Parallel sessions
Thursday 27 August 2026 – CONFERENCE DAY 1
Sessions 1, 2 and 3: 13:00-14:30
Oral presentations: 1 and 2: 15:50-16.30
Session 1
Using AI in quality and safety for social and health care
Moderators: Antti-Jussi Ämmälä & Henning Boje Andersen
| 1. Invited lecture: Enni Sanmark, HUS Helsinki University Hospital (30 minutes) |
| 2. Jonna-Carita Kanninen: From cost to prevention: Developing an AI-assisted tool for medication risk identification in emergency patients |
| 3. Fatma Al Jabri: Video pattern recognition for inpatient fall prevention in Finnish care settings |
| 4. Tuuli Turja: Patient safety in hospital neurologists’ expectations of artificial intelligence |
| 5. Mark Krasnik: The use of AI in the processing of large amounts of health data |
Session 2
Educational innovations in quality and patient safety
Moderators: Kristiina Patja & Axel Ros
| 1. Invited lecture, Kristiina Patja, University of Helsinki and Axel Ros, Region Jönköping County and Jönköping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University |
| 2. Saara Ketola: Patient safety orientation in Finnish Wellbeing Services Counties: Implementation, practices and development needs |
| 3. Daniel Adrian Lungu: Educational innovation as a strategic workforce intervention: revising prehospital critical care education in Norway |
| 4. Taina Antti: Medical specialist training needs in Finland: category-sensitive governance rather than uniform mandates |
| 5. Sissel Eikeland Husebø: Use of video recordings in practical skills learning in nursing education: An integrative review |
| 6. Karina Aase: Supporting reflective practice in the stroke patient trajectory |
Session 3
Other client safety issues
Moderators: Tuija Ikonen & Kiku Pukk Härenstam
| 1. Maria Salo: Adverse incidents in labor and postpartum units are related to care and monitoring, and communication |
| 2. Malin Knutsen Glette: Factors supporting resilience among healthcare professionals and informal caregivers in elderly care. A systematic review |
| 3. Catherine Burgess: Diagnosed but not treated: ADHD medication at the private–public boundary |
| 4. Marjo Tienari: Measuring patient safety competence of nurses and the Nordic perspective |
| 5. Zak Allal: Verification of externally falsifiable claims in psychosis: A patient-safety vulnerability in Nordic involuntary psychiatric care |
Oral presentations: 1 and 2: 15:50-16.30
Oral presentations 1
Moderator: Veli-Matti Ulander
| 1. Eija Kivekäs: Visualizing safety hazards using the Bowtie method |
| 2. Heli Kumpulainen: Workflow and Information System-Related Patient Safety Incidents: A Retrospective Analysis |
| 3. Paula Järvisalo: Managing ethical incidents in healthcare - qualitative approach |
| 4. Karina Aase: What is a patient pathway – and how can it be described? |
Oral presentations 2
Moderator: Ellen Catharina Tveter Deilkås
| 1. Ville Valkonen: The Financial and Workforce Impact of Medication Errors in the Finnish public healthcare system |
| 2. Jaakko Mustakallio: Unit Dose dispensing combined to CLMA-process in Oulu University Hospital |
| 3. Tiina Koskenkorva: Structured practices for systematic learning from medication safety incidents reported by community pharmacies in Finland |
Friday 28 August 2026 – CONFERENCE DAY 2
Short Poster Presentations: 9:45-10:00
Sessions 4, 5 and Workshop 1: 10:30-12:00
Sessions 6, 7 and Workshop 2: 13:00-14:30
Short Poster Presentations
Moderators: Kaisa Halinen & Annamaija Sutela
| 1. Henning Boje Andersen: A Chatbot to Reduce Social Isolation and Cognitive Decline among Older Adults |
| 2. Aapo Liukko: From the ambulance stretcher to the emergency department bed |
| 3. Taina Autti: Impact of COVID 19 on medical imaging professionals in the Nordic countries |
Sessions 4, 5 and Workshop, 10:30-12:00
Session 4
Advancing medication safety in Nordic countries
Moderator: Anna-Riia Holmström & Kiku Pukk Härenstam
| 1. Mark Krasnik: Patient identification during medication administration |
| 2. Annika Kiiski: Administration Errors, Contributing Factors and Safeguards in Family Caregiving of Older Adults |
| 3. Terhi Toivo: Use of high-risk medicines among older home care clients: A retrospective cross-sectional study |
| 4. Siv Gyda Aanes: Classification of Immunotherapy related adverse events in cancer patients – how capture consequences for patients? |
| 5. Kaisa Mäkinen: Medication safety self-assessment in hospital wards within a regional health services system |
| 6. Taina Oravainen: Prescribing errors reported by Finnish community pharmacists through a nationwide online safety incident reporting system |
Session 5
Patient generated health data
Moderator: Hanna Kuusisto & Anne Mette Falstie-Jensen
| 1. Jenna Helsto: Leveraging structured patient data to improve population health and care effectiveness |
| 2. Marjo Hyvärinen: Key elements and patient‑generated health data as part of a digital care pathway |
| 3. Virpi Jylhä: Patient-generated health data supporting patient safety |
| 4. Emilie Sigvardt: From Hospital to Home with Continuous Wireless Monitoring of Vital Signs: An Observational Study |
| 5. Milla Rosenlund: Patients’ and professionals’ perspectives on decision-making in epilepsy care |
| 6. Annika Takala: Medical device-related patient safety incidents reported by healthcare professionals |
Workshop 1
Moderator: Carl Savage
| Can we broaden decision-making to support resilience? A simulation tool under development for hospital managers |
Sessions 6, 7 and Workshop 2: 13:00-14:30
Session 6
Multiprofessioal collaboration in patient and client safety
Moderators: Maritta Välimäki & Ellen Catharina Tveter Deilkås
| 1. Invited lecture: Multiprofessional collaboration in patient and client safety, Maritta Välimäki, Hong Kong Metropolitan University and University of Turku |
| 2. Hanne Narbuvold: Adverse events and global trigger tool in Norway – status and the future |
| 3. Hanna-Leena Melender: Patient education on hand hygiene and staff's use of non-sterile clinical gloves reported by patients |
| 4. Daniel Adrian Lungu: Wellbeing and burnout profiles among elderly care workers: a seven-country cluster analysis |
| 5. Fatma Al Jabri: Fall TIPS and patient safety: evaluating fall prevention and costs in Finnish care |
Session 7
Education in patient safety
Moderators: Morag Tolvi & Axel Ros
| 1. Morag Tolvi: Joint review of patient injuries – otorhinolaryngologists’ experience at a tertiary-level clinic |
| 2. Axel Ros: A novel patient safety education program for health care top management |
| 3. Saara Ketola: Integration of patient safety into educational curricula and continuing training - comparison of competency models Coxa Hospital For Joint Replacement Surgery |
| 4. Birte Fagerdal: The Support4Resilience toolbox – for leaders improving mental wellbeing and organisational resilience in elderly care |
| 5. Sujata Shrestha: Improving multidisciplinary confidence in explaining functional neurological disorder on inpatient wards |
Workshop 2
Moderator: Siri Wiig
| Resilience and mental wellbeing in health care – Understanding concepts and costs, and removing confusion |