Attendees:
Mohamad - Doctor
Oman
“As someone who is passionate about improvement, I thought it was the
best conference I have attended for facilities and subject matter”.
Ahmed - Physician
Saudi Arabia
“Excellent efforts by IHI and Hamad Medical Corporation – we had
first-rate presentations from knowledgeable experts and the venue was
also perfect for the conference. I hope you will do this again next year
as it supports my quality improvement goals”.
Kevin
Pharmacist
“I believe the speakers were excellent and overall I would say it was very informative and helpful”.
Sayeda - Staff Nurse
Hamad General Hospital
“I found the Symposium very beneficial. We learned a lot about quality
improvement through cases coming from international hospitals like
Memorial Hospital.”
Jincy - Nurse
Primary Health Care Corporation
“I found the sessions very interesting and useful. They have introduced
new prospects to leadership and diabetes care. This was very important
for me as I encounter many diabetes patients on a daily basis in the
health center. We got to learn about diabetes care programs from other
parts of the world and about new techniques of how to work with diabetes
patients that we weren’t aware of before.”
Maisoun Maraka - Assistant Director of Dietetics
Al Wakra Hospital
“The Conference introduced new concepts to us about quality and opened
new opportunities for us. I believe if we work on implementing these new
concepts for quality improvement and improve our services, we can reach
international standards in the near future.”
IHI Faculty:
Donald M. Berwick - President Emeritus and Senior Fellow
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
“The conference contributes two important things; it contributes
optimism and energy. Individuals who did not realize that they can be
part of a movement for improvement have now discovered each other and
had a chance to talk. This can boost their confidence and energy for
improvement. They will also learn a lot from this conference and from
each other about new ideas for improvement; I can see this coming as a
great festival of learning.”
Kedar Mate - MD, Vice President
Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
“The way Qatar is growing and changing opens a great opportunity for
innovation and change in the healthcare system. I think the
possibilities for a system-wide transformation in healthcare are
tremendous here and provide an incredible opportunity for teaching the
rest of the world some new interesting lessons about how to transform
health systems.”
Alide Chase - Sr. Vice President
Medical Clinical Operations, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (KFHP)
“Every single person I met here, especially at the poster exhibition,
had a story to tell; their passion came through, the problem they were
trying to solve and the way they were thinking about it. The thing that
impressed me the most was the openness of these people who were
presenting their work, asking for feedback and asking me questions like
“what else should I be thinking about?” “Do you think I’m approaching
this in the right way?”
