Success in a Changing Market: Innovation, Funding, Communication

EHMA24-26 June 2009, Innsbruck, Austria.
Effective and confident health management is pivotal to meeting the challenges facing Europe's health systems, under pressure from demographic change and operating in a rapidly changing market and the difficulties of global economic slowdown.

Looking across national and regional boundaries for solutions, EHMA's Annual Conference in 2009 will consider how to deliver success in this context, with a focus on funding mechanisms, innovation and strategic communication.

Confirmed keynote speakers include:

  • Dr Antonio Duran, Director, Tecnicas de Salud, Spain
  • Prof. Isabelle Durand-Zaleski, France
  • Dr Armin Fidler, Lead Adviser Health Policy and Strategy, World Bank
  • Prof. Scott Greer, University of Michigan School of Public Health, United States
  • Dr Rachelle Kaye, Director, Maccabi Institute for Health Services Research, Israel
  • Dr Melinda Medgyaszai, Secretary of State for Health Policy, Hungary
  • Dr Axel Paeger, CEO, AMEOS Hospital Group, Switzerland

For further information and registration, please visit:
http://www.ehma.org/index.php?q=node/41

About EHMA
With 200 institutional members in more than 30 countries, the European Health Management Association is the leading NGO linking health management policy, research and service delivery in Europe. EHMA's aim is to improve the quality and capacity of health management in Europe. For more information, please visit www.ehma.org.

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