From the Regional Offices

Free Conference: Patient Safety in the Hospital: Systemic Approach to International Accreditation 

On 3 April 2009, Joint Commission International (JCI), in collaboration with Locarno Regional Hospital, will host a conference entitled “Patient Safety in the Hospital: Systemic Approach to International Accreditation.” The conference, which will be available free of charge, will provide participants with concrete tools needed to understand the importance of accreditation for excellence as a systemic preventive approach to safety, and to make the experience of the Locarno Regional Hospital (EOC), as the first Swiss hospital accredited by an international program, available to the health professionals. JCI representatives speaking include:
• Paul vanOstenberg, Director of the Department ‘Standard Development and Product Innovation’, Joint Commission International,
   Chicago, USA
• Carlo Ramponi, Managing Director Joint Commission International Europe, Ferney-Voltaire, France
• William Kragness, Senior Consultant Physician, Joint Commission International, New York, USA

Simultaneous translations will be available in Italian, French, German, and English. The following health care leaders should consider attending:
• Hospital Directors
• Medical Directors
• Nursing Department Heads
• Heads of Quality
• Risk Managers
• Pharmacists,
• Other health care staff
• Health insurers.