The work of ESQH in Europe

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The work of ESQH in Europe
European Society for Quality in Healthcare

• Dr David Somekh
• Past President ESQH

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How do you describe a
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Description of origins of ESQH Charles Shaw
(president ISQua) and Marius Buiting (president
NKVZ) as facilitators

• Name European Society for Quality in Healthcare
• AKA ESQH
• Date of birth November 1998
• Place of birth Budapest
• Address ISQua conference

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ESQH Mission statement

• to promote communication between the stakeholders
  in European health quality
• to champion quality in healthcare in Europe
• to stimulate innovation in healthcare quality in
  Europe

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Who? A network of networks

• Active NL, IRL, GB, POL,SWE,DAN,GRE,ITAL.
• SPA, GER, LUX, FIN, BEL, LITH.
• Aspiring CZE, FRA, EST, PORT, BUL, CY.
• Non-EU NOR, SWI, CROA.
• Aspiring non-EU ALB, TUR.
• Lapsed HUN.
• EU so far not in AUS, LAT, MTA, SLOVA, SLOVE.

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Operational structures

• registered charity
• governed by Council representing all Member
  Societies
• managed by elected Executive Board
• managed according to formal Constitution
• (appropriate subcommittees finance, probity
  etc.)
• all officers volunteers save salaried Executive
  Officer

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• Networks of networks

Institutes
Offices
Societies
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• ESQH offices location and function
• semi-autonomous franchise of ESQH brand
• Brussels EC networks and horizon scanning
• London Patient safety
• Krakow Networks in Eastern Europe
• Aarhus Indicators
• Padua Patient participation
• Utrecht Institutes network (under
  construction)
• Future plans Maastricht (education), Jonkoping
  (eHealth),
• EFQM etc. Also set up Secretary-General post
  

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ESQH workshops
udine
utrecht
krakow
balaton
dublin
lahti
caltanisetta
paris
brussels
hannover
haarlem
seville
soloturn
london
zagreb
?porto
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Summercamp activities in partnership with
European Organisation for Quality

• Leadership Limerick
  Aug.2002
• Sigtuna (Sweden)
  Sept. 2003
• Education Hastings
  Sept. 2004
• Alpendurada
  Aug. 2005
• (Portugal)
• Compassion Neudorf Aug.
  2006
• in Healthcare (East Germany)

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• Some accomplishments of ESQH 98-06
• Creating networks and partnerships within Europe
  (see later also)
• Influencing European Commission (EC) healthcare
  agenda
• Projects Marquis (DG Research), Simpatie and
  EMPowER (DG Health
• Consumer Protection, SANCO), possibility of
  further PS project.
• Participation invited at European Union
  presidential conferences and High Level Group on
  health services and medical care (HLG)
• Grants from Irish HSE and Dutch Ministry
• Actively maintained and growing website
• Facilitating development of new HC Quality
  societies in Portugal, Czech Rep., France etc.
• Survival!

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ESQH vision EU quality strategy 2010
eHealth
Common Vocabulary Consensus On Quality Tools
Patient Safety
Patient as partner
Education for Quality e.g. communication skills
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Relationship to various European agencies

• Links to EC
• party to Health Forum
• SANCO projects and networking
• FP6 (DG res.) project
• WHO - Europe joint conference Copenhagen 05
• OECD - involvement two indicator projects 04/5
• Council of Europe - working relationship on PS
• EOQ and EHTEL - memoranda of understanding
• HOPE,CPME,EFQM-HC - active relationships