Upcoming events

March

The 4th CAISR Health Annual Meeting

When: 6–7 March
Where: Halmstad University

The members of CAISR Health are invited to the 4th annual meeting.

Health Economy Seminar 1: Calculations in the Swedish Health Care system – CPP vs PEC

When: 20 March, 10.30–12.00
Where: Zoom (see link below)

The seminar is led by Torkel Strömsten, Associate Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics. During the seminar we will discuss:

• Differences between Cost Per Patient (CPP, or in Swedish KPP) and Patient Encounter Costing (PEC).
• CPP and Underlying assumptions and instructions in the CPP calculation that make comparisons between regions hard.
• PEC – origins and how control needs to change in health organisations to make it work as intended.

The seminar includes three main blocks:

• 20-minute presentation
• 20-minute workshop in smaller groups
• 20-minute discussion

No prior registration is required for this seminar.

Link to Zoom meeting. External link.

April

Health Economy Seminar 2: Precision medicine and healthcare

When: 24 April, 10.30–12.00
Where: Zoom (see link below)

The seminar is led by Torkel Strömsten, Associate Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics. During the seminar we will discuss:

• Background of precision medicine and healthcare
• How the present control systems (often) are unfit to motivate the benefits of precision medicine
• What needs to be done to reap the benefits from precision medicine?

The seminar includes three main blocks:

• 20-minute presentation
• 20-minute workshop in smaller groups
• 20-minute discussion

No prior registration is required for this seminar.

Link to Zoom meeting. External link.

May

Vitalis – the largest eHealth conference in Scandinavia

When: 19–22 May
Where: The Swedish Exhibition & Conference Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden

Vitalis is a meeting point for everyone working strategically or operatively with business development and eHealth issues within healthcare and welfare. CAISR Health will take part in the conference – more information to come.

June

Health Economy Seminar 3: Organisational consequences of digitalisation

When: 17 June
Where: Fullriggaren, Halland Hospital

The seminar is led by Torkel Strömsten, Associate Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics, and co-organised by Region Halland and the implementation seminar series. During the seminar we will discuss:

• How public sector and health care is organised
• Digitalisation (or digital fusion of information systems) and what it means to different professions
• How can the new information landscape influence how organisations within the public sector and health care are organised?

Information about registration to come.