The EUROPEAN PATHWAY ASSOCIATION WAS INVOLVED IN THESE CONFERENCES
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ICP 2007 – Conference Programme Released –
EPA Members to receive a 10% discount

DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM HERE [381 KB]

The programme for the Seventh International Care Pathways conference which is supported by the European Pathway Association is now available from here . The conference will take place in London from 27-28th June 2007. The conference includes over forty presentations, case studies, workshops and masterclasses with sessions designed for both beginners as well as those involved in the more advanced aspects of care pathway development.

We are pleased to announce that keynote speakers confirmed include:

Kathy Bower, Principal and Co Owner, The Centre for Case Management, USA

Hidehisa Soejima, Vice President, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, Japan & Member, The Japanese Society for Clinical Pathways

Kris Vanhaecht, Joint Chair, EPA

Highlights from the programme include

- A stream focusing on Critical Success Factors including variance, delivering on and monitoring patient centred goals and outcomes, gaining board commitment, multidisciplinary teamworking and clinical engagement and training frontline staff
- Masterclasses including a methodology masterclass comparing pathway methodologies from around the world, a masterclass on managing multiple pathways, a managers masterclass on managing the ICP team
- A stream exclusively focused on updating delegates on what’s happening in the UK with presentations from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
- A debate on the value of variance
- Speciality focus sessions on clinical areas including primary care, mental health, end of life care, medicine, surgery and pathways that cross healthcare boundaries
- A Legal update session and workshop
- A closing session discussing the implications of eCare Pathways
- 21 international poster displays

For further information or a copy of the programme please email clare@healthcare-events.co.uk
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Process Mapping, Analysis and Redesign. [1.440 KB]
22nd June in Londo (a healthcare events conference).
The relationship between process mapping and care pathways.
Jonathan Hill, Care Pathway Development Manager, Gloucestershire Partnership NHS Trust.
More information via clare@healthcare-events.co.uk

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Clinical Pathways: sharing the lessons learnt to be held on 28-29 June 2007 at Eden on the Park, Melbourne, Australia

Massimiliano Panella (co-chair E-P-A) and Anne Marie Yazbeck (E-P-A board member) will give a key-note presentation.

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8th conference of the Japanese Society for Clinical Pathways.
This 8th conference will be help in Sapporo on 5 & 6 october 2007.

Kris Vanhaecht & Massimiliano Panella (co-chairs E-P-A) will give the key-note presentation.

More information via our E-P-A contact person in Japan: Dr. H. Soejima.

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The E-P-A was involved in the following conferences and workshops:
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E-P-A will be presented during the conference of the International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQUA) in London on Wednesday October 25, 1400-1500hrs by Kris Vanhaecht, Marie Kehoe and Massimiliano Panella. More info here [7 KB] .

You can download their presentation here [233 KB] .

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The Integrated Care Pathway Usergroup in Scotland [60 KB] (ICPUS) is organising its ICPUS Open Meeting No. 13 on 2nd November 2006 at Tweed Horizons Conference Centre, Newtown St. Boswells, Melrose TD6 0SA, Scotland.

The programme can be downloaded here [60 KB] .

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Diomedes Healthcare Consulting is organising a one day conference on pathways in Barcelona, Spain on November 16. Kris Vanhaecht, Massimiliano Panella and Claire Whittle will present the E-P-A study results and the work on pathways in their country.

More information here in English [105 KB] or in Spanish [122 KB] .

Healthcare Events & The European Pathway Association announce the
CARE PATHWAY CONFERENCEMANCHESTER, JANUARY 23, 2008 [678 KB]

Topics include:
● Developing effective care pathways: international developments
● Developing effective care pathways: national update
● A step-by-step guide to planning and writing a care pathway
● Variance and variance analysis explained
● Implementing the pathway: changing culture and progress
● Using pathways to deliver on 18 weeks
● Validating and assuring the quality of care pathways: a practical tool
● Changing practice as a result of variance findings
● Legal issues in the development and use of care pathways

P LUS an interactive surgery
the delegate opportunity to set the agenda –
bring your questions and challenges you are facing
in delivering care pathways in practice
Supported bythe European Pathways Association

DISCOUNT FOR EPA MEMBERS
For more information, please contact Healthcare Events

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Healthcare Events and the European Pathway Association are pleased to announce the Eighth Annual Conference of Integrated Care Pathways on 25 & 26 June, 2008 in London.

For more information on the conference or the call, please get in contact with Clare Gallagher at Healthcare Events.

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE CONFERENCE BROCHURE HERE [1.534 KB]

A Practical Guide to Improving Clinical Outcomes through Developing and Using Care Pathways [678 KB]
Date: Wednesday 21st January 2009
Venue: Manchester Conference Centre, Manchester
This conference provides an important update on developing effective care pathways, with a focus on clinical outcomes, lean and six sigma and Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs).
Contact: For more information please either call Keren on 020 8541 1399, email keren@healthcare-events.co.uk or visit http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk

On May 28 & 29 the Belgian branch of E-P-A is celebrating 10 years of pathways.
On May 28 an international conference will be organized. On the second day of the event, an international workshop on pathway research and one on lean pathways will be organized. More information here. [230 KB]

The 2009 Care Pathway conference will be organised in London on June 24 & 25.
More info and the brochure are downloadable HERE [544 KB] .
If you want more details, please contact Keren at Healthcare Events.

The 10th annual ICP conference in association with the EPA examining the latest developments in the role of care pathways in improving the quality of care is taking place on the 24th and 25th June at 76 Portland Place London.

Healthcare Events is pleased to offer EPA members the following special discounts to attend the conference. Can you please add your EPA membership number to the booking form or online application.

1 day

1 delegate place = 10% discount £319.50 + VAT (£367.43)
5 delegates or more = 20% discount £284.00 + VAT (£326.60)
10 delegates or more = 40% discount £213.00 + VAT (£244.95)
15 delegates or more = 50% discount £177.50 + VAT (£204.13)

STANDARD RATE IS £355 + VAT (£408.25)

2 days

1 delegate place = 10% discount £490.50 + VAT (£564.08)
5 delegates or more = 20% discount £436.00 + VAT (£501.40)
10 delegates or more = 40% discount £327.00 + VAT (£376.05)
15 delegates or more = 50% discount £272.50 + VAT (£313.38)

STANDARD RATE IS £545 + VAT (£626.75)

Please note that we need to receive booking forms at the same time to apply the discount.

The European Pathway Association is involved in the following conferences and/or workshops.
If you want to have an overview of our past conferences, take a look here.

On November 12 & 13, Diomedes in close collaboration with the E-P-A is organising a two day workshop on pathways (vias clinicas) in Barcelona, Spain.
You can download all information here [240 KB] .

THE FOLLOWING CONFERENCES ARE ORGANISED OR SUPPORTED
BY THE EUROPEAN PATHWAY ASSOCIATION

Developing Care Plans for Long Term Conditions Meeting the December 2010 deadline [355 KB]

Tuesday 12 October 2010
Cavendish Conference Centre, London

To download a copy of the conference programme, or to book a place please click==> here [355 KB]
BOOKING DISCOUNT:
20% DISCOUNT FOR EPA MEMBERS
(Quote ‘LTC20% - EPA Members’ this offer excludes online credit card bookings)

The recent white paper Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS demonstrates a commitment to long term conditions stating that they will “introduce choice in care for long-term conditions as part of personalised care planning from 2011.”

“Commissioning by GP consortia will mean that the redesign of patient pathways and local services is always clinically-led and based on more effective dialogue and partnership with hospital specialists. It will bring together responsibility for clinical decisions and for the financial consequences of these decisions. This will reinforce the crucial role that GPs already play in committing NHS resources through their daily clinical decisions – not only in terms of referrals and prescribing, but also how well they manage long-term conditions, and the accessibility of their services. It will increase efficiency, by enabling GPs to strip out activities that do not have appreciable benefits for patients’ health or healthcare.”
Department of health equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS, Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Health by Command of Her Majesty, July 2010

Through a series of presentations this one day conference chaired by Dr Shahid Ali GP and Deputy Director GP Provider Services Bradford and Airedale PCT, provides important updates in the latest developments in Long Term Conditions and the care planning commitment released by the Department of Health on the 4 March 2010.

The conference opens with a keynote presentation from Dr Steven Laitner General Practitioner Consultant in Public Health Medicine and Associate Medical Director East of England Strategic Health Authority and Clinical Advisor to 18 Week National Implementation Team Department of Health, who will discuss developing care plans for Long Term Conditions, putting people at the centre of decision making about their care and the progress in meeting the December 2010 deadline.

Topics include:

How do we ensure all patients with Long Term Conditions have a care plan by December 2010Commissioning and providing pathways for people with Long Term Conditions Improving care for people with Long Term Conditions: developing a personalised care plan / personal health plan
The patient perspective
Improving the care pathway for people with Long Term Conditions – Case study: developing a care plan for COPD
Improving well-being and taking a preventative approach – Case study: developing a care plan for diabetes
Meeting the quality requirements for rehabilitation – Case study: developing a care plan for neurological conditions
Delivering an integrated service across primary, secondary and tertiary care: bridging the gap between specialist services and the community – Case study: developing a care plan for coronary heart disease
Developing effective partnership working and integrated care – Case study: developing a care plan for cancer
Personalised health budgets and linking with personalised care planning

Speakers include:

Dr Shahid Ali GP and Deputy Director GP Provider Services Bradford and Airedale PCTDr Steven Laitner General Practitioner Consultant in Public Health Medicine and Associate Medical Director East of England Strategic Health Authority and Clinical Advisor to 18 Week National Implementation Team Department of HealthJeremy Taylor Chief Executive National Voices

This conference is recognised by the IHM. CPD Accredited by the Royal College of Physicians, London

For more information please contact Stephen Bennett on 020 8541 1399 or email stephen@healthcare-events.co.uk

*Terms and conditions. Offer only applies to bookings received by the above dates and is only offered on the above Long Term Conditions Conference on the 12 October 2010. Discounts are not valid in conjunction with any other offer from Healthcare Events (this offer excludes online credit card bookings). Bookings are subject to payments made, strictly 30 days from date of invoice and/or must be paid in full before the conference date. Full terms and conditions are available upon request.

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Redesigning process, change and innovation to improve the Patient Journey A Practical Guide to Process Mapping, Analysis and Redesign
Wednesday 15 September 2010
Cavendish Conference Centre, London

To download a copy of the conference programme, or to book a place please click here

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20% BOOKING DISCOUNT FOR EPA MEMBERS
(Quote ‘PMAREPA20%’)
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“The QIPP initiative is identifying how efficiencies can be driven and services redesigned to achieve the twin aims of improved quality and efficiency.”
Department of Health, Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS, Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Health by Command of Her Majesty, July 2010

This one day tenth annual conference focuses on the redesigning processes, change and innovation to improve the patient journey. Following the chairman’s introduction, Mr Rashad Massoud Senior Vice President Quality and Performance Institute will deliver a presentation on redesigning the patient journey, discussing process mapping and redesign, Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention, mapping and analysing the patient journey to identify areas for improvement, and does improving quality across the patient pathway save money.

The morning continues with an extended interactive session from Mr Jonathan Hill Head of Quality Assurance and Care Management 2gether NHS Foundation Trust, who will discuss planning and preparing a Process Mapping exercise, understanding the jargon, symbols and shapes, allocating value to the process map, tips for ensuring the exercise provides the information you need to understand the patient journey and how to identify areas for improvement.

Two facilitated workshops will run alongside the main conference programme. The first lean thinking and redesign will focus in lean healthcare and the essentials for success. The second, in depth Process Mapping and redesign, an interactive workshop, which will take delegates through the Process Mapping process with a hands on experience through the use of case study exercises.

Topics include

Redesigning the patient journeyInvolving patients and service users in process mapping, analysis and redesignMapping and redesigning whole patient journeysRedesigning processes to reduce variation and improve predictability - Case study: Improving discharge practice and improving predictability in length of stay
Using care pathways as a tool for service redesign
Linking redesign to quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP)
From redesign to transformation: Lean thinking and redesign
Process mapping and redesign beyond organisational boundaries

Workshops

Lean thinking and redesign workshopIn depth Process Mapping and redesign workshop
Plus extended session

Process Mapping in practice: a step-by-step guide

Chair and speakers include

Adam Cairns Chief Executive of Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust Mr Rashad Massoud Senior Vice President Quality and Performance Institute Mr Jonathan Hill Head of Quality Assurance and Care Management 2gether NHS Foundation Trust

Related links...

Department of Health: The NHS quality, innovation, productivity and prevention challenge: an introduction for cliniciansInstitute for Innovation and Improvement: Quality and Service Improvement Tools – Process Mapping An Overview
This conference is recognised by the IHM, supported by the Manufacturing Institute, approved by the ASGBI, and CPD Accredited by the Royal College of Physicians, London.

For more information please contact Keren Roberts on 020 8541 1399 or email keren@healthcare-events.co.uk