Quality and Safety in the Changing Social and Healthcare System 

The 8th Nordic Conference on Research in Patient Safety and Quality in Healthcare 2026 brings together experts, researchers, and professionals from across the Nordic-Baltic region to discuss how health and social care systems can adapt to change while ensuring safety, quality, and equity.

Keynote speakers include leading voices in health policy, research, and digital transformation: Lasse Lehtonen (Kela), Liina-Kaisa Tynkkynen (Finnish institute for health and welfare), Anne Moen (University of Oslo), Josephine Ocloo (King’s College London), and Henrique Martins (Universidade da Beira Interior / ISCTE-IUL).

The program features national and regional perspectives on client and patient safety, discussions on the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare, and presentations on medication safety, rehospitalization, home treatment, and client safety in social services.

The conference also explores key issues such as digital health literacy, citizen engagement, educational innovations, and the impact of inequity in client and patient safety. Together, these sessions aim to strengthen collaboration, share evidence-based practices, and inspire progress toward safer and more effective health and social care across the Nordic-Baltic region. The conference also aims to foster dialogue between health and social care quality and safety and warmly welcomes social care experts, researchers, and practitioners to join the conference.

We welcome you all to join with fellow students, clinicians, leaders, researchers, and experts in patient safety and quality improvement in the NSQH 2026 conference in Helsinki.

Main background image on the website: Kari Ylitalo, Helsinki Partners