Events & Webinars

Discover our wide range of health management events and webinars.
As we strive to spread knowledge on excellent health management practices, the recordings of our webinars, materials and resources remain available to you.

Engaging Patients for Patient Safety: Educating and Reporting Medication Harm in Hospitals

Engaging Patients for Patient Safety: Educating and Reporting Medication Harm in Hospitals

18 September 2023

The webinar explored how healthcare professionals, including health managers, and policymakers can use reports to prevent harm from medication errors.

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Stepping up the prevention of violence against healthcare workers

Stepping up the prevention of violence against healthcare workers

13 March 2023 - Online

The webinar addressed the rising issue of violence against health workers and how the attacks have exacerbated their occupational stress as well as physical and mental health risks.

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Beyond the glass ceiling: future directions in healthcare

Beyond the glass ceiling: future directions in healthcare

08 March 2023 - Online

In occasion of International Women's Day, this webinar addressed necessary and ongoing interventions to support women breaking the glass ceiling in health management. 

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Building health system readiness: from research to impact

Building health system readiness: from research to impact

02 March 2023 - Online

This webinar explored what health system readiness is, why it is important, and approaches to overcoming the current gaps between research, its implementation, and the ultimate impact on care.

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Strengthening the EU vaccine ecosystem: managing the digital transformation

Strengthening the EU vaccine ecosystem: managing the digital transformation

26 January 2023 - Online

This webinar brought together a range of perspectives to provoke a collaborative discussion about how to collectively shape the future of vaccination in Europe in light of the continuous digital transformation.

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Building competencies in healthcare: the future role of women in management

Building competencies in healthcare: the future role of women in management

25 January 2023 - Online

This webinar presented research on how to support women in reaching upper-management positions in healthcare management as well as whether different training and career opportunities may be needed.

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Improving care delivery to patients with complex care needs

Improving care delivery to patients with complex care needs

12 January 2023 - Online

This webinar tackled how to analyse and formulate integrated care policy at national and regional level and how to design practical technological solutions for integrated care models.

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The legacy of COVID-19

The legacy of COVID-19

30 November 2022 - Online

Episode 10 of 10 - The webinar presented good practices of how measures introduced under the pressure of the pandemic have become part of national policies, institutional practices and personal habits.

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Digital medication management in healthcare settings: a key opportunity for the European Union

Digital medication management in healthcare settings: a key opportunity for the European Union

29 November 2022 - Brussels and online

Launch event for the White Paper ‘Digital Medication Management in Healthcare Settings: an opportunity for the European Union’

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Reducing the environmental impact of medicines from procurement to disposal

Reducing the environmental impact of medicines from procurement to disposal

22 November 2022 - Online

Launch event of the White Paper 'Reducing the environmental impact of medicines from procurement to disposal' presenting strategies and best practices specifically addressed to health managers.

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From COVID to monkeypox: managing the new outbreak

From COVID-19 to monkeypox: how to apply the lessons learnt

17 November 2022

Episode 9 of 10 - The webinar highlighted the importance of promoting vaccination, building capacity, and ensuring operations and investigated the impact the monkeypox outbreak has on healthcare.

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Towards a better EU health preparedness and response: gaps and solutions

Towards a better EU health preparedness and response: gaps and solutions

3 November 2022

Episode 8 of 10 - The webinar showcased structural gaps related to preparedness and response capacities and brought practical examples from national health systems.

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Empowering communities: a way towards stronger health systems

Empowering communities: a way towards stronger health systems

27 October 2022

Episode 7 of 10 - The webinar highlighted case studies and offers practical solutions to improve community engagement as a way to building stronger health systems

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Mental health at the frontline of the pandemic: health workforce stress management

Mental health at the frontline of the pandemic: health workforce stress management

18 October 2022

Episode 6 of 10 - The webinar highlighted proven interventions to protect the mental health of essential healthcare workers, commitments to support mental health workforce, and further required actions.

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Health service delivery before and after the pandemic

Health service delivery before and after the pandemic

11 October 2022

Episode 5 of 10 - The webinar compared absorptiveness, adaptiveness, and transformativeness in health service provision before and after COVID-19.

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Towards future-readiness: measuring health systems’ resilience

Towards future-readiness: measuring health systems’ resilience

5 October 2022

Episode 4 of 10 - The webinar highlighted how multiple aspects and indicators of readiness must be considered, and can be practically measured to determine a health system’s readiness.

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EP Interest Group on Innovation in  Health and Social Care: Training the  Healthcare Workers of the Future

EP Interest Group on Innovation in Health and Social Care: Training the Healthcare Workers of the Future

22 September 2022 - Online

Launch event of the Policy Paper on essential skills for a resilient and effective European health workforce by the EU HPP Stakeholder Network on ‘Profiling and Training the Healthcare Workers of the Future’.

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How can funding models foster health systems’ resilience?

How can funding models foster health systems’ resilience?

20 September 2022

Episode 3 of 10 - The webinar discussed how financing models relate to resilience and investigates if optimal funding models exist how they are determined by broader political, economic and social contexts.

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Transforming care delivery in the spirit of value-based healthcare: how can a community of practice give inspiration?

Transforming care delivery in the spirit of value-based healthcare: how can a community of practice give inspiration?

19 September 2022 - Online

This webinar promoted a value-based healthcare community of practice, showcase how healthcare providers measure outcomes and how they can design, plan and implement the transition towards VBHC principles.

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Co-created responses to crisis situations

Co-created responses to crisis situations

14 September 2022

Episode 2 of 10 - The webinar showcased how inspired leadership, agile governance models and multistakeholder co-creation approaches can offer solutions to crises situations.

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Medication without harm: fostering medication safety in hospitals

Medication without harm: fostering medication safety in hospitals

13 September 2022 - Online

The webinar discussed the advantages of effective medication management and what strategies and tools are required to reduce medication-related harm.

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Health managers and leaders: harnessing the power of digital technologies

Health managers and leaders: harnessing the power of digital technologies

2 September 2022

Episode 1 of 10 - The webinar presented case studies from health managers using digital technologies to lead and manage facilities and from a company working with healthcare institutions as a service provider.

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Building capacity for environmental health and climate action: engaging healthcare workers

Building capacity for environmental health and climate action: engaging healthcare workers

27 April 2022

This webinar connected health workforce research, health management, and environmental health and climate action. The presentations highlighted health policy weaknesses and illuminated opportunities for change.

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Health Management: managing the present and shaping the future – Part 2

Health Management: managing the present and shaping the future – Part 2

9 December 2021

This webinar discussed insights from EHMA 2021 as captured by the Conference Rapporteurs on the topics of Person Centeredness & Integration, Improving Healthcare Access and Outcomes, and Sustainability.

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Health Management: managing the present and shaping the future – Part 1

Health Management: managing the present and shaping the future – Part 1

7 December 2021

This webinar discussed insights from EHMA 2021 as captured by the Conference Rapporteurs on the topics of Governance & Leadership, Managing the Digital Transformation, and Health Workforce.

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Rapporteur report – Building on the foundations from 2020

Rapporteur report – Building on the foundations from 2020

16 June 2021

This webinar provided insights on digital transformation, VBHC systems and organisational governance, integration, personalisation, sustainability, and COVID-19 as presented at the EHMA 2020 Conference.

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The impact of COVID-19 on healthcare management: comparison of Europe and USA response

The impact of COVID-19 on healthcare management: comparison of Europe and USA response

26 May 2021

This webinar examined perspectives on the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare education and practice in Europe and the United States, and the healthcare management response to the pandemic.

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Lessons learnt: how hospitals won’t be caught off-guard next time?

Lessons learnt: how hospitals won’t be caught off-guard next time?

6 May 2021 - Online

The webinar discussed with leaders of private and public healthcare systems from Europe how they are preparing for the next COVID-19 wave.

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Managing sustainable and resilient healthcare systems

Managing sustainable and resilient healthcare systems

19 April 2021 - Online

The webinar presented the role of regional and local health authorities in responding to this current threat but also how to better prepare for future challenges.

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Preserving elective surgeries during COVID-19: lesson learnt from 2020

Preserving elective surgeries during COVID-19: lesson learnt from 2020

18 January 2021

This webinar discussed what strategies can be adopted to ensure safety in all elective departments, how resources can be strategically allocated, and what best practices can be shared across European countries.

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Unpacking the fragmentation that makes older people at higher risk of infection

Unpacking the fragmentation that makes older people at higher risk of infection

10 December 2020

The webinar traced a detailed analysis that considers the specificities of the elderly care sector, starting from the peculiar case of Italy, before and after COVID-19.

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Innovating the management of chronic conditions

Innovating the management of chronic conditions

29 October 2020

This webinar explored the strategies and organisational models healthcare organisations developed in the different phases of the COVID-19 pandemic to drive chronic disease management.

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COVID-19: will it forever transform hospital design and patient care?

COVID-19: will it forever transform hospital design and patient care?

5 November 2020

The webinar provided information from hospital executives to determine how the lessons learnt from COVID-19 will impact the hospital of the future - from care of patients, staff, doctors and nurses to actual design.

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Controlling and better understanding COVID-19: the role of serology testing

Controlling and better understanding COVID-19: the role of serology testing

20 October 2020

This webinar reviewed and discussed the policy recommendations by leading experts in virology and health management on the benefits of SARS-CoV-2 serology.

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COVID-19 and mental health: reflection on individuals, organisations and health systems

COVID-19 and mental health: reflection on individuals, organisations and health systems

9 October 2020

Held in occasion of the World Mental Health Week, this webinar addressed the management of mental health services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Estimating the costs for a single hospitalisation episode

Estimating the costs for a single hospitalisation episode

1 October 2020

This webinar addressed the cost estimation of healthcare services in connection to the COVID-19 pandemic and provide advice on better planning and allocation of available healthcare resources.

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COVID-19: nurses experiences on PPE

COVID-19: nurses experiences on PPE

17 September 2020 - Online

This webinar was a platform to exchanges on best practices, guidelines on ECDC, and implementations on local levels.

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Better health systems and policies revealed from research and innovation

Better health systems and policies revealed from research and innovation

1 September 2020

This webinar discussed the TO-REACH framework for collaboration in research and innovation transferability among health systems and how it can play a vital role in addressing COVID-19 challenges.

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Stockholm public healthcare system emergency response to SARS COV2 and winter preparations

Stockholm public healthcare system emergency response to SARS COV2 and winter preparations

27 August 2020

This webinar discussed the Swedish government’s response to SARS COV-2 and shared valuable lessons on how to adjust the pandemic response for the cold months of winter.

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Better COVID-19 preparedness through accreditation and implementation of hospital management systems

Better COVID-19 preparedness through accreditation and implementation of hospital management systems

31 July 2020

The webinar reported the experience and methods that accredited hospitals have followed to adopt and ensure a safe environment for patients, as well as for their staff amidst COVID-19 crisis.

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Health research and innovation in time of COVID-19

Health research and innovation in time of COVID-19

10 July 2020

This webinar explored the profound effect that COVID-19 is destined to leave in relation to the recognition and role of organisations supporting Responsible Research and Innovation and operating in the collective interest.

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Procurement: responding to COVID-19

Procurement: responding to COVID-19

30 June 2020

The webinar addressed how procurement can stimulate innovation and efficiency in healthcare, especially in response to the needs created by the COVID-19 pandemic

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Mental health in the midst of COVID-19

Mental health in the midst of COVID-19

17 June 2020

This webinar discussed what Europe and health systems are doing to respond to the mental health impacts of COVID-19 and what plans are there for future delivery of mental health services.

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Managing COVID-19: an Italian perspective

Managing COVID-19: an Italian perspective

3 June 2020

The webinar analysed three organisational models of response to COVID-19: hospital-based model; community-based model, hospital and community-integrated model.

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European hospitals & COVID-19: reacting and adapting

European hospitals & COVID-19: reacting and adapting

21 May 2020

The webinar investigated how COVID-19 is affecting the reshaping of hospitals in Europe and how they are preparing for a second coronavirus wave.

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EUHPP Thematic Network Webinar

13 May 2020

The webinar focused on case studies and best practices to improve organisational and workforce digital readiness and obtain insights for the Joint Statement.

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Hospitals & COVID-19: where are we succeeding and failing?

Hospitals & COVID-19: where are we succeeding and failing?

6 May 2020

This webinar discussed the priorities in dealing with the COVID-19 emergency from a hospital management perspective and how hospitals are interacting with all actors to ensure essential medical care to their communities.

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Health systems and health literacy in the time of COVID-19

Health systems and health literacy in the time of COVID-19

23 April 2020

This webinar focused on the role of health systems, and how health managers can facilitate developing a health literate society.

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Primary care during the COVID-19 outbreak

Primary care during the COVID-19 outbreak

9 April 2020

This webinar outlined how primary care settings, typically the first point of contact for patients within healthcare systems, are reacting to the new COVID-19 emergency.  

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Start-ups in the European healthcare ecosystem and EU policy

Start-ups in the European healthcare ecosystem and EU policy

19 November 2019 - Brussels, Belgium

This multi-stakeholder workshop was centred around the question 'How do start-ups contribute to creating patient centric and value-based healthcare systems in Europe?'

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Innovation in Non-Communicable Disease prevention for young people

Innovation in Non-Communicable Disease prevention for young people

11 October 2018 - Brussels, Belgium

The event drew the attention to NCDs and preventative measures through presentations of case studies from three European countries: Hungary, Poland and Romania.

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What our Members say

I have been active in EHMA since the first years of the '90s and I have seen its evolution from a small association of members interested in sharing knowledge on health management practices to the current status of reference and advisory key player for EU, health systems and organisations, stakeholders associations, industry and universities. EHMA is now a unique knowledge hub, policy advisor, community of practice and network of best in class organisations involved in health policy and management. A place where health managers can build their competences, policy-makers and stakeholder associations envision how to implement and sustain change through health management, industry leaders understand how to engage more effectively with health organisations and systems. The right place to nurture and grow health management capabilities and capacity for every stakeholder of health systems.

Prof. Federico Lega, University of Milan, Italy

Health management has a crucial function in shaping public health and health system challenges. The Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria had success in collaborating with EHMA on EU-funded projects that has resourced us to create new health management competencies for the future workforce. In addition to all classical definitions, health management is a science dealing with individuals, groups, and society at large. It is an art contributing to the beauty of our lives and an interactive communication process at all levels of institutions and human energy. I have also had the pleasure to chair the South Eastern European Special Interest Group which gives members a space to discuss and tools to address how health systems are managed in our regions.

Prof. Todorka Kostadinova, Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria

I enjoy the high level of interaction and engagement in EHMA’s activities, in particular during the annual conference where the panel discussions are rich and well prepared. As a hospital manager and professor of health management, EHMA motivates and inspires me to be creative. You go back home feeling energised from seeing old friends and making new connections, as well as being convinced of serving as EHMA’s ambassador. It’s a strong feeling of interdisciplinary engagement, but it also feels like being part of family-like community.

Prof. Sandra C. Buttigieg, University of Malta, Malta

EHMA is a pre-eminent organisation for everyone working in planning, managing and delivering health services across Europe. As a long standing member of EHMA I have always been impressed by the vibrant community of managers, researchers and academics it has created and by the many opportunities for sharing knowledge and funding opportunities it has brought to its members. Its international scope is impressive and its impact is often felt in management and research across European and national health systems.

Prof. Axel Kaehne, Edge Hill University, UK

Health workforce has become more essential in operating, managing and maintaining health systems lately, particularly in crisis and emergency situations. European healthcare professions and the workforce need to be high on the agenda of managers and decision makers. The Health Services Management Training Centre, Semmelweis University in Hungary is a longstanding EHMA member, because it connects us with collaborators and experts, with whom we can have complex debates, from whom we can learn and at the end find solutions in various challenging fields of healthcare management.

Dr Eszter Kovács, Health Services Management Training Centre, Semmelweis University, Hungary

As a hospital administrator and health management professor, I see on a daily basis that the healthcare challenges require talented and skilled managers to transform it. the EHMA membership has been beneficial to bring healthcare management research and education to the demanding healthcare services world, promoting healthcare management competencies and knowledge creation.

Dr Alexandre Lourenco, APAH - Association of Portuguese Hospital Managers, Portugal

Many healthcare systems in Europe and beyond are facing similar challenges which require innovative and creative solutions. EHMA’s annual conference, webinars, Programme Directors’ group and other activities and resources provide incredible opportunities for networking, connecting and sharing experiences. A distinct feature of EHMA is the diversity of members with representation from many countries, sectors and different communities of practice – academic, policy-makers, practitioners, managers, leaders and students. The annual conference is a highlight in the calendar year, offering a friendly, fun and learningful environment for emerging and established members to engage, collaborate and meet up with old and new friends. I am proud to be a member of the EHMA Board.

Prof. Ann Mahon, University of Manchester, UK

Society evolution, pandemics and ageing modify health needs. So, health policies and services are to change dramatically. EHMA, through webinars, workshops and annual conference provides an excellent insight to a professional changing world, favouring closeness to management innovation and the protagonists of these changes. As a primary care services’ manager, participating in EHMA activities is really worth it and allows to involve oneself in the innovation processes.

Dr Antoni Peris Grao, Consorci Castelldefels Agents de Salut (CASAP), Spain