Events

Ms. Wilhelmsson to preset at the 11th European Health Forum in Gastein, Austria
June 05, 2008

Ms. Wilhelmsson will give a presentation during the 11^th European Health Forum Gastein, "Values in Health - from Visions to Reality", which will take place between the 1st and the 4th of October 2008 in Bad Hofgastein, Salzburg, Austria. You can find the programme here.

Mr. Johan Hjertqvist speaks at the McGill University in Montreal

Tomorrow, May 29, Johan Hjertqvist speaks at the McGill University in Montreal, Canada. The theme of the two-day Conference is “The Canadian healthcare system comes of age. A framework for the 21st century care”. Mr. Hjertqvist's session, enjoying prestigious European participation such as Dr. Benhard Merkel, Head of the Health Strategy Unit of the DG Sanco, will focus on how Canada can best learn from European experience.

Healthcare, the Market, and the Public's Needs and Interests, Warsaw

Mr. Hjertqvist will speak about The Europe of Health Consumers during the "Healthcare, the Market, and the Public's Needs and Interests" Conference that will take place in Warsaw, Poland, on the 2nd of June. For more details, the list of speakers and the program of the conference click here.

Rx&D / IFPMA Policy Conference, Montreal

During the Joint Rx&D / IFPMA Policy Conference - "Putting the Pieces Together: International Best Practices in Access to Pharmaceutical Innovation", Mr Hjertqvist will compare healthcare access and outcomes based on our Euro-Canada Health Consumer Index 2008.

Global Trends and Best Practises, Washington D.C.

4th International Health Summit in Prague

Ms. Wilhelmsson to present in Slovenia

Ms. Kajsa Wilhelmsson will speak at the event “Disease Prevention and a Healthy Lifesytle: The Role of Cessation of Smoking in the Prevention of Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease”, to be held in Ljubljana on the 28^th of March 2008. The title of her presentation will be "Europe’s Healthiest Countries and the Role of Patient Empowerment". Click here to find more information about the program.

 

Health Care Innovation Week, Washington D.C.

The Health Consumer Powerhouse will participate at the Health Care Innovation Week, a week of insight and dialogue around Swedish health care and life science progression. This event will take place at the House of Sweden in Washington D.C. betwwen the 19th and 22nd of February 2008.

Cutting edge in Swedish health care innovation is presented through a unique system of networks and top-actor researchers, leading politicians and business executives from the land of the Nobel Prize.

Mr. Johan Hjertqvist will participate in the panel discussing how "Flourishing Swedish Companies Introduce Themselves Through the Aspects of Health Care, Products and Information Technology".

Euro-Canada Health Consumer Index

Kajsa Wilhelmsson will present the Health Consumer Powerhouse report comparing the Health Provision of Canada and the EU Member States at the Brussels Network Meeting of Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, MEP and Syed Kamall, MEP.

 

Room ASP 7H 1 in the European Parliament. 

1:00pm – 2:30pm, Wednesday, the 13th of February.

 

If you plan to attend, please email Olly Kaye on syed.kamall-assistant@europarl.europa.eu.

MEP Breakfast meeting

Mr. Christoffer Fjellner, Member of Parliament (EPP-ED) and Mr. Joseph Muscat, Member of Parliament (PSE), together with the Health Consumer Powerhouse have the honour of inviting MEPs to a presentation of the Euro Health Consumer Index 2007, November 28, 08.00 – 09.30 in room A3F383.

Euro Health Consumer Index 2007

On October 1, 2007, we launch the 2007 Euro Health Consumer Index. You will find the report on our website at 12.00.

 

The 2007 index has been expanded to include all 27 Member States, and also Norway and Switzerland. It ranks the consumer-friendliness of healthcare systems across Europe. With updated and streamlined indicators, the Index assesses patient’s rights and information, waiting times, treatment outcomes, access to medicines and healthcare provision. 

 

The 2007 Index will reveal that:

• More than half of European national health systems systematically delay the introduction of novel medicines;
• Hospital acquired MRSA represent a significant health threat in 50% of surveyed countries;
• Generous expenditure on healthcare does not guarantee improved outcomes

You can also discover:

• Which county leads the way in empowering patients?
• Which of the new member states are outstripping their Western neighbours in quality of healthcare provision?

I Iberian Meeting on Health in Europe: The importance of Excellency

Jose de Mello Saude, the most important Portuguese health care private group is holding this conference which will tackle the following topics:

Main Tendencies in the Changing process of the European Health Care Systems
Bioethics
Benchmarking the Excellency
The Excellency in the JMS and GHQuiron Units
The Importance of Excellency to the Health Private Systems
Actual Shifts in the English National Health Service
Managing Health for Excellency

Speakers:

Mr Nicolaus Henke - McKinsey Managing Director for health (UK), Prof. Daniel SerrZo (Portugal), Prof. Carlo Romeo-Casabona (Spain), Ms Merces Casas - IASIST Managing Director (Spain) and Mr Johan Hjertqvist, Health Consumer Powerhouse's President.

Date: June 21 – 22, 2007

Location: Lisbon

Mr Johan Hjertqvist, HCP President, lectures at Consumer Health World in Washington DC

On Tuesday 12 December Mr Johan Hjertqvist gives a lecture and takes part in the panel discussion "The Convergence of Healthcare and Financial Services: Where Are We Headed?" within the Consumer Health World conference. Mr Hjertqvist will lecture on new funding tools in healthcare like consumer-driven health accounts, presenting research findings from Europe within the Euro Health Consumer Index. CDHCC is the no 1 business-to-business Conference on consumer health. The Consumer and Patient Enabling Technologies Conference, The National Health, Wellness & Prevention Congress, The Consumer Access to Health and Retailization Conference, The Marketing to the New Healthcare Consumer Conference and the Boomers Business Conference are all to be featured starting Monday at Consumer Health World in December in Washington, DC. These seminal business-to-business events represent the convergence of consumer-centric health, wellness and prevention with innovation and technology. This content-rich Conference is featuring approximately 200 industry thought-leaders, in six Program Tracks, addressing the industry’s most topical issues. Date: 11 – 13 December 2006 Location: Historic Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC Link to the Consumer Health World website

Mr Johan Hjertqvist at Capitol Hill Briefing - watch the video

Last week, a group of health care experts spoke at the US Senate on European healthcare at a briefing organised jointly by the IPI, Galen and Heritage. Johan Hjertqvist stressed the importance of more transparent care consumer information. You can watch video of the whole briefing here.

Can Consumers Drive the Future of Care? Johan Hjertqvist in AARP's Global Report on Aging

With over 35 million members, AARP is the leading nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization for people age 50 and over in the United States. The group is providing a wide range of services to this ever-growing segment of the population by informing members and the public on issues important to this age group, advocating on legislative, consumer and legal issues and promoting community service,. Global Report on Aging, whose aim is to facilitate dialogue about global aging, is a a quarterly publication of AARP featuring contributions from international opinion leaders on a variety of aging related topics. In the current issue, focused on health care financing, Mr Johan Hjertqvist, HCP President, addresses the theme of how consumers can influence the future of care underlying that “Until the consumer becomes an active partner in health care, the foundation for sustainable improvement remains absent.” In order to achieve this goal, Mr Hjertqvist illustrates, “Our 2006 Euro Health Consumer Index, published late June, is the [only] information tool comparing the European health care systems from a consumer point of view”. Link to full text of the article

Swedish Index Director Oscar Hjertqvist speaks at Karolinska University Hospital

Karolinska University Hospital – one of Europe’s leading university hospitals - carries out a program meant to improve the activity of its staff and management. Within this program a discussion on the future healthcare management takes place on 26th of September and Oscar Hjertqvist gives a presentation based on our vision and experience. "Karolinska finds it worthwhile to listen to the view of the health consumers. That is a good sign for the future", our Swedish Index Director says.

Dr. Arne Bjornberg participates in the founding meeting of the EU Life Science Circle

Dr. Arne Bjornberg, Director, EuroHealth Consumer Index, participates in the founding meeting of the EU Life Science Circle, September 12, Brussels Brussels: The benefits of direct access to patient information will be a main theme of the European Life Science Circle (ELSC) which will be held in Brussels on 12 September 2006. "The European health system faces many new challenges. Patients are more involved, want more information and have a greater say in their own well-being", said Dr. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, German Member of the European Parliament and the founder of the Parliament's Life Science Circle. The keynote presentation will be by Prof. Dr. Harms President of the European Health Care Foundation, who will share his thoughts and experiences on direct access to patient information. Mrs. Lalis, from the European Commission's DG Enterprise, European Commission will respond. Mr. Chatzimarkakis will introduce the discussion. The Life Science Circle is intended to be a policy platform to discuss reform of Europe's health care system. It will also be the forum for the discussion of improved patient conditions in Europe. The main objective of the Circle is thus to bring the EU life science sector forward and turn Europe into the world's 'bio-zone', according to Dr. Chatzimarkakis. The ELSC offers the opportunity to shape the debates in a number of areas including health system infrastructure, preventive medicine, e-health, research and innovation, patents, improved quality in health care giving legislators, decision-makers, stakeholders, patients associations, researchers and industry representatives the chance to influence important developments. Participation in the Life Sciences Circle is by invitation only.

Download presentation from the World Health Care Congress

Here you can download Mr Hjertqvist and Dr Bjornbergs presentation from the World Health Care Congress Europe 2006 – 29-31 March 2006 in Chantilly, France