4th International Conference on Quality in Health and Accreditation and Patient Safety, which was organized by American Institute of Health Quality (AIHQ), Association of Health Academicians and World Congress, and was supported by Oklahoma University, USA, Institute of Turkish Standards took place in Kervansaray Hotel in Antalya. The Chair Prof. Dr. Seval Akgün from Başkent University, Faculty of Medicine and Prof. Dr. A. F. AL-ASSAF who is dean assistant at Oklahoma University Health Centre and USA Health Services Institute were the presidents in the conference.

130 foreign attendants from 20 countries such as Turkey, Slovakia, USA, Austria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Belgium, Switzerland, Romania, Greece, Ireland, Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arabic Emirates, Syria, Egypt, and Pakistan as well as 250 domestic attendants such as workers on quality, academicians, and 450 people in total joined the conference.

People who are successful people in their countries talked in parallel sessions about health quality and patient safety, empowerment of patient safety, control and prevention of healthcare infections in our country and in the world. 4 conferences, 20 sessions, 29 oral declaration and 10 presentations applied by domestic and foreign attendants captured attention.

The congress which has been organized for the 4^th times in international bases was found successful by the attendants in terms of its scientific content, social programs and physical setting.