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The European Pathway Association has contact persons in different countries. You will find two lists: Europe and Outside Europe.
If you have specific questions, you can get in contact with these persons.
If you want to discuss specific topics with our international network, please become member of the "EPA on Pathways" discussion forum. This international network has more than 820 members and is the official communication channel of the E-P-A.
If you have questions on the E-P-A as an association, please contact one of our board members.
If we do not have a contact person on your country and you want to become a contact person, please e-mail Kris Vanhaecht.
EUROPE (The countries are in alphabetical order):
AUSTRIA:
EPA Contact Person: Sylvia Kühne-Ponesch
Organisation: University of Applied Sciences, Steyr
Function: Director of studies in Health & Care & Process Management
Experience in pathways: involved in pilot studies on care pathways in Austria, leads courses on care pathway methodology
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BELGIUM:
Information on Pathways in Belgium: here [1.195 KB]
EPA Contact Person: Kris Vanhaecht
Organisation: Belgian Dutch Clinical Pathway Network / Center for Health Services and Nursing Research, Catholic University Leuven.
Function: Research Fellow / PhD Student
Experience: Involved in pathway development and research since 1997. Co-manager of the Smartgroup on clinical pathways, chairman of the scientific committee of the ICP Conference and Joint Chairman of the EPA.
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CZECK REPUBLIC
EPA Contact Person: Lydie Zbuzkova
Organisation: Na Homolce Hospital
Fuction: Head of project department.
Experience in pathways: Involved in pilot projects on development and implementation of pathways in Czech Republic. Interested in the relation between Accreditation and pathways.
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DENMARK
Information on Pathways in Denmark: here [732 KB]
EPA Contact Person: Uwe Jansen
Organisation: General Practitioner
Experience: Uwe has experience in linking care pathways with accreditation projects. He was involved in the Danish KISS project.
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ENGLAND:
Information on Pathways in England: here [804 KB]
EPA Contact Person: Claire Whittle
Organisation: School for Health Sciences, Birmingham University
Function: Lecturer and Research Fellow
Experience: Developed the Integrated Care Pathway Appriasal Tool and has lots of experience in leading pathway projects.
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ESTONIA:
EPA Contact Person: Virge Pall
Organisation:Tartu University Hospital
Function: Marketing Manager
Experience: Experience in facilitating clinical pathways since 1994.
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FRANCE:
EPA Contact Person: Philippe Cabarrot
Organisation: Haute Autorité de Santé
Function: Evaluation of professional practices
Experience: involved in evaluation of professional practices and the start up of care pathways in France. Part-time gastro enterologist.
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GERMANY:
Information on Pathways in Germany: here [7.389 KB]
EPA Contact Person: Marcus Bollmann
Organisation: Deutscher Verein für klinische Pfade / Casemap System / SANA Hospital Trust.
Function: CEO Sana Hospital Trust Munich
Experience: He is lecturing process-management in healthcare (Six Sigma) and clinical pathways (CaseMap-System). Besides of that Marcus is organizing the “Deutscher Verein für klinische Pfade“, Starnberg, Germany (German Society for Clinical Pathways).
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GUERNSEY
EPA Contact Person: Jen Guezo
Organisation: Health and Social Services Department, Board of Health
Function: quality lialson
Experience: Manager of the SmartGroup on Clinical Pathways. Has years of exerpience in writing pathways and facilitating multidisciplinary teams.
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IRELAND
EPA Contact Person: Marie Kehoe
Organisation: Irish Society for Quality and Safety in Healthcare
Function: President
Experience: Has experience in pathway development, implementation and evaluation. Worked for years in the USA, where she worked with care pathways. Nowadays she is advising organisations on pathway development.
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ITALY
Information on Pathways in Italy: here [1.790 KB]
EPA Contact Person: Massimiliano Panella
Organisation: Faculty of Medicine, University Amadeo Avogadro, Piedmont
Function: Professor
Experience: Several years of experience in pathway research. He conducted randomised controlled trials on the effect of clinical pathways. Also leading PhD project on relation between pathways and risk management.
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PORTUGAL:
EPA Contact Person: Antonio Marques
Organization: Instituto de Qualidade em Saúde
Function: Anaesthesiologist, Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care (clinical and managerial roles)
Experience: protocol and pathway development in Emergency Medicine (pre hospital EMS and Emergency Department)
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ROMANIA
Care Pathways in Romania: more info here [37 KB]
EPA contact person: Simona Haraga
Organization: National School for Public Health and Health services Management
Function: Researcher in health economics, PhD student
Experience in pathways: local expert for PHARE project in training on CPs
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SCOTLAND:
Information on Pathways in Scotland: here [675 KB]
EPA Contact Person:Karen Jenkins
Organisation: Integrated Care Pathway User Group Scotland (ICPUS)
Function: ICPUS board member
Experience: Karen works as a Clinical Effectiveness Integrated Care Pathways Co-ordinator for Greater Glasgow Primary Care Division, Scotland, UK. Karen has been involved in pathways since 1998. She has a lead role in the core group of Integrated Care Pathways Users in Scotland.
EPA Contact Person: Patricia Kent
Organisation: NHS Lanarkshire, Change and Innovation Department
Function: Integrated Care Pathway Manager
Experience: I am the Integrated Care Pathway Manager for NHS Lanarkshire. I have been involved in the development of ICPs on and off since 1995 and have been in this post since 2002. I am a member of the Change and Innovation Department which is a part of the Modernisation Directorate at NHS Lanarkshire. We currently have approximately 156 ICPs in use or being developed in Lanarkshire. These ICPs cover mostly acute care but we also have some in Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care and Paediatrics.
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SLOVENIA
EPA Contact Person: Anne-Marie Yazbeck
Organization: Health Consumer Powerhouse
Function: Senior Researcher
Experience: Assisted in the EU Health Property Network study on the relation between clinical pathway and asset planning; assisted in the development and implementation of care pathways on secondary levels in the Slovenian and Romania health care systems through the Ministry of Health and PHARE EU Projects and on the primary level through the WHO/CIDA project in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Presently working for the Swedish-Belgian-based organization Health Consumer Powerhouse.
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SPAIN
EPA Contact Person: Ricard Rosique
Organisation: Vias Clinicas / Diomedes Health Care Consultants
Function: Senior Consultant
Experience in pathways: Experience since 1998 in Pathways projects carried out at different hospitals (110 Pathways developed)
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SWEDEN:
EPA Contact Person: Bengt Ahgren
Organisation: Nordic School of Public Health
Fuction: Senior Lecturer.
Experience in pathways: Assignments about chain of care development in Sweden during the 1990s. Author of the resource book “The chain of care” (Vårdkedjan) [in Swedish]. Research about chains of care and other kinds of integrated care arrangements. The title of his doctoral thesis is “Creating Integrated Health Care”.
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THE NETHERLANDS
Information on Pathways in Belgium & The Netherlands: here [1.195 KB]
EPA Contact Person: Ruben Van Zelm
Organisation: Duthc Institute for Healthcare Improvement, CBO
Function: Senior Advisor
Experience: Leads the Dutch part of the Belgian Dutch Clinical Pathway Network and advises over 20 organisations on their pathway development and research.
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OUTSIDE EUROPE (Countries are in alphabetical order):
AUSTRALIA:
EPA Contact Person: Julie Fisher
Organization: Healthscope 's - Geelong Private Hospital.
Experience : 35 years experience in clinical and administration nursing roles . Appointed 1999 to build, implement and monitor pathways in this hospital. Have worked extensively and broadly in the acute setting and have developed 25 generic pathways which we are currently using.Currently, I am endeavouring to build a pathways Network with interested parties.Currently, chairperson for the Victorian Pathways Special interest Group .I have also had experience in Orthopaedic - Clinical Research.
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CANADA:
EPA Contact Person: Jessica Meleskie
Organisation: Grey Bruce Health Network
Function: Coordinator, Evidence-Based Care Program
Experience: 4 years experience working with pathways, we make pathways for 11 hospitals and the community home care agency for the region. We currently have pathways for community acquired pneumonia, myocardial infarction, angina, total hip replacement, fractured hip, vaginal birth, febrile neutropenia, stroke, and congestive heart failure.
EPA Contact Person: Lori Hughes
Organisation: Fraser Health Authority
Function: Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Consultant
Experience with pathways: six years experience in the development, implementation and evaluation of various pathways within a regional cross-sectored public health care delivery environment. Currently work is focused on collaborative based initiatives, involving multi-sites, spanning the acute to community sectors and involving interdisciplinary team work.
EPA Contact Person: Louise Martin
Organisation: Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Function: Coordinator, Critical Pathways
Experience: 7 years experience working with pathways, our main focus is pediatrics. We currently have pathways for asthma, bronchiolitis, gastroenteritis, croup, rule-out sepsis, tonsillectomy and or adenoidectomy, DMD, LP for oncology, Gastrostomy with or without Fundoplication, NICU discharge planning, ketogenic diet, diabetes, NICU follow-up.
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CHINA:
EPA Contact Person:
Jing-Xia Qian
Organisation:
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Function: Medical Affair Department
Experience in pathways: to facilitate the pathways development for mental health diseases
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INDIA
EPA Contact Person: Sheenu Jhawar
Organisation: ACE Vision Health
Function: Director
Experience with pathways: Since 2002 experience with pathway in different clinical areas, nowadays advising Indian healthcare organisations on pathways and information technology.
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INDONESIA:
EPA Contac Person: Dody Firmanda
Organisation: Fatmawati Hospital, South Jakarta
Function: Chairman of Medical Committee, Head Department of Paediatrics
Experience in Pathways: developed and implemented the clinical pathways to all 20 specialty departments in our hospital as a key important in our Case Mix System, and it also as an entry point in improving our professional quality in activities as medical audit, clinical risks management & patient safety, and health impact intervention.
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JAPAN:
EPA Contact Person: Hidehisa Soejima
Organisation: Japanese Society for Clinical Pathways & Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital
Function: Board member JSCP & Vice President, Director of Total Quality Management
Experience in pathways: involved in the Japanese Society on Clinical Pathways, chairman of the 6th conference on care pathways in Japan. More than 50% of patients in his hospital are on pathways. More than 100 pathways have been developed in his hospital.
EPA Contact Person: Yuka Kanoya
Organisation: School of Nursing, Yamagata University
Function: Professor of Course of Community Health Nursing
Experience in pathways: development, implementation and research of pathway in neurological care unit, acute psychiatry unit, pressure ulcer care and visiting nursing
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MONGOLIA
More information on pathway in Mongolia: here [35 KB]
EPA Contact Person: Bujin Tserensodnom
Organisation: Second Health sector Development Programme
Function: Consultant
Experience in pathways: Bujin takes the lead in the pilot projects on pathways in Mongolia. As consultant to the minister she advices the governement on patient focussed care problems.
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SINGAPORE
EPA Contact Person: Janet Choo
Organisation: Changi General Hospital
Function: Assistant Director, Quality Management, Nursing Administration
Experience with pathways: Since 1996 development and implementation of pathways in several clinical areas. International speaker on care pathway conferernces.
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USA
EPA Contact Person: Kathleen Bower
Organisation: Center for Case Management
Function: Principal
Experience: Experience since 1985 when pathways were introduced in healthcare. Since more than 20 years worldwide experience in pathways and case management.
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