u003cstrongu003eGovernanceu003c/strongu003e is the framework through which health systems and organisations set and oversee clear strategic goals to ensure the quality and safety of patient care, performance of services, as well as compliance with laws, regulations, and ethical responsibilities. Effective governance is essential to achieve objectives, drive improvement, and deliver the valued outcomes for citizens and patients. Governance is complex and evolving, and a universal common framework or simple concept of health systems governance does not yet exist.rnrnu003cstrongu003eLeadershipu003c/strongu003e is a key principle of governance and must be embedded within governance systems to ensure that systems and organisations are led to accomplish their objectives and meet their strategic goals.rnrnu003cstrongu003eSocial responsibilityu003c/strongu003e is an ethical framework that underlines how the choices of individuals may affect the whole society. Applied to health management, social responsibility is strictly interlinked with the concepts of resilience and sustainability. Health professionals, health managers, and health systems should be accountable for their behaviours toward society.rnrnThis track would include abstracts that:rnu003culu003ern tu003cliu003eanalyse leadership theories, styles, approaches, knowledge, and skills required to meet the needs of health systemsu003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003etransfer theoretical perspectives to shape the development of a strategic focusu003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003efocus on performance management, quality assurance, and patient safetyu003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003eare forward looking and anticipate future trends in health management and health systemsu003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003eexplore the concepts of clinical and business governanceu003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003ediscuss legal aspects and ethics of health services and systemsu003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003eevaluate the factors that impact the role of leaders within health and social careu003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003ediscuss ethical theories and aspects of health professionals, health managers, and health systems’ responsibility towards the societyu003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003epresent best practices of responsible governance and leadership in health management.u003c/liu003ernu003c/ulu003e

The transition towards person-centred care requires health care systems to be integrated. This track focuses on the operations of organisations and systems. It pays attention to the efforts involved in the planning, organising, staffing, monitoring, directing, and decision-making processes of health services and systems to ensure the effective, efficient, and equitable use of resources.rnrnThe abstracts to be considered within this track include, but are not limited to those that:rnu003culu003ern tu003cliu003eshare insights from evidence-based research that translate management knowledge into practice contribute to better practice by sharing scalable and innovative models/solutions or improved processesu003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003eidentify key lessons based on rigorous analysis of existing practices and modelsu003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003eprovide case studies focusing on implementation of management models.u003c/liu003ernu003c/ulu003e

Health systems rely on their workforce. This track focuses on how human resources are managed to support the delivery of health services. This includes challenges relating to optimal planning, personnel shortages, the post-COVID ‘great resignation’, remunerations and incentives, and competence building.rnrnAgainst this background, this track will include abstracts that:rnu003culu003ern tu003cliu003epropose frameworks to measure the efficiency of workforce management modelsu003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003eadopt quantitative approaches to compare transferrable management best practices as emerged in response to the ongoing European major challengesu003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003einclude the workforce perspective before and in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.u003c/liu003ernu003c/ulu003e

This track examines business planning and refers to how resources are raised, pooled, allocated or spent to ensure that people have access to health services of good quality without financial hardship. This includes issues related to efficiency, effectiveness, value and behaviour in the production and consumption of health and healthcare.rnrnThis track would include abstracts that:rnu003culu003ern tu003cliu003earticulate the drivers of spending and the factors impacting total spending and valueu003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003efocus on the financial and economic concepts of health management, such as payment systems and models, budget modelling, investment decisions, health spending/costsu003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003eaddress challenges in economic evaluation and decision models by highlighting best practicesu003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003epresent the financial challenges and solutions to the current and future needs, such as the use of technologyu003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003esupport in setting priorities in national, regional, or organisational contexts towards the best use of resources.u003c/liu003ernu003c/ulu003e

Beyond organisations, policy decisions made at the local, regional, national, and European level have an important impact on health systems, care, and practitioners. Policy mechanisms (e.g., regulation, financial, quality, and technical) can incentivise or hinder the adoption of innovative solutions to improve health outcomes. This track focuses on the development, planning, implementation, and evaluation of policies and regulations affecting health management at the organisational, local, regional, national, and European levels.rnrnAbstracts submitted within this track would include those that:rnu003culu003ern tu003cliu003eanalyse relevant policy aspects of challenges in health managementu003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003eprovide insight on public health challenges, paradigm shifts and health reformsu003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003eshare evidence and information on policy issues and possible solutionsu003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003elink health management and public health policies with practiceu003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003ediscuss the involvement and impact of national policymakers, the European Union, as well as internal organisations on health systems.u003c/liu003ernu003c/ulu003e