2nd Hospital and Healthcare Association Leadership Summit

This special IHF event was held in Chicago, June 1-2. It was co-organized and hosted by the American College of Healthcare Executive and the American Hospital Association. It gathered 44 participants representing 17 countries. Key themes were presented and the format of the meeting gave space for discussions, interaction and exchange.

IHF full members, corporate partners and representatives from other organizations (WHO, World Bank) met during two days to discuss key issues related to healthcare delivery.

Main subjects were: ethics and healthcare management, accreditation to improve quality, globalization of care and human resources crisis, hospital safety, disaster preparedness and role of geo-localization in emergency, role of first-line hospitals, health career education systems, and healthcare delivery reform. Most advanced thinking and evidence on the subject were provided to participants. On each of these topics the presentation highlighted the key challenges health care decision makers must face in their respective countries.  The presence of a variety of actors (hospital decision-makers, top executives from corporate sector, health experts from international institutions) allowed exciting debates and confrontation of different points of view, illustrated by countries experiences. Participants agreed on the fact that it is essential to consider different situations when dealing with healthcare facilities issues: the rural vs. urban model, the stewardship of service delivery: (inter)national vs. local model. Although recognizing the specificity of their home country, all participants were struck by the similarities of issues they have to deal with.  The variety of country represented permitted the most are advanced on some subjects to share their achievements with the others. Finally, opportunities for IHF to work on different stream of activities were discussed.

The ACHE and AHA hosted two receptions and dinners in a comfortable and friendly setting which allowed continuous exchanges among the participants giving them a great opportunity to enhance collaboration and networking across the borders.

This event is in line with IHF’s mission to act as a knowledge platform by creating space for discussions and experience sharing. It is also a milestone for IHF to enhance the voice of the global community of health care decision makers’ representatives.

The participants will have the opportunity to share all the material from the leadership summit with their own members and in a later stage a wider dissemination will be made to reach out at a larger scale. For more information please contact info@ihf-fih.org

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