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Apollo Hospitals will organize the 9th edition of the International Patient Safety Conference (IPSC) along with the 10th International Conference on Transforming Healthcare with Information Technology (THIT) on February 13 and 14, 2023 at the Taj Palace in New Delhi. Over 50 speakers and 500 delegates from 16 countries are expected to participate.
The conference will also be a part of the ongoing celebrations of the Founder’s Day, an annual event that pays tribute to the visionary founder & chairman of Apollo Hospitals. He has always been a strong proponent of driving the agenda of universal healthcare with quality of care and digital transformation and through these twin conferences, Apollo continues to create an opportunity for dialogues among healthcare professionals and organizations from across the world to take patient care to the next level.
The IPSC with a theme of ‘Dream, Dare, Design’, a not-for-profit initiative, is the largest patient safety-focused conference in Asia that addresses critical issues in patient safety and provides an excellent opportunity to share views, exchange knowledge and establish research collaborations & networking. Complementing this is the THIT conference which is the largest healthcare and IT-based international conference and trade show in India organized by the Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation. The conference is based on the theme ‘Butterfly effect in action’ and will examine various aspects of Digital Health along with accompanying standards and policies. The initiative to promote patient safety & digitisation in the healthcare sector will revamp the traditional approach in the sector.
Dr Sangita Reddy, jt. managing director, Apollo Hospitals Group said, “. The two conferences are powerful platforms to share best practices and innovations. The International Patient Safety Awards will be an opportunity to recognize excellence in the field of patient safety. We have been organizing the THIT conference since 2010 and the 10th edition of the THIT conference will showcase the increasing adoption of AI and ML in healthcare from preventive to imaging solutios with national and international healthcare technological luminaries sharing their experiences.”
Around 150 Speakers and over 1,200 delegates from 30 countries are expected to participate in the conferences. It will include 25 breakout sessions, 12 pre-conference webinars, 5 pre-conference workshops, sessions by industry experts, the international patient safety awards, and paper and poster presentations. International Patient Safety Awards will be presented for excellence in various categories, including digital innovation, patient & family collaboration, culture of safety design, quality/patient safety beyond accreditation, patient safety and medication safety.
The conference is being organized in partnership with leading organizations including International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQua), National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH), Joint Commission International (JCI), Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), Consortium of Accredited Healthcare Organizations (CAHO), Quality & Accreditation Institute (QAI), Association of Healthcare Providers India (AHPI), Nathealth, Astron Health Care Consultants and others.
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