Occupational Health Decennial Supplement

Abstract

This first European Forum will allow the exchange of ideas on quality improvement in health care and provide education.The forum will consist of plenary lectures, parallel seminars and workshops, and discussions and short educational courses.The themes of the first forum are.* The fundamentals of continuous quality improvement * Achieving patient orientation * Leadership and managing organizational change * Improved quality and reducing costs * The importance of measurement * Involving everybody in quality improve- ment * Professional education for quality * The politics of quality.