International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare: Singapore 2025

International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare: Singapore 2025 is organized by British Medical Journal (BMJ) Publishing Group Ltd, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and will be held from Aug 13 - 15, 2025 at Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre, Singapore.

Description:
The International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare
Jointly organised by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and BMJ Group, the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare has a rich history of supporting and energizing the international movement for health and care improvement.

Improvers from around the world attend the International Forum conferences every year as the place to get involved in key quality improvement discussions and learning, and forge relationships that drive improvement and innovation in health and care.

The International Forum in Singapore will explore the key themes in health and care in the region and bring in perspectives and knowledge from around the world.

The programme theme in Singapore: ‘Moving together towards sustainable quality’
The International Forum Singapore will be centred around the theme of ‘Moving together towards sustainable quality’, highlighting the importance of cross-sector collaboration in driving positive change and achieving a shared vision of sustainable healthcare.

By bringing system leaders, service providers, health care staff, service users (patients) and the public together, the International Forum will explore strategies to bridge the gap between theory and practice, recognising that quality and safety is a fundamental driver for both sustainability and continuous improvement.

By working together, attendees will foster positive change to inspire a collective movement toward redesigning a sustainable, healthy, flourishing society.

What to expect in Singapore 2025:

• The International Forum Singapore will be centred around the theme of ‘Moving together towards sustainable quality’, highlighting the importance of cross-sector collaboration in driving positive change and achieving a shared vision of sustainable healthcare.
• By bringing system leaders, service providers, health care staff, service users (patients) and the public together, the International Forum will explore strategies to bridge the gap between theory and practice, recognising that quality and safety is a fundamental driver for both sustainability and continuous improvement.
• By working together, attendees will foster positive change to inspire a collective movement toward redesigning a sustainable, healthy, flourishing society.

A global quality improvement community:
Addressing the most urgent needs of health and care systems, the International Forum creates a platform for the quality improvement community to meet, exchange expertise and find solutions. By joining, you will:

• Get re-energised, inspired and ready to tackle the challenges ahead of you
• Embrace new ideas and perspectives to accelerate your progress
• Get the latest research into quality and safety improvement
• Gain practical knowledge on using improvement methods
• Connect with like-minded colleagues to share experiences and improvement approaches, learn from innovative projects, and start collaborations

Key themes in Singapore:
Some of the key themes we are working on integrating in the programme include, but are not limited to:

• Integration and Collaboration: Recognising the importance of breaking down silos and fostering better communication and collaboration between healthcare providers, patients, and other stakeholders
• Patient-Centred Care: Emphasising the need to put patients at the centre of care, focusing on personalised experiences, storytelling and upstream methodology
• Quality Improvement (QI): Strategies for promoting QI initiatives and integrating QI into daily practice
• Education and Training: The importance of equipping healthcare professionals with the necessary skills, with a focus on emerging leaders
• Community and Social Care: Emphasise the role of community-based care, addressing social determinants of health, and forming partnerships with community organisations to achieve sustainable quality
• Sustainable quality: Acknowledging that we should design and implement solutions based on a holistic approach to improvement, one that meets the needs of the present but also paves the way to the health of the next generations