Quality Assessment Tools in Hospitals
Towards a voluntary European Accreditation System ?
EAHM-Seminar, November 16th 2007, Düsseldorf
Programme & Abstracts

Introduction
Asger Hansen, Past-President of EAHM, President of the Scientific Subcommittee

European (over)view
Moderator:Asger Hansen

Hospital standards in Europe
Dr. Charles Shaw, Consultant, UK

"Together for Health": A New EU Community Health Strategy
Dr. Andrzej Rys, Director for Public Health, European Commission

In search for quality
Prof. Vleugels, Director, Centre for Health Services and Nursing Research, Catholic Leuven University, Belgium



Experiences of hospital directors around Europe
Moderator:Jan Aghina, President NVZD, the Netherlands

Experiences from the Netherlands
Laurens Touwen, President, Reinier de Graaf Group, Delft, the Netherlands

Experiences from Denmark: "Accreditation promotes leadership"
Dorte Bagger, Accreditation coordinator, Region Hovedstaden, Denmark

Experiences from Germany
Dietmar Nichterlein, Director, Klinikum Chemnitz, Germany