionuț Ungureanu, MD, Department of Public Health; Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Science, Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania - Are community hospitals the next (door) big thing in France? (ID 134)
Dr Nicolas Sirven, EHESP; Arènes CNRS (UMR 6051) & INSERM (ERL 1309), France
The session is facilitated by Dr Sarah Willis, Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Management at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom
In this session, presenters will discuss models, tools, and case studies to evaluate health systems’ efficiency and sustainability.
The following abstracts will be presented:
- Economic implications of Assisted Reproductive Technology: more complications or different practices? (ID 166)
Dr Elisabetta Listorti, CERGAS SDA Bocconi, Italy - A conceptual framework to evaluate the socioeconomic impact of in-silico models for implantable medical devices (ID 190)
Dr Thomas Czypionka, Institute for Advanced Studies, Austria; London School of Economics, United Kingdom - The development of a time-motion guide to cost clinical best practices for infection prevention and control in patient care (ID 153)
Prof Eric Tchouaket, Université de Québec en Outaouais; Université de Montréal, Canada and Ms Stephanie Robins, Université de Québec en Outaouais, Canada - “It takes more than two to tango”: an exploratory case study of payment reform feasibility in a prostate cancer network (ID 119)
MSc Thomas Reindersma, Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Netherlands
The session is facilitated by Dr Rui Dang, Senior Lecturer in Economics at Westminster International University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
This session will present research that explores the policy and regulatory frameworks of health management by focussing on updates and latest developments from across Europe.
The following abstracts will be presented:
- The use of hospital care is decreasing in older people – Individual care needs versus health care policy (ID 57)
Dr Johanna Edgren, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland - Critical approaches to medical desert in Europe (ID 88)
Ms Véronique Lucas-Gabrielli, Institute for Research and Information in Health Economics (IRDES), France - Understanding revealed preferences for pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical management strategies: evidence from a global study (ID 154)
Mr Marcello Antonini, University of Newcastle, Australia - Taking a health systems approach to building a bespoke Readiness Assessment Framework for lung cancer screening implementation (ID 222)
Ms Helena Wilcox, The Health Policy Partnership, United Kingdom and Ms Jessica Hooper, The Health Policy Partnership, United Kingdom - The socioeconomic impact of informal elderly long-term care and its gender distribution: a systematic review (ID 40)
MSc Barbara Gösenbauer, IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, Austria - The role of governance modes in dealing with complexity of healthcare systems: evidence from three regions in Italy (ID 98)
MSc Gianmario Cinelli, SDA Bocconi School of Management, Italy & Dr Natalia Oprea, SDA Bocconi School of Management, Italy - Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of digital technologies in mental health systems: a qualitative systematic review to inform a policy framework (ID 155)
Mr Marcello Antonini, University of Newcastle, Australia
The session is facilitated by Prof Axel Kaehne, Professor of Health Services Research; and Director of the Evaluation and Policy Analysis Unit (EPA) at Edge Hill University Medical School, United Kingdom
Join us for our social dinner in a beautiful Italian Villa, where the Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire traditionally camped in the Middle Ages while awaiting their coronation. The villa features a garden, a terrace and a park. It represents one of the few locations within minutes of the historic centre with a magnificent view of Rome.
This is a unique opportunity to discuss in depth health management issues with other representatives of the health ecosystem, and build lasting relationships beyond the conference.
To participate in this formal event, you can book your ticket here: Social dinner ticket.
EHMA provides its guests with a shuttle service from the conference venue to the dinner location and back.
DAY 3 – Wednesday, 7 June 2023
Ready, set, go… It’s the last day of #EHMA2023!
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At this session, presenters will discuss sustainability of health systems and organisations as well as how to build systems’ resilience. Presenters will bring evidence, in the form of innovative practical tools such as framework and models, and review of the literature.
The following abstracts will be presented:
- Green procurement management: how to contribute to reducing CO2 emissions instantly with economic benefit (ID 34)
Prof Dr Dr Wilfried von Eiff, Center for Hospital Management, Germany - A conceptual framework for Board of Directors to drive sustainable development in hospitals (ID 75)
Dr Bart Noort, University of Groningen, Netherlands - How to reduce the environmental footprint of healthcare systems: a scoping review of environmental interventions (ID 189)
Dr Anna-Veera Seppanen, The Institute for Research and Information in Health Economics (IRDES), France - Competing governance objects – A challenge to the welfare system resilience (ID 256)
Dr Arja-Tuulikki Malin, LAB University of Applied Sciences; University of Helsinki, Finland - What makes health systems resilient? An analytical framework drawing on learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic (ID 15)
Mag Miriam Reiss, Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS), Austria
This session is facilitated by Dr Irene Gabutti, Professor and Researcher at the Faculty of Economics of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
This session will present best practices in health systems and organisation reform with a focus on sustainability and resilience. Experts will showcase healthcare initiatives, strategies, and measures that have a direct impact on the economic, environmental, and organisational sustainability of care.
The following papers will be presented:
- Value-based healthcare principles in the full cycle of care: implementation and development of a cardiac care network in the Netherlands
Dr Lise Moers, Netherlands Heart Network, The Netherlands - PPP in the healthcare service ecosystem: how do we measure performance?
Mr Federico Umberto Mion, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano – Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Switzerland
- Economic burden of healthcare-associated infections in hospital care: case-control study in Québec, Canada
Prof Eric Tchouaket, Université de Québec en Outaouais; Université de Montréal, Canada
- Practical guidance for the application of time-driven activity-based costing in an integrated maternal care unit from a value-based healthcare perspective
Ms Maud van den Berg, Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management, The Netherlands
- Building sustainability initiatives with accredited graduate healthcare management educational programs: outcomes and impact over the past decade
Dr Anthony Stanowski, Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education, USA & Dr Daniel West, University of Scranton, USA
- Fostering resilience in the health care system in the context of the post COVID-19 pandemic recovery: the case of an acute teaching hospital in Malta
Dr Gianpaolo Tomaselli, Mater Dei Hospital; University of Malta, Malta
- Relevant issues in sustainable health planning: a materiality analysis in Portugal, 2021
Prof Tiago Correia, Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM), Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal
- Healthcare waste management during the COVID pandemic: analysis of organizational and environmental impacts in four Italian healthcare facilities
Dr Chiara Cadeddu, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore; Italian Institute for Planetary Health, Italy
- Sustainable solutions of complex environmental concern in management of pharmaceuticals
Prof Dr Marija Jevtic, MD, Faculty of Medicine University of Novi Sad, Serbia; Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina, Serbia; Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Research centre on Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Belgium
The session is facilitated by Prof Ann Mahon, Professor of Health Leadership and Head of the Health Management Group at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom
During this session, presenters will discuss the use of telemedicine and its challenges and benefits for patients, the health workforce, and health systems. Research on telemedicine implementation in chronic diseases will also be discussed.
The following abstracts will be presented:
- The EU Joint Action on strengthening eHealth including telemedicine and telemonitoring for health care systems for cancer prevention and care – eCAN (ID 207)
Dr Andrea Pace, IRCCS Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Italy - Exploring competences for managing telemedicine: a systematic review of the literature in healthcare (ID 46)
Ms Sofia Di Pippo, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy - Patient satisfaction and cost saving analysis of telemedicine in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (ID 250)
Dr Anna Roberta Gagliardi, Department of Economics, University of Foggia, Italy - An HTA methodology for the rapid implementation of telemedicine in an existing care pathway: the patient experiences and the results of Italian healthcare organisations involved in the project “Telemedicina Subito” (ID 105)
Dr Sara Consilia Papavero, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy - Telehealth and HIV: exploring the attitude of patients with HIV about using telehealth (ID 123)
Dr Federica Dalponte, CERGAS – SDA Bocconi, Italy - Determinant factors of access to medical specialty telemedicine consultations in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review (ID 124)
Dr Ana S. Cunha, NOVA National School of Public Health; Public Health Research Center, Portugal
The session is facilitated by Dr Simon Moralee, Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Management at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom
In this session, speakers will present their research on the health workforce with a spotlight on its wellbeing, working conditions, migration, and educational development.
The following abstracts will be presented:
- A model for developing and assessing communication skills in graduate healthcare management education programs for early careerists (ID 109)
Assoc. Prof Bernardo Ramirez, University of Central Florida, USA; Dr Daniel J. West, Jr., Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education, USA - Rasch model analysis of medical responsibilities left undone (ID 199)
Dr Simon Dello, KU Leuven, Belgium - Critical insights into the control of community nurses’ work using labour process theory: effective management or conscious exploitation? (ID 265)
Dr Lise Elliott, University of Manchester, United Kingdom - Crisis migration and health workforces: the case of Venezuelan migrant healthcare workers in Peru (ID 93)
Dr Gareth H Rees, ESAN University, Peru - Health workforce challenges in Romania – medical doctors between public policy responses and reality (ID 210)
Dr Monica Georgiana Brinzac, Department of Public Health; Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania - Clinicians’ perception of their work environment and resource staffing adequacy and their relation with well-being and care-related factors: Reports from the Magnet4Europe baseline survey (ID 202)
Dr Simon Dello, KU Leuven, Belgium
The session is facilitated by Prof Fausto Di Vincenzo, Associate Professor of Business Organisation at the DISFIPEQ Department of the University “G. d’Annunzio”, Italy
This session will feature evidence from the implementation of digital innovations. Research on the use of digital tools for patients affected by chronic diseases will also be discussed.
The following abstracts will be presented:
- Personalised digitally driven communication with patients at the emergency department (ID 2)
Dr Gillie Gabay, Achva Academic College, Israel - The interaction between stakeholders in a generative co-design method with business tools: a case study for a digital innovation in a breast cancer clinic (ID 201)
Mr Pieter Vandekerckhove, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands - Impact of digital therapeutics for the management of chronic diseases: a systematic review (ID 243)
Ms Ilaria Valentini, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy - Towards the development of an implementation framework for AI/ML-powered applications in healthcare organisations (ID 99)
Mr Luigi Preti, CeRGAS SDA Bocconi, Italy
The session is facilitated by Prof Axel Kaehne, Professor of Health Services Research; and Director of the Evaluation and Policy Analysis Unit (EPA) at Edge Hill University Medical School, United Kingdom
In this session, presenters will provide evidence on the health workforce wellbeing and working conditions. Particular attention will be paid to stress management, job satisfaction, relation among peers, and the work environment.
The following abstracts will be presented:
- REACHING OUT: a Global Peer Support Framework to Sustain the Primary Care Workforce in a Burnout Crisis (150)
Mr Samir Tariq, Imperial College London, School of Medicine, United Kingdom; Ms Maya Satheeskaran, Imperial College London, School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom and Mr Avishek Basu, Imperial College London, School of Medicine, United Kingdom - How to deal with the technostress in healthcare professionals? A balanced model between competencies and behavioural traits (ID 63)
Ms Alessandra Pernice, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy - Employee voice: encouraged speaking-up reflecting on job satisfaction (ID 82)
Ms Eva Krenyacz, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary - Junior Doctors’ perception on the emerging and pressing issues on healthcare in Europe (ID 139)
Ellen Mccourt, MD, European Junior Doctors, Belgium - Do I have to share my “precious” knowledge? The role of physicians’ narcissism and commitment in the knowledge sharing practices (ID 232)
Dr Federica Morandi, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
The session is facilitated by Prof Sandra Buttigieg, Professor and Head of the Department of Health Systems Management and Leadership (HSML), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Malta
This session will explore the latest research on health workforce. Researchers will present the latest evidence on critical topics such as workforce planning, migration, shortages, and training, focusing on country-specific examples, organisational models, and educational needs that are essential to strengthen the health workforce of tomorrow.
The following papers will be presented:
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Migrant healthcare workers and exacerbating inequalities during the COVID-19 pandemic: what to learn from international experiences on health systems?
Dr Ellen Kuhlmann, Hannover Medical School, Germany -
Cross-border mobility: how to track different groups of mobile health professionals?
Dr Zoltán Cserháti, MD, Health Services Management Training Centre, Semmelweis University, Hungary -
Health workforce planning: challenges, opportunities and recommendations from an international systematic literature review
MSc Luigi Apuzzo, ‘Staffing needs, standards and organisational models of the health professions’ Unit, National Agency for Regional Health Services (AGENAS), Italy -
What really matter for healthcare workers: a six pillars methodology experience
Dr Luca Giorgio, Graduate School of Health Economics and Management – ALTEMS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy -
Analysing the mediating effect of perceived organisational support on budgetary feedback and role satisfaction: evidence from healthcare
Dr Manuela Paolini, D’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy -
Loss of empathy in primary care professionals after covid pandemic. Strategies to regain empathy
Carlos Bernades, MD, CASAP, Spain -
The evolution of controllers from ideal role-types to hybrid roles in healthcare organisations
Prof Antonella Cifalinò, CERISMAS – Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Italy -
Preparing pharmacy professionals for new ways of integrated working
Dr Sarah Willis, University of Manchester, United Kingdom -
Remote health care: the ambition of an inclusive organisational model
Eng. Valeria Giordano, ASL ROMA 3, Italy
The session is facilitated by Prof Americo Cicchetti, Director of ALTEMS – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Not yet fully awake? Nothing a good coffee can’t solve!
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In 2020, the European Commission launched the European Skills Agenda, a five-year-long plan which aims to equip individuals and businesses with better skills by building sustainable competitiveness in line with the European Green Deal; protecting the rights to education and lifelong learning in compliance with the European Pillar of Social Rights; supporting the growth of European industries with appropriately skilled workforce to fulfil the forecast trajectories of the European Industrial and Small and Medium Enterprise Strategy; drawing on the lessons learnt from the COVID-19 health crisis and the guidance of the Recovery Plan for Europe, and of course; leveraging the European Digital Strategy, and the growing potential of digital technologies in all the sectors.
The BeWell project, a multi-stakeholder movement, developed digital and green skills intelligence which is incorporated in the strategy for the upskilling and reskilling of the European health and care workforce. The strategy acts as a roadmap advocating for lifelong learning and continuing professional development, raises awareness about the advantages of the uptake of upskilling and reskilling, and calls upon policymakers to integrate the health and care workforce’s needs into the design and implementation of policies. It will be implemented at a local, regional, national, and ultimately at the European level through the Pact for Skills.
In this focus session, BeWell consortium partners from the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (Nivel) on Health Systems and Policies and the project coordinator, European Health Management Association (EHMA) will present the skills strategy and skills intelligence developed during the first year of the project and will showcase the beta version of the skills monitoring tool. They will elaborate on the advantages of digital and green upskilling and reskilling and will invite delegates to an open discussion in order to further develop and upscale the strategy in a unified pan-European voice despite disparities among countries.
Introductory remarks
- Prof Todorka Kostadinova, Vice-Rector for International Cooperation, Accreditation and Quality, Medical University Varna, Bulgaria
Speakers
- Prof Dr Ronald Batenburg, Coordinator of research programmes, NIVEL; Endowed Professor, Radboud University, The Netherlands
- Dr Michelle Falkenbach, Technical Officer, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Germany
- Ms Zoi Mylona, Programme Manager, European Health Management Association (EHMA), Belgium
- Mr George Valiotis, Executive Director, European Health Management Association (EHMA), Belgium
- Dr Gemma Williams, Research Fellow, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, United Kingdom
Facilitator
- Dr Matthias Wismar, Programme Manager, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Belgium
This session is organised in collaboration with the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
Take the chance to look at the poster while enjoy lunch
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Healthcare across many countries faces some of the biggest challenges in recent history. This will require transformation, innovation, compassion and courage. A wealth of research evidence now guides managers towards the key areas for their roles in transforming for the future: compassionate and collective leadership and cultures in health services, meeting the core needs of staff, developing strong team and cross boundary working, and self-compassion. The presentation will address the question of how managers can lead in developing compassionate and collective leadership to develop cultures of high quality, continually improving and compassionate care to meet the needs of patients and communities. Such leadership will, at the same time, ensure the well-being and growth of the staff who provide healthcare. Drawing on the evidence from healthcare services, the experience of the pandemic, case examples of outstanding practice and from international reviews into healthcare workers’ mental health and wellbeing, the symposium will provide practical guidance necessary to help ensure that compassion, high quality care and innovation are at the heart of management and leadership of healthcare systems. It will also describe how managers can lead their teams, using the principles of compassionate and collective leadership, to ensure high quality care and the continuous quality improvement and innovation that will enable transformation of healthcare teams and organisations for the future.
Keynote speaker
- Prof Michael West, Visiting Fellow, The King’s Fund; Professor of Work and Organisational Psychology, Lancaster University; Visiting Professor, University College Dublin; Emeritus Professor, Aston University, United Kingdom
Panelists
- Ms Lucy Nugent, Chief Executive Officer, Tallaght University Hospital Dublin Ireland, Ireland
- Prof Walter Ricciardi, Professor, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy; President Cancer Mission Board, European Commission
- Dr Miklós Szócska, Director of Health Services Management Training Centre, Semmelweis University, Hungary
Facilitator
- Prof Americo Cicchetti, Director, ALTEMS – Graduate School of Health Economics and Management, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Award Ceremony
- Karolinska Institutet Medical Management Center (MMC) & EHMA Research Award
This Award was established to stimulate early career researchers to engage in healthcare management research. At its 18th edition, the Award will recognise the best doctoral thesis in the field of health management. - EHMA Awards for best European Paper, best non-European Paper, and Best Poster
Announcing EHMA 2024
- Dr Alexandru Rafila MD, Minister of Health, Romanian Ministry of Health, Romania
Closing remarks
- Prof Sandra Buttigieg, President, European Health Management Association (EHMA); Professor and Head of the Department of Health Services Management, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Malta
Thank you for joining us. Arrivederci at #EHMA2024!
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