Patient safety - current status 2025

Between digital progress and social responsibility

Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025 / 09:00 - 17:30 / Building J1, Lecture Hall F / Hannover Medical School

 

The patronage is assumed by the German Society for Surgery and the Professional Association of German Surgeons

in cooperation with: Bundesverband Patientensicherheitsbeauftragte Deutschlands e.V. i.Gr., FSP Chile, Prof. Binner Akademie, Klinikum Osnabrück, Klinikum Oldenburg, Klinikum Peine, Thüringen-Kliniken, Hochschule Neu-Ulm, Universitätsklinik AKH Wien, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Universitätsklinikum Magdeburg, Universitätklinikum Düsseldorf, Universitätsklinikum Saarland, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Bundesverband Deutscher Privatkliniken e.V., Selbsthilfegemeinschaft Medizingeschädigter -Patient im Mittelpunkt- e.V., German Society for Pediatric Surgery.

 

We are taking part in the WORLD DAY OF PATIENT SAFETY. You can find the poster HERE - to follow -

You can find the agenda of the conference HERE (Program subject to change)

 

Lectures: (the presentations will be uploaded after the conference in mid/end of October and linked here)

Opening of the conference and presentation of the certificates for patient safety
Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Frank Lammert, Chief Medical Officer, MHH
Dr. med. Maria Ines Cartes, MHM, MBA, Head of Medical Process and Patient Safety, MHH

Greeting - Appreciation and importance of patient safety in surgical medicine
Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Udo Rolle, President of the German Society for Surgery e.V., Director of the Clinical Department for Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Urology, University Medicine Frankfurt/M.

Patient safety in the web of digital transformation
Dipl.-KH-Betriebswirt / IT-Kfm. Marcus Wortmann, CIO - Ltg. MHH Information Technology, MHH

Hospital information systems - opportunities and risks
Dr. med. Sascha Wasilenko, Deputy CIO MHH Information Technology, MHH
Dr. Sebastian Krammer, Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer, Avelios Medical GmbH, Munich

Digital patient education - safe, digital, effective?
Markus von Bestenbostel, B.A., Medical Process and Patient Safety, MHH
Hans Clarin, Sales Solution Manager, Thieme Compliance, Erlangen

Digital medication - prescribing with a system
Dr. med. Matthias Groß, MHH Information Technology, MHH

MITO tool: Supported self-assessment of the WHO global action plan for patient safety 2021-2030
Prof. Dr. Dr. Hartmut F. Binner, Managing Director, Prof. Binner Akademie GmbH, Hanover

Use of artificial intelligence for harm prevention
Dr. jur. Leopold-Michael Marzi, Administrative Unit for Incident Management and Prevention, Vienna General Hospital

Artificial intelligence meets error reporting systems - new perspectives?
Dr. med. Carlos R. Hölzing, Clinical Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Würzburg

Teleneurology - opportunities for safe care
PD Dr. med. Hans Worthmann, OA, Network Coordinator Teleneurology, Clinical Department of Neurology, MHH

Power of First Name - Rethinking Communications in the OR
PD Dr. med. Jens Peter Hölzen, Deputy Director, Head of Robot-Assisted Surgery, Clinical Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Münster University Hospital

Implementation of a hospital alarm and deployment plan for a mass casualty incident at the Magdeburg Christmas market
Prof. Dr. Dr. Robert Werdehausen, Clinic Director, University Clinic for Anaesthesiology, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

De-escalation in the healthcare sector - strengthening competence to act
Jens Haage, Head of Psychiatry and Psychosomatics, De-escalation Management, Center for Mental Health, MHH

SUMMARY - CLOSING WORDS AND OUTLOOK 2026
Dipl.-Kfm. Ingo Gurcke, Chairman of the Professional Association of Patient Safety Officers in Germany (BPS-D e.V.)
Dr. med. Maria Ines Cartes, MHM, MBA, Head of Medical Process and Patient Safety, MHH

 

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