EAHL's IV European Conference on Health Law

The European Association of Health Law is very pleased to announce its 4th Conference (2013) in Coimbra/Portugal. This will be hosted in collaboration with the Centre for Biomedical Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra.

The theme for 2013 is European Health Law & Patient Safety

“How familiar are you with the concept of patient safety? Hundreds of thousands of patients are harmed or die each year due to unsafe care, or get injured inadvertently when seeking health care.” (WHO).
What is the contribution that laws and jurists can give to ensure that access to healthcare is done in increasingly safer conditions?
What can laws and jurists do in order to turn errors into opportunities to build safer health systems?

The conference will consist of several keynote addresses from distinguished guests, and will also provide an opportunity for a  wide range of presentations to be delivered in parallel sessions.

The Organising Committee invites experts to participate in these parallel sessions, which will be divided into three sub-themes:

Prevention
Compensation
Learning with errors

Examples of presentation themes in parallel sessions on Prevention:
•    Does a robust practice of obtaining informed consent helps to avoid medical errors?
•    Can improvements in off-label prescription practices reduce risks?
•    Do guidelines and their strict adherence lead to systems that are safer or error free?
•    Does treatment of the most vulnerable increases the opportunity for error?
•    What are the challenges and opportunities for patient safety presented by the implementation of electronic health records?
•    What can telemedicine do for patient safety?

Examples of presentation themes in parallel sessions on Compensation and Learning with errors:

•    What is rhe role of disciplinary law in a compensation framework?
•    What levels of proof are required in liability with unknown risks in new health technology developments?
•    Do Nosocomial infections deserve a specific legal regime?
•    How can No-fault systems work?
•    What are the challenges between patient rights and the protection of the professional in reporting systems?

Oral Presentations: 20 minutes for formal presentations and slides + 10 minutes for questions and discussion

Proposal Submission: Interested presenters should submit an abstract (250 words) summarising the proposed presentation and a short bio (100 words) by email (eahlconference2013@fd.uc.pt and cdb@fd.uc.pt) or fax (+351 239 821 043) up to the 31st of May 2013.

The EAHL Board will assess submissions for relevance to the Conference’s general theme, clarity of thought, creativity and suitability to the Conference’s programme. Abstracts that do not fit into the theme of the conference will not be accepted.

Notification of acceptance: up to 21th June 2013

Poster presentations: subjected to the overall theme of the Conference

Conference Registration: All presenters are expected to register online up to the 31st of September 2013.
 

The Chairman of the Conference

Guilherme de Oliveira


Centro de Direito Biomédico

Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Coimbra

3004-545 Coimbra – Portugal

Phone/Fax: +351 239 821 043

www.eahlconference2013.org

Email: cdb@fd.uc.pt; eahlconference2013@fd.uc.pt