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International Congress on Quality in Laboratory Medicine 8-9 February, 2018 brings medical laboratory and quality management professionals to Helsinki.

Labquality Days – International Congress on Quality in Laboratory Medicine is one of the largest annual International Congress in Scandinavia focused on Quality and Laboratory Medicine. The Congress has over 1000 annual visitors, wide exhibition and interesting scientific program. International program provides two days intensive scientific lectures and two plenary lectures dealing with mega trends in healthcare field.

The 2018 Themes are: The path to Perfect Quality and New Frontiers in Health and Laboratory Technology. World class speakers will lead you through the latest studies and discussions.

 

Plenary lectures

IBM Watson – Shaping the Future of Healthcare
Henrik Gudbergsen, PhD, Chief Medical Officer
IBM Nordic, Denmark

An innovative digital transformation is ongoing in healthcare. Henrik Gudbergsen will talk about how IBM Watson software systems are already today utilized in clinical management decisions. What possibilities will it bring in the future?

 

Diagnostic Pathways in Theory and Practise
Georg Hoffman, Prof. Dr med.
University of Munich, Germany

Professor Georg Hoffman gives the audience an insight into the Diagnostic Pathways concept. It is one of the key elements to a successful crosstalk between laboratory professionals and clinicians.

 

Highlights of the scientific program

Performance Specifications with Special Emphasis on Biological Variation Data
Sverre Sandberg, Director, Noklus, Norway

Standardisation and Harmonization in Laboratory Medicine: a Matter of  Patient Safety
Mauro Pantegini, Prof. MD, University of Milano, Italy

Challenge of Improved Outcomes and Share Responsibilities in Diabetes Care
Timo Kouri, MD, PhD, Adjuct prof. Senior Physician, HUSLAB, Finland
Jorma Lahtela, MD, PhD, Adjuct prof. Senior Physician, Tampere University Hospital, Finland

New Perspectives on Pharmacogenetics
Ron van Schaik, Prof. Dr, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, the Netherlands

The complete scientific program is available on www.labqualitydays.com

 

More information

Congress project manager Pirjo Levänen, tel. +358 400 238418, pirjo.levanen@labquality.fi
Scientific program coordinator Harri Laitinen, tel. +358 50 3742641, harri.laitinen@labquality.fi

www.labqualitydays.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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