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THIS YEAR THEME
Rethinking patient safety: Evolving roles and responsibilities in a changing healthcare landscape
Healthcare is evolving at an unprecedented pace, driven by digital innovation. At the same time, rising demand for care, workforce shortages, and new medical advancements are reshaping how healthcare is organized and delivered. Traditional patient safety approaches, focused on detecting and analyzing risks after they occur, have been instrumental in improving care. However, in a system that is transforming so rapidly, patient safety must evolve to anticipate risks and accompany change, rather than react to it. Strengthening past efforts remains essential, but new strategies are needed to ensure safety is proactively embedded into every shift in healthcare delivery.
These changes are fundamentally reshaping roles and responsibilities within healthcare settings. As automation and data-powered solutions support decision-making, professionals must adapt to new ways of working while ensuring that human oversight remains central to patient safety. The introduction of new treatments, technologies, and care models, such as patient-centered and home-based care, requires continuous adjustments in safety practices. At the same time, workforce shortages are driving task redistribution among healthcare professionals, often beyond traditional professional boundaries, introducing new categories of risks. While hospital managers work to address pressing challenges like workforce retention, cybersecurity, financial balance, and sustainability, fully embedding patient safety into these strategic decisions remains difficult, even though doing so could enhance overall resilience and provide long-term solutions.
This conference will not only focus on risks but also on solutions: how to anticipate rather than react, how to leverage innovation without increasing complexity, and how to support those who carry the responsibility for safety every day. By bringing together all key stakeholders, we aim to reposition patient safety as an adaptable, forward-looking priority in healthcare systems that are constantly evolving.
Preliminary topics
- Patient safety as a strategic priority in healthcare governance
- Sustainability and patient safety: finding the synergies
- The risks and potential of data-driven healthcare
- Training for safe home-based care: preparing healthcare professionals, patients, and families
- Gender and patient safety culture
- Workplace violence in healthcare: the overlooked risk to patient safety
- Strengthening existing patient safety tools in a changing system
- Enhancing teamwork and communication for patient safety: the role of training and simulation
- The rise of new patient safety roles across healthcare
VENUES
Each year in a different country
To drive a change for the better quality of care, we need to take into account the realities and cultural diversity of European healthcare environments. This is why the EUPSF Patient Safety Conferences, held annually in different countries, support and promote the work of local and national partners actively engaged in patient safety, to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and good practice within the network and to contribute to a coordinated improvement in patient safety and quality of care across Europe.
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THIS YEAR VENUE
Welcome to Munich
Welcome to Munich, a city celebrated for its rich history, cutting-edge innovation, and world-class medical community. Home to renowned research institutions and a robust healthcare system, Munich is a hub of excellence in science and technology. With its efficient transport network, vibrant cultural scene, and dynamic business landscape, the city offers the perfect setting for collaboration and progress. Join us at the historic Künstlerhaus for our Patient Safety Conference, where tradition and innovation come together to shape the future of healthcare.
PHOTOREPORT
How was last year’s EUPSC 2024?
We thank the collaborating organisations, sponsors and participants who have joined us in making the 2024 Patient Safety Conference such a successful event. Our collective commitment and contributions mean that we all value what our conference stands for – fostering collaboration between patient safety stakeholders, disseminating innovative practices and accelerating their implementation. We are honoured to have welcomed you all in Madrid.
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READING TIPS
You will find in this sessions topics that will be discussed at the conference thanks to insightful articles that will be regularly posted online.
Until we are ready, you can also consult the 2023 and 2022 conference articles in this section.
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Enhancing Patient Safety through Digital Innovation: The Missing Links
Boulanger S, Cikkelova M, Macias Maroto M, et al. Enhancing patient safety through digital innovation:…
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We offer a variety of sponsorship opportunities. If you’re interested in supporting EUPSF 2024 Patient Safety Conference, please contact us at secretariat@eupsf.org for more information.
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