Internationally-recognised leader of the patient safety movement, Harvard University Adjunct Professor Lucian L. Leape, will be keynote speaker at the 4th Australasian Conference on Safety and Quality in Healthcare.

The Raising the Bar for Quality conference will be held in Melbourne between August 21 and 23.

It will be the fourth in a series of highly-successful gatherings of clinicians and health care managers dedicated to improving patient safety and health care and quality in Australasia.

Australasian Association for Quality in Health Care (AAQHC) President Christine Dennis said Dr Leape's experience and commitment to patient safety and determination to change things for the better in health care gave him an unequalled position in the field.

The AAQHC is co-hosting the conference with the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) and collaborating with key partners the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care and the Department of Human Services.

•          For more information about the conference visit http://www.sapmea.asn.au/conventions/sqhc2006/.