Event: Together for Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Management across all Ages
Date: Wednesday 25 May 2022
Time: 09:00 - 16:00
Venue: South Auditorium, Mater Dei Hospital
The Department of Health Systems Management & Leadership at the Faculty of Health Sciences (University of Malta), in collaboration with the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Team at Mater Dei Hospital is organising a symposium entitled Together for patient safety and clinical risk management across all ages.
The Symposium will be held at the South Auditorium, Mater Dei Hospital on Wednesday 25 May 2022 between 09:00 and 16:00.
To register for the symposium please fill in the online registration form.Programme
Chair
First morning session
Dr Miriam Dalmas
Consultant Public Health Medicine
Resident Academic, Department of Health Systems Management and Leadership, Faculty of Health Science, University of Malta
09:00 – 09:05 Welcome address
Dr Stephen Lungaro Mifsud,
Dean, Faculty of Health Science, University of Malta
09:05 – 09:20 The current state-of-the-art in patient safety and clinical risk management in the Maltese health and social care systems
Prof. Sandra Buttigieg,
Head, Department Health Systems Management and Leadership, Faculty of Health Science, University of Malta
Chairperson of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Team (PaSQiT) at Mater Dei Hospital
09:20 – 09:30 Address
Prof. Carmen Sammut
Pro-Rector, University of Malta
09:30 - 10:00 Quality of Care and Patient Safety in the WHO European Region
Dr João Breda
Head of Athens QoC Office & RD Special Adviser, Division of Country Health Policies and Systems, WHO Greece, Athens, Greece
10:00 - 10:30 Introducing the European Researchers’ Network Working on Second Victims (ERNST)
Prof. José Joaquin Mira
Chairperson of COST Action CA 19113
The European Researchers’ Network Working on Second Victims (ERNST)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
Chair
Second morning session
Prof. Sandra Buttigieg
Consultant Public Health Medicine
Head, Department Health Systems Management and Leadership, Faculty of Health Science, University of Malta
Chairperson of PaSQiT at Mater Dei Hospital, Malta
11:00 – 11:30 Digitally Transforming Health: A Patient Safety Solution
Mr Francois Grech
Chief Executive Officer Exigy Ltd.
11:30 – 12:15 How can digitalisation give support for achieving better and more safe medical services?
Prof. Dr Dr Wilfried von Eiff
Academic Director Center for Health Care Management and Regulation HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Leipzig, Germany
Director, Center for Hospital Management, Institute at the University of Muenster, Germany
12:15 – 13:00 Panel discussion
Panel members:
Dr Carmel Abela, Clinical Chairperson Department of Anaesthesia, First PaSQiT Chair, Mater Dei Hospital
Mr Noel Borg, Chief Operating Officer, CareMalta Group Ltd.
Mr Walter Busuttil, Chief Medical Officer, Ministry for Health
Ms Gertrude A. Buttigieg, Chairperson, Malta Health Network
Ms Roseanne Camilleri, Chief Executive Officer, Primary Health Care
Dr Josianne Cutajar, Chief Executive Officer, St Vincent De Paul Long Term Care Facility
Mr Joe Debono, Medical Director, Mater Dei Hospital
Dr Renzo Degabriele, Chief Executive Officer, Active Ageing and Community Care
Dr Nadine Delicata, Executive Director and President, Steward Health Care Malta
Ms Celia Falzon, Chief Executive Officer, Mater Dei Hospital
Prof. Charmaine Gauci, Superintendent of Public Health, Department of Health Regulation, Ministry for Health
Dr Stephanie Xuereb, Chief Executive Officer, Mental Health Services
13:00 – 13:45 Lunch break
Chair
Afternoon session
Dr Patricia Vella Bonanno
Resident Academic, Department of Health Systems Management and Leadership, Faculty of Health Science, University of Malta
13:45 – 14:00 Competency model and its benefits for patient safety
Assoc. Prof. Dr Ing. Jana Hola
Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pardubice, Czechia
14:00 – 14:15 The value of Health Systems Performance Assessments (HSPA) for patient safety and clinical risk management across the Maltese health and social care systems
Dr Kenneth Grech
Consultant Public Health Medicine
Resident Academic Department of Health Systems Management and Leadership, Faculty of Health Science, University of Malta
14:15 – 14:30 Patient safety education and training for medical students and Foundation School doctors
Prof. Yves Muscat Baron, Clinical Chairperson Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department
Member of PaSQiT, Mater Dei Hospital
14:30 – 14:45 Towards a proactive falls policy at Mater Dei Hospital
Ms Adriana Pace and Ms Lorraine Attard
PaSQiT Co-ordinators for Falls, PaSQiT, Mater Dei Hospital
14:45 – 15:00 Digitization and digitalization of the Safety Alert Learn (SA Learn) reporting system at Mater Dei Hospital – process and outcomes
Ms Maria Spiteri
Manager II Research, Clinical Performance Unit, Mater Dei Hospital
15:00 – 15:15 Authentic Leadership, Psychological Safety and Whistleblowing: A mixed method approach
Ms Andrea Spiteri Paris
Dental Technologist and MSc graduate in Health Systems Management and Leadership
15:15 – 15:30 Improving Early Pregnancy Care at Mater Dei Hospital
Dr Helga Consiglio,
Resident Specialist Obs & Gynae
Postgraduate Certificate in Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Management (P.G. Cert.(Melit.)) Graduate
15:30 – 15:45 Children with special needs. The hidden iceberg
Mr Mohamed Shoukry
Consultant Paediatric Surgery
Postgraduate Certificate in Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Management (P.G. Cert.(Melit.)) Graduate
15:45 – 16:00 Closing remarks
Prof. Sandra C. Buttigieg