The International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care is a conference that aims to support and energise the movement for health and healthcare improvement.

The International Forum is jointly organised by BMJ Group and Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). The ambition of both organisations is to improve health care

Health care

Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers...

 and outcomes for patients and communities. The forum is sustained by an international network of quality improvement organisations and leaders.

The next International Forum will take place from 17–20 March 2009 at the ICC Berlin in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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