Nordic Conference on Research in Patient Safety and Quality in Healthcare

NSQH 2026, 26 – 28 August 2026

NSQH 2026 programme

Thursday 27 August 2026 – CONFERENCE DAY 1

8:00  Registration at Scandic Marina Congress Center
Katajanokanlaituri 6, Helsinki

09:00 Welcome and opening of the NSQH Conference

  • Dr Veli-Matti Ulander, Chief Administrative Medical Officer of HUS, Chairman of NSQH 2026 Local Organizing Committee
  • Dr Sanna-Maria Kivivuori, Senior Ministerial Adviser, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, National Patient Safety Officer, Finland; Member of the NSQH Board, Member of Nordic Patient Safety Steering Group; Board Chair, Finnish Society for Patient and Client Safety
09:10  Keynote lecture: Quality and safety after social and health care integration in Finland – a success or a failure?
  • PhD, Docent Liina-Kaisa Tynkkynen, Chief Researcher, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare THL (Finland)
  • Moderator: Professor Kristiina Patja, University of Helsinki
09:35  Future Challenges for Quality and Safety in Finland and Europe
  • Director General (doctorates in medicine and law) Lasse Lehtonen, Kela, the Social Insurance Institution of Finland

10:00 Coffee break and Poster Exhibition

10:30 Regional overview of quality and patient safety level in the Nordic and Baltic countries – successes and challenges

  • Moderator: Dr Sanna-Maria Kivivuori, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health of Finland; Finnish Society for Patient and Client Safety
  • Denmark: Anette Lykke Petri
  • Finland: Tuija Ikonen
  • Norway: Annette Kari
  • Sweden: TBA
  • Estonia: Teele Orgse
  • Latvia: Evija Andzane
  • Lithuania: Birutė Strukčinskienė

12:00 Lunch Buffet
13:00 Parallel session 1 - Using AI in quality and safety for social and health care *

  • Dr Enni Sanmark, HUS Helsinki University Hospital
  • Moderator: Dr Antti-Jussi Ämmälä, Chief Medical Officer Terveystalo, Finland; Vice Chair, Finnish Society for Patient and Client Safety

13:00 Parallel session 2 - Educational innovations in quality and patient safety *

  • Moderator: Professor Kristiina Patja, University of Helsinki
14:30  Coffee break and poster exhibition

15:00  Keynote lecture: Inequitably Harmed: the human impact of Inequity and Epistemic Injustice in Patient Safety

  • Dr Josephine Ocloo, Centre for Implementation Science (CIS), King´s College London (United Kingdom)
  • Moderator: Hanna Kuusisto, professor of customer and patient safety, UEF 

15:50- 16:30 Oral presentations 
  • Moderator: Dr Veli-Matti Ulander, Chief Administrative Medical Officer of HUS, Chairman of NSQH 2026 Local Organizing Committee

17:00- 18:30 Reception of City of Helsinki
Town Hall (Pohjoisesplanadi 11-13, 00170 Helsinki)

  • separate registration needed (registration link on the registration confirmation)
19:00-23:00 Conference Dinner (banquet)
Restaurant Sipuli, Winter Garden, Kanavaranta 7, 00170 Helsinki

  • separate registration needed

  • Welcome. Henning Boje Andersen, Chairman of the NSQH Board & Dr Sanna-Maria Kivivuori, Senior Ministerial Adviser, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health; NSQH 2026 Local Organizing Committee; Finnish Society for Patient and Client Safety


* See detailed Parallel session programme here later.


Friday 28 August 2026 – CONFERENCE DAY 2

8:30  Registration and poster exhibition at Scandic Marina Congress Center
Katajanokanlaituri 6, Helsinki

09:00 Keynote lecture: Digital for Quality of Care: The six lens framework

  • Assistant Professor Henrique Martins, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidade da Beira Interior / ISCTE-IUL (Portugal)
09:45  Speed poster session 1 or 2 **

10:00 Coffee break and poster exhibition

10:30 Parallel session 3 - Advancing Medication Safety in Nordic Countries: Current Research and Development Projects *

  • Moderator: Associate Professor of medication safety and effectiveness Anna-Riia Holmström, University of Helsinki; Finnish Society for Patient and Client Safety

10:30 Parallel session 4 - Patient generated health data *

  • Moderator: Professor of customer and patient safety Hanna Kuusisto, University of Eastern Finland
12:00 Lunch Buffet
13:00 Parallel session 5 - Dehospitalization and Home Treatment *

  • Moderator: Chief Physician Kaisa Halinen, Wellbeing services county of Vantaa and Kerava

13:00 Parallel session 6 - Client safety in social services and multiprofessional collaboration *

  • Moderator: Professor Maritta Välimäki, University of Helsinki
14:30  Coffee break and poster exhibition

15:00  Keynote lecture: Digital health literacy and citizen engagement

  • Professor Anne Moen, University of Oslo, Faculty of Medicine (Norway)

15:45- 16:00 Closing Ceremony

  • Local Organizing Committee

  • Presentation of the NSQH 2028


* See detailed Parallel session programme here later.

** See detailed Speed poster programme here later.