42nd ESCP Symposium on Clinical Pharmacy Prague, 16-18 Oct 2013

Implementation of Clinical Pharmacy Practice: Research, Education and  Management

Clarion Congress Hotel Prague, 16-18 October 2013

Deadline Abstract Submission 1 July 2013

Deadline early-bird registration 31 July 2013

More information: www.escpweb.org

ESCP International Workshop Improving Patient Care through Collaborative Practice

Patients and their families expect that health care providers will collaborate together and work as an efficient team in the delivery of safe and effective patient centred care. Patient experience, teamwork and outcomes improve when there is a shared understanding of the treatment plan for individual patients. Our ageing population and the increasing prevalence of chronic disease are drivers for interprofessional teamwork and collaborative practice. In fact, lack of effective teamwork and interprofessional communication is considered a cause of poor patient care and outcomes.

 

There are many examples of pharmacists working as a member of the multidisciplinary team in hospitals, out-patient clinics, primary care, nursing homes and community pharmacy to identify, prevent and resolve medication related problems and reduce inappropriate prescribing. Roles often include leadership in maintaining continuity of pharmaceutical care during movement between health care settings.  Examples of collaborative practice will be shared in this workshop to stimulate practice developments across Europe.

For more information and registration: www.escpweb.org

 

Cross-Border Healthcare

Venue: Hotel Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam
City: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Host: Lab Innovator

Home Page: http://labinnovator.com/events/events-lio43.html

Contacts:
Phone: + 46 (0)10 495 8090
Email: registration@labinnovator.com

Event summary

Cross-border healthcare and patient mobility enables countries to achieve significant cost savings on healthcare expenditure by allowing patients to travel abroad to get medical treatment at affordable prices. Medical tourism is a growing global multibillion dollar industry and is expected to reach 100 US$ billion in 2012.
A joint EU-US collaboration on e-Health will act as a global force re-shaping healthcare systems around the World by turning more efficient and safer treatments into a reality for patients travelling to other countries to get medical care. Cross-border healthcare enables innovation to make Personalised Healthcare come true.
A transparent healthcare system provides hospitals and external research partners in a healthcare cluster with capabilities to boost in-bound medical tourism and drive innovations in Personalised Healthcare beyond expectations. Medical tourism is all about regional medicine and cross-border healthcare.
This flagship event with speakers from Paris University Hospital (France), Karolinska University Hospital (Sweden), European Commission (Belgium) and TI Pharma (The Netherlands) amongst others will provide your organisation with a roadmap to build healthcare clusters in cooperation with external research partners in the Life Science industry to maximise patient flow that helps your region to position itself as a front runner in the Era of medical tourism.

 

Save The Date! Complementary and Alternative Medicine – Innovation and Added Value for European Healthcare

A conference and exhibition on the theme of ‘Complementary and Alternative Medicine – Innovation and Added Value for European Healthcare’ will take place at the Brussels offices of the European Parliament on Tuesday 9th October. The conference has been organised through a collaboration of EPHA, EPHA MEP Elena Oana Antonescu (EPP, Romania) and the European stakeholder group for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (EUROCAM).

. Hosted by Elena Oana Antonescu MEP (EPP, Romania)

. Co-hosted by Sirpa Pietikäinen MEP (EPP, Finland) and Alojz Peterle MEP (EPP, Slovenia)

Date: 9 October 2012, 9:00-12:00 & 15:00-18:00 (conference)

12:30-14:30 (networking lunch and exhibition opening)

Venue: European Parliament, Brussels; room: P7C050

Ms Elena Oana Antonescu, Member of the European Parliament and EUROCAM, (the European stakeholder group for Complementary and Alternative Medicine) with the kind support of the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) have the pleasure to cordially invite you to a conference and an exhibition on the theme of ‘Complementary and Alternative Medicine – Innovation and Added Value for European Healthcare’.

The healthcare sector is currently reaching crisis point as it deals with the impacts of increased life expectancy, a rise in chronic diseases and growing health inequalities putting greater demands on services than ever before. Citizens’ expectations are also changing, with an expectation that healthcare should be more holistic, along with a new sense of self-responsibility for maintaining their own health. In order to bridge the gap between system capacity and demand the appropriate integration of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is needed alongside the use of conventional care.

The conference will present the reasons for growing citizen demand for CAM, its capacity for increasing citizen wellbeing, and demonstrate the benefits of complementary care in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. It will also draw on a major priority of the proposed Health for Growth Programme: fostering a Europe of healthy, active, informed and empowered citizens who are able to contribute to economic growth.

The purpose of this conference is to demonstrate to the European Commission representatives, European Parliament members and public health stakeholders the innovative contribution of CAM to European healthcare. The meeting will provide room for constructive debate and exchange of ideas for developing comprehensive, innovative and cost effective policies, taking into account the economic challenges currently being faced by the sector.

In order to enhance public awareness and understanding of CAM an extended networking lunch session will include the official opening of an exhibition devoted to CAM. This should provide attendees with a real hands-on experience and includes live demonstrations and taster-sessions of various CAM treatments.

 

- The Conference’s agenda (as of August 2012).

- Conference’s speakers short biographies

- To register an interest in the event, please follow the registration link.

 

Participants who require a day-entry badge to enter the European Parliament should in addition send in their date of birth and details on their current place of residence to Tereska Van Den Abeele at tereska@epha.org.

 

The conference will be held in English (no translation will be available) 

* Commissioner Dalli confirmed to deliver a video message!