EHFG

celebrates first decade 1-4 October 2008

The programme for this year's European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) - its 10th gathering - covers a far broader range of topics than before. During over 20 plenary sessions, forums and workshops, with about 120 lectures, key topics that embrace European and the national health politics of EU member states will be presented and discussed by experts.

Photo: EHFG

To be included:
l    Europe on the way to a standardised healthcare market? The new EU guideline on patient rights and trans-national healthcare
l    More coordination and integration: Modern information technology improves the care of the chronically ill
l    Increased patient safety and improvement in the quality of care as central challenges for healthcare in the 21st century
l    Why social and economic disparities can prevent better health for all and what we can do against this
l    The responsibilities of positions in the healthcare profession in a changing healthcare environment
l    Smoking bans, food labelling and alcohol abuse: How more prevention and EU initiatives can prevent the development of diseases at an earlier stage
l    Rare diseases and orphan drugs: EU measures help to improve the healthcare for people with rare diseases
l    Health and innovations – biotechnology, new vaccines and their financing
The EHFG has initiated a new European Health Forum Award, to promote health policy initiatives that have contributed significantly in Europe to meet healthcare challenges, such as the inequality and disparity in health status, access to services and the provision of treatment within Europe. (Entry is now closed.)
Details: www.ehfg.org

01.09.2008

Related articles

Photo

Article •

conhIT: The future place to be for healthcare IT providers?

From 2004 to 2007 VHitG (Verband der Hersteller von IT-Systemen im Gesundheitswesen) and Messe Frankfurt jointly organised ITeG (IT-Messe und Dialog im Gesundheitswesen). When VhitG moved the event…

Photo

Article • Profession

Imager or doctor: that is the question

Delegates were asked an increasingly vital question during ECR 2015: do they rather want to be imagers or doctors? “This will probably be one of the most interesting sessions of this meeting and,…

Photo

Article •

MIR@ECR

Management in Radiology (MIR) is a subcommittee of the ESR Professional Organisation Committee, set up to address current challenges and provide a forum for education and the exchange of ideas and…

Related products

Subscribe to Newsletter