The professional conference "Effective Hospital 2025 – Strategy of Health Insurance Companies, Hospitals and Outpatient Clinics"

will be held on Tuesday 25 November 2025 and Wednesday 26 November 2025 at the Clarion Congress Hotel Prague – Vysocany.

(The conference will be held in the Czech language)

We are intensively preparing the programme of the 20^th annual professional conference.

A shortened version of the programme of last year's professional conference in English in PDF format can be found HERE.

The full Czech version of the programme of last year's professional conference in PDF format can be found HERE.

You can register HERE >

The auspices of the professional conference have so far been accepted by:

• Kamil Sasko, MSc. – Minister, Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic
• doc. MUDr. Roman Smucler, CSc. – President, Czech Dental Chamber
• Ing. Martin Kukla – Governor, Vysocina Region
• MUDr. Kamal Farhan – Governor, Pilsen Region
• Mgr. Jan Grolich – Governor, South Moravian Region
• Ladislav Oklestek – Governor, Olomouc Region
• Mgr. Richard Brabec – Governor, Ustecky Region
• MUDr. Martin Gebauer, MHA, LL.M. – Deputy Governor for Health, Moravian-Silesian Region
• MUDr. Jiri Behounek – Councillor for Health, Vysocina Region
• JUDr. Marketa Vankova – Mayor, the statutory city of Brno
• Ing. Erika Jurinova – Chairwoman, Zilina Self-Governing Region
• PaedDr. Milan Majersky, PhD. – Chairman, Presov Self-Governing Region
• Other auspices of the professional conference were approached

Tuesday 25. 11. 2025

OPENING OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE (13:30 – 14:30)

• doc. MUDr. Bohuslav Svoboda, CSc. – Mayor, Capital City of Prague
• MUDr. Milan Kubek – President, Czech Medical Chamber
• PhDr. Martina Sochmanova, MBA – President, Czech Nurses Association; Deputy Director for Nursing Care and Quality, Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
• Other participants of the opening of the conference were approached

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ABSOLUTE WINNER OF THE NATIONAL SURVEY OF THE BEST HOSPITAL OF THE YEAR 2025 AND THE NATIONAL SURVEY OF HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE YEAR 2025 (14:30 – 14:45)

The results will be announced in the following categories:

• National survey Health insurance company of the year – Absolute winner.
• National survey The best hospital of the year – Absolute winner.

1. DISCUSSION SESSION – HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES, HOSPITALS AND OUTPATIENT CLINICS (14:45 – 15:45)

Main topics of the discussion session:

• What are the realistic ways to ensure the stability of the Czech healthcare system? 
• What are the plans to ensure the staffing stability of the Czech healthcare system (shortage of staff, prioritization of acute care inpatient specialties and their further development and controlled elimination of unpromising specialties, emergency services, digitalization of health care)?

Participation in the discussion session has so far been confirmed by:

• MUDr. Ladislav Slobodnik, MBA – State Secretary, Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic
• MUDr. Jan Prada – Vicepresident, Czech Medical Chamber
• Other participants in the discussion were approached

BREAK (15:45 – 16:15)

2. DISCUSSION SESSION – DISCUSSION PANEL WITH MINISTERS OF HEALTH AND EXPERTS (16:15 – 17:15)

Main topics of the discussion session:

• What is the real need of the population for the Czech health care system X what is its potential capacity?
• Should the role of health insurance companies be changed?

Participation in the discussion session has so far been confirmed by:

• JUDr. Lenka Teska Arnostova, Ph.D. – Lawyer; Chairwoman, Society of Medical Law CzMA JEP
• Other participants in the discussion were approached

ANNOUNCEMENT OF PARTIAL RESULTS OF THE NATIONAL SURVEY OF HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE YEAR 2025 (17:15 – 18:00)

The results of the national project will be announced in the following categories:

• Evaluation from the point of view of online communication of health insurance companies.
• Evaluation from the point of view of cyber security.
• Evaluation from the point of view of mobile app.
• Evaluation from the point of view of financial health.
• Evaluation from the point of view of health service providers.
• Evaluation from the point of view of preventive programs.
• Evaluation from the point of view of the insured.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF PARTIAL RESULTS OF THE NATIONAL SURVEY OF THE BEST HOSPITAL OF THE YEAR 2025 (18:00 – 18:25)

The results of the national project will be announced in the following categories:

• Project „Safety of Healthcare Professionals 2025".
• Project „Online communication of hospitals 2025".
• Cyber security.
• Financial health of hospitals.
• Employee safety and satisfaction.
• Safety and satisfaction of hospitalized patients.
• Safety and satisfaction of outpatients.

END OF THE 1^ST DAY OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE, DISCUSSION (18:25 – 22:00)

Wednesday 26. 11. 2025

3. DISCUSSION SESSION – SUMMIT OF HOSPITALS, OUTPATIENT CLINICS AND PATIENT ORGANIZATIONS (10:00 – 11:00)

Main topics of the discussion session:

• What is the optimal setting for cooperation between the Ministry, health insurance companies, patient organisations and providers?
• Do health insurance companies have optimally set up prevention programmes?

Participation in the discussion session has so far been confirmed by:

• Ing. Mgr. Robert Hejzak, M.A. – Chairman, National Association of Patient Organizations (NAPO)
• Jana Petrenko – Director, Coalition for Health, o.p.s.
• Mgr. Vaclav Krasa – Chairman, National Council of Persons with Disabilities CR, z.s.
• Other participants in the discussion were approached

PRESENTATIONS OF PATIENT ORGANISATIONS AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS (11:00 – 11:30)

• Presenting patient organizations and healthcare professionals were approached

END OF THE 2^ND DAY OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE (11:30 – 12:30)

THANK YOU TO THE PARTNERS OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE IN 2025: