Does Health System Performance Assessment (HSPA) actually improve performance? Designing HSPA to enable better policy decision making
Sala Polifunzionale di Palazzo Grandi Stazioni, Fondamenta Santa Lucia, Cannaregio 23 - 30121 Venezia
Tuesday, 22 July 2025, 16:00-18:15 CET (Hybrid event)
16:00-16:20: WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION OF THE SCHOOL
- Ewout Van Ginneken, Director, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
- Reinhard Busse, Director, Summer School/ Professor and Director, Department of Health Care Management, Technische Universität Berlin/ Co-Director, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
- Dheepa Rajan, Co-Director Summer School 2025/ Programme Manager, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
- Christine Elisabeth Brown, Head, WHO European Office for Investment for Health and Development, Venice
- Manuela Lanzarin - Regional Minister, Health Care and Social Services, Veneto Region
16:20-16:50: A REGIONAL AND NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON HSPA IN ITALY
- HSPA in Italy
- Nuovo Sistema di Garanzia
- Programma Nazionale Esiti
- Interregional Performance Evaluation System (IRPES)
- Performance monitoring in the Veneto Region
- Which indicators are collected and analyzed
- How qualitative data is assessed
- Veneto’s input into national HSPA exercises (Nuovo Sistema di Garanzia and the Programma Nazionale Esiti)
Presenters:
- Barbara Giordani, Italian National Agency for Regional Healthcare Services (AGENAS)
- Silvia Vigna, Veneto Region
Moderator: Dheepa Rajan, Co-director European Observatory Venice Summer School 2025 / Programme Manager, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
16:50-17:05: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
17:05-17:45: 25 YEARS OF HSPA POLITICS AND POLICY, HIGH-LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION
- Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, Director, Division of Country Health Policies and Systems, WHO Regional Office for Europe
- Josep Figueras, Director Emeritus, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
- Isabel de la Mata, Principal Advisor for Health and Crisis Management, DG SANTE, European Commission
- Stefan Eichwalder, Director, Health Systems Division, Austrian Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection
Moderator: Ewout van Ginneken, Director, European Observatory on health Systems and Policies
17:45-18:05: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
18:05-18:15: CLOSING REMARKS
- Antonio Maritati, Director Health Commission and Social-Health Relations, Veneto Region
- Reinhard Busse, Director, Summer School/ Professor and Director, Department of Health Care Management, Technische Universität Berlin/ Co-Director, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies