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Palmira Morkuniene
Country
Lithuania
Job title
Lead medical auditor
Organisation
Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Klinikos Centre Branch
Email address
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Biography
Experience in medical practice as a neurosurgeon at university hospital. Since 1997 involved in quality activities in health care. Job at the State Inspectorate of Medical Audit as a lead medical auditor and deputy director for 4 years: preparation of requirements and regulations for quality in health care on national level, lecturing at training workshops for health care professionals and managers og health care organizations, coordination of 2 projects on implementation of quality management systems in Lithuanian health care organizations, presentations at conferences and seminars on quality issues in health care.
Chair of Lithuanian Association for Quality in Health Care.
Description organisation
Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Klinikos Centre Branch is a multidisciplinary tertiary hospital with approximately 300 beds and 700 employees having specialized surgical departments of abdominal surgery, thoracic surgery, orthopedic surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, departments of internal medicine, endocrinology and gastroenterology , gynecology, obstetrics, intensive care and diagnostic departments.
ONELINER
patient safety
Measures and activities to make health care with minimum risk for patients and reduce harm associated with health care services.
Publications
patient safety
Guidelines for implementation of quality management systems in health care organizations, 3 abstracts in papers of international conferences on quality.