HEALTHCARE REFORM IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA - EXPERIENCES AND IMPLEMENTATION

Tuesday, October 27th

Arrival of participants in the afternoon and accommodation in the hotels

17⁰⁰ – 20⁰⁰ Registration

 

Wednesday, October 28th

9⁰⁰ – 9¹⁵ Opening ceremony

9¹⁵ – 10¹⁵ Introductory address by the Minister of Health and Social Welfare of the Republic of Croatia

Darko Milinović, MD, Minister of Health and Social Welfare of the Republic of Croatia
Healthcare Reform in the Republic of Croatia

10¹⁵ – 10⁴⁵ Coffee break

10⁴⁵ – 12⁰⁵ Key features of healthcare reform

Moderator: Dražen Jurković, MD, State Secretary for healthcare in the MHSW

10⁴⁵ – 11⁰⁵ Dražen Jurković, MD, State Secretary for healthcare in the MHSW

11⁰⁵ – 11²⁵ Tihomir Strizrep, MD, Director of the Croatian Instutute for Health Insurance

11²⁵ – 11⁴⁵ Dubravko Jadro, LLP, Director of the Directorate for Legal Affairs in the MHSW

11⁴⁵ – 12⁰⁵ Ante-Zvonimir Golem, MD, State Secretary for healthcare in the MHSW

12⁰⁵ – 12⁴⁵ International experiences in healthcare reform

12⁴⁵ – 13¹⁵ Coffee break

13¹⁵ – 14¹⁵ Ministerial panel

Health in time of global economic crisis

14³⁰ – 15¹⁵ Press conference

14³⁰ – 16⁰⁰ Lunch

16⁰⁰ – 17¹⁵ New concept for financing healthcare

16⁰⁰ – 16¹⁵ Sandra Švaljek, PhD (Econ)

16¹⁵ – 16³⁰ Martina Furlan, LLP

16³⁰ – 16⁴⁵ Stanko Perjan, BSc (Econ)

16⁴⁵ – 17⁰⁰ Marijan Kovačić, BSc (Econ)

17⁰⁰ – 17¹⁵ Dubravka Pezelj-Duliba, MD

17¹⁵ – 18¹⁵ Role and responsibility of local government and self-government

Moderators: Lidija Hrastić-Novak, MD and Ivica Mataija, BA

17¹⁵ – 17³⁰ Ivica Mataija, BA

17³⁰ – 17⁴⁵ Aleksandar Džakula, MD

17⁴⁵ – 18⁰⁰ Assistant Prof Selma Šogorić, MD, PhD, Sonja Grozić-Živolić, BA

18⁰⁰ – 18¹⁵ Lidija Hrastić-Novak, MD

18¹⁵ – 19¹⁵ Discussion

20³⁰ Dinner accompanied by a live music performance

 

Thursday, October 29th

 

8³⁰ – 9⁴⁵ Reforma Primary Healthcare (PHC) reform

Moderator: Prof Milica Katić, MD, PhD, Head of the expert working group for coordination, monitoring and guidance of healthcare reform in the area of family medicin, paediatrics and gynaecology 

8³⁰ – 8⁴⁵ Prof Milica Katić, MD, PhD

Professional foundations. Overview of experiences in PHC reform implementation

8⁴⁵ – 9⁰⁰ Assistant Prof Hrvoje Tiljak, MD, PhD

Standards and norms in PHC

9⁰⁰ – 9¹⁵ Prof Vesna Jureša, MD, PhD

Preventive programs in PHC

9¹⁵ – 9³⁰ Ranko Stevanović, MD, PhD

PHC informatization

9³⁰ – 9⁴⁵ Mario Bagat, MD, Tea Strbad, MD

Streamlining administrative tasks in PHC and HHC – orthopedic aids, internal examination referral, permanent prescription

9⁴⁵ – 10¹⁵ Coffee break

10¹⁵ – 11¹⁵ Reform of hospital healthcare (HHC)

10¹⁵ – 10³⁰ Academician Zvonko Kusić

Overview of experiences in HHC reform implementation

10³⁰ – 10⁴⁵ Danijela Štimac, MD, PhD

Central appointments units and national waiting list

10⁴⁵ – 11⁰⁰ Antoaneta Bilić, BCs (Econ)

Renewal of equipment

11⁰⁰ – 11¹⁵ Renato Mittermayer, MD, Vibor Delić, MD

Hospital accreditation and categorization

11¹⁵ – 12¹⁵ Reform of emergency medical services

Moderator: Sanja Predavec, MD, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare

11¹⁵ – 11³⁰ Sanja Predavec, MD

Overview of reform of emergency medical services

11³⁰ – 11⁴⁵ Maja Grba-Bujević, MD

Croatian Institute for emergency medicine, county institutes for emergency medicine

11⁴⁵ – 12⁰⁰ Gordana Slavetić, MD

Unified emergency admittance to hospitals

12⁰⁰ – 12¹⁵ Ingrid Bošan-Kilibarda, MD, PhD

Forms of training in emergency medical services

12¹⁵ – 12⁴⁵ Coffee break

 

12⁴⁵ – 14⁰⁰ Medical education and specialist training

Moderator: Ante-Zvonimir Golem, MD, State Secretary for healthcare in the MHSW

12⁴⁵ – 13⁰⁰ Prof Davor Miličić, MD, PhD, prof Nada Čikeš, MD, PhD

Changes to the higher education system

13⁰⁰ – 13¹⁵ Velibor Drakulić, MD, Marija Pederin, LLP

Changes to the specialist training system

13¹⁵ – 13³⁰ Dubravka Matijašić-Bodalec, BN

Specialist training for medical nurses-medical technicians

13³⁰ – 13⁴⁵ Dubravko Bajramović, MD, Mario Bagat, MD

Employment in the healthcare system

13⁴⁵ – 14⁰⁰ Mladen Novosel, BSc (Eng)

Telemedicine

14⁰⁰ – 15³⁰ Lunch

15³⁰ – 16³⁰ Closing discussion