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Health Care Quality Network Start-up meeting

  Summary 

   Title: Health Care Quality Improvement in the Asia-Pacific Region: the Potential of a Network
  
 Date: 14 September 2011
  
 Venue: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, China
  
 Hosted by OECD, OECD·Korea Policy Centre (Health and Social Policy Programme)
  
 Participating parties: 15 participants from 4 countries and 2 organisations
     
 OECD member countries in Asia-Pacific: Korea, Japan
     
 Non-OECD member countries: Singapore
     
 International Organizations: OECD, WHO, WHO/WPRO
 
  Programme Summary
 
             1. Overview of OECD activities related to Quality of Care in Asia-Pacific:
          Health Care Quality Indicator work and country reviews on Quality of Care (OECD Paris)
     2. Overview of activities at national and international level (Japan, Singapore and Korea)
     3. Attendance to the ISQua Conference
        A. Importance of indicators in creating improvement at a national level: Michael Smith, Australian Commission
           on Safety and Quality in Health Care, AU
        B. Lessons on national and international use of metrics to improve health systems: Amy Stern, HCI Project, US.
     4. Discussion and Formulation of Conclusions about the potential of an Asia-Pacific network on Quality of Care
    
 5 . Closing (OECD Paris, OECD Korea Policy Centre)

 
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