Message From the President
Welcome to the website of the International Hospital Federation (IHF). As the worldwide body for hospitals and healthcare organizations IHF develops and maintains a spirit of cooperation and communication among them, with the primary goal of improving the health of society. We hope you will join us in achieving this goal.
When I began in healthcare management in the 1970s, the healthcare delivery problems around the world were often very different. Today, we all share three primary challenges: quality, cost and access. And never before have innovations in one or more countries been as potentially applicable to others.
IHF advances our goal of improving the health of society in a variety of ways. In the educational arena, our biennial World Hospital Congress is truly one of the premier international healthcare events. I hope you will join us 18–20 June 2013 in Oslo, Norway. On alternate years, we conduct a Leadership Summit, which is a smaller, more intimate gathering of world healthcare leaders.
