Major themes
The following five themes will frame the conference program. Each will feature sessions built around accepted abstracts and be chaired by leading experts in the field.
- Low value care and overuse – Eva Stensland
- Drawing causal inference from observational data - Jostein Grytten
- Novel data and data linkage methods for health care evaluation -Therese Stukel
- Redesigning systems to reduce unwarranted variation: the role of incentives and choice architecture – Gwyn Bevan
- Artificial Intelligence and health care performance evaluation – Philipp Storz-Pfennig
High priority topic
- Graduate student and early investigator training in investigation of population-based health care performance – curricular frameworks and syllabus examples – David Goodman
Program Schedule
The program includes one dedicated session on the Danish healthcare system, featuring invited speakers. All other sessions will be based on accepted abstracts and organized under the major themes and high-priority topic.
Wednesday
12:00 Lunch
13.00-13.15 WELCOME.
13.15.14.45 THEMES AND PRIORITY TOPICS SESSIONS (BASED ON ACCEPTED ABSTRACTS)
14.45-15.00 BREAK.
15.00-17.00 THEMES AND PRIORITY TOPICS SESSIONS (CONTINUED)
17.00-17.30 Reception
17:30 - 18.00 Introduction to the new Odense University Hospital (OUH).
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Thursday
08.30-8.40 WELCOME
08:40-10.10 THEMES AND PRIORITY TOPICS SESSIONS (BASED ON ACCEPTED ABSTRACTS)
10.10-10.30 BREAK
10.30-12.00 THEMES AND PRIORITY TOPICS SESSIONS(CONTINUED)
12.00-13.00 LUNCH
13.00-15.00 SESSION ON DANISH HEALTH SYSTEM
Moderator: Professor Michael Bech
This session explores how the Danish health system approaches variation in clinical practice, policy reform, and system transformation—drawing on insights from national leaders in quality, research, and governance.
1. Setting the Scene: Why Variation Matters for Health System Transformation from a Danish perspective. Speaker: Jens Winther, CEO Danish Quality Institute
2. Understanding Variation in Clinical Pratice Speaker: Professor Anton Pottegård, University of Southern Denmark
3. From Evidence to Action: Reducing Unwarranted Variation Speaker: Susanne Axelsen, CEO the Danish Choosing Wisely Initiative
4. Governance and Reform in the Danish Healthcare System: Balancing Central Leadership and Local Innovation Speaker: Erik Jylling, CEO, Capital Region /Region East (new merged region).
15.00-15:20 BREAK
15:20-17.30 THEMES AND PRIORITY TOPICS SESSIONS(CONTINUED)
19.30 CONFERENCE DINNER AT NORD ATLANTIC HOUSE
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Friday
08.30-10:10 THEMES AND PRIORITY TOPICS SESSIONS (BASED ON ACCEPTED ABSTRACTS)
10:10-10:25 BREAK
10:25-11.30 THEMES AND PRIORITY TOPICS SESSIONS(CONTINUED)
11.30-11.40 BREAK
11.40-12:45 THEMES AND PRIORITY TOPICS SESSIONS(CONTINUED)
12.45-13.00 COFERENCE WRAP UP
The final, detailed program will be released in August following the abstract selection process.