Adverse Events Detection for Advancing Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality
December 1st 2025
Join us on December 1st 2025!
The aim of this workshop is to present recent scientific and clinical advancements in measuring adverse events in healthcare. Adverse events are defined as injuries suffered by patients that are attributable to healthcare management rather than to their underlying diseases.
We are honored to welcome Prof. David W. Bates from Harvard Medical School, an internationally recognized authority in the field of adverse event detection.
This event is organized as part of two innovative projects: SafeCare Switzerland (www.safe-care.ch) and SwissMADE (see the link CRISP).
Experts from academic, clinical, and policy-making fields will present their work, share their professional experience, and engage in discussions with participants.
This workshop offers an important opportunity to learn about the current state of knowledge and practical experiences from Swiss healthcare institutions, with a strong focus on collaboration and continuous improvement.
PROGRAM
|
08:00 – 08:45 |
Welcome and Coffee |
|
08:45 – 09:30 |
Introduction · Dr. Marie-Annick Le Pogam (DESS, Unisanté) · Dr. Frederic Gaspar / Dr. Claire Coumau (CRISP, University Hospital of Lausanne) · Prof. Dr. Chantal Csajka (CRISP, University Hospital of Lausanne) |
|
09:30 – 10:30 |
Keynote Speech · Prof. David W. Bates (Harvard Medical School) Healthcare Adverse Events Detection: Automated and Manual Methods in Inpatient and Outpatient Settings |
|
10:30 – 11:00 |
Coffee Break “Le 1887” (Unisanté) |
|
11:00 – 12:30 |
Presentations · Prof. Dr. Anne Leuppi (University Hospital Basel) Monitoring naloxone use to detect adverse events with opioids among hospitalised patients · Prof. Dr. Maria Wertli (Baden Cantonal Hospital) Structured handoff procedures to reduce healthcare-associated harm in patients hospitalized on acute internal medicine wards · Prof. Dr. Guy Haller (University Hospital Geneva) Measuring adverse events in operating rooms · PD Dr. Patrick Beeler (Center for Clinical Research, University of Lucerne) Improved reporting of adverse drug reaction-related hospitalizations: A multicenter study from Switzerland |
|
12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch Break at “Le 1887” (Unisanté) |
|
14:00 – 14:20 |
Presentation · Dr. Alice Giese (Conference of Cantonal Health Directors & Canton of Zurich) Measuring adverse events at the cantonal level: Insights from specialty-focused approaches |
|
14:20 – 16:00 |
Round Table: Sustainable implementation and perspectives · Prof. David W. Bates (Harvard Medical School) · Prof. Dr. Balthasar Hug (Lucerne Cantonal Hospital) · Dr. Marie Mean (University Hospital of Lausanne) · Prof. Dr. David Schwappach (University of Bern) · Dr. Jean-Pierre Vez (Medical Society, Canton of Vaud)
. Emanuelle
Bortolin |
|
16:00 – 16:30 |
Closing remarks |
|
16:30 – 17:30 |
Networking with Prof. David W. Bates |
