eHealth Conference

As part of Federal Government healthcare reform agenda, connecting healthcare service partners across regional areas and how they interact with the local hospitals will be a significant part of a future model. Using an already funded government model being implemented, Super Clinics will be used as an example in this workshop to explore regional and rural primary care service models and how enabling technology can assist to deliver connectivity between service partners.

Kate Gunn Chief Executive Officer of Balance! Healthcare (http://www.balancehealthclinic.com.au/) who is charged to deliver both the Blue Mountains and Cairns Super Clinics will provide specific content on case examples, experiences, and practicalities of implementing a community based health service model that seeks to create an end-to-end experience for the health consumer.

Where these Super Clinics should be placed? How best can these models be established? What is working now and what are the ongoing challenges?  How do these Super Clinics link with the public hospital system? What technology is required to support?

Facilitated by Leigh Donoghue, Senior Healthcare Lead for Accenture, this proves to be a great exploration of the practicality of delivering key policy initiatives and the capability that is required to link up the system. This will be explored in the context of “what works”, recognising aspects of future direction in healthcare reform, and with practical outcomes of the discussion being captured to move forward.

Come and better understand Super Clinics, their potential, and how they relate to your area. Be informed and an active participant in this workshop discussion.

Attendees:
Policy makers, funders, super clinic consortium groups, regional service delivery providers, community care organisations, general practitioners (GPs), specialists, solution companies, and community groups.

Facilitated by: 
Leigh Donoghue
Senior Executive, Accenture, Health & Public Service
 

Technology is pervasive into all areas of life. With the rollout of the National Broadband network, the advance in tele-medicine, and experience from around the world, there is great promise that tele-medicine can be delivered in the home or at community sites which reduces the burden on the hospital system, travel requirements, and provides a better health consumer outcome. Using high-definition cameras and monitors, telepresence technology creates a "conferencing" experience that is so intimate people think they are in the same room with the people on the other end of the teleconference.

Listen to practical case studies and experiences from both Australia and across the world, and see how the promise of tele-medicine is starting to be realised. Talk to people who use and implement this capability and understand how clinical adoption and use of this technology can be achieved, particularly in regional and rural settings. With Australia’s large distances and regionalised population, the application of tele-medicine as a means to provide specialty care will be one element of future healthcare services.

With significant investment in national broadband and regional healthcare models being muted under the federal government reform, this is timely discussion on the future of tele-medicine and its application in Australia. This interactive workshop facilitated by John Grant, Director Healthcare Cisco provides an important highlight and lead up to 1st National Conference of the Australasian Telehealth Society later in the year.

Case Study 1 - Clinical Requirements & Needs of TeleHealth : An Overview of the Telehealth
Presented by: Cathy Steel, Centre for Health Innovation

Case Study 2 - Infrastructure Requirements and Opportunities
Presented by: Michael Boland, Cisco Systems

Case Study 3 - Practical Implementation - Clincal Adoption
Presented by: Gayle Boschert, Grampians Rural Health Alliance

Afternoon Tea will be served during this workshop.

Facilitated by:
Dr Brendan Lovelock
Health Practice Lead, Cisco Systems

Endorsed by:

Sponsored by:

Healthcare IT (HIT) or Health Informatics, is a discipline that requires particular insight and experience for ensuring safe, reliable, fit-for-purpose systems are available for clinicians, patients and the community in general. Healthcare is complex and Healthcare IT is safety-critical. Safety requirements must be considered in the planning, designing, developing and deploying of clinical software.

With many public and private hospital systems implementing new and updated electronic medical records (EMR) systems, as well as many speciality clinical systems, it is important that these systems are implemented appropriately, not only from the clinical and healthcare services point of view, but also to ensure the best outcomes for the patient. It is well recognised that a system that is poorly implemented in health can raise safety and quality issues which may undermine its broader clinical use and cause potential adverse events.

There are a number of examples in the current media which highlight this issue.

This workshop will explore experiences as they relate to the development, deployment and use of healthcare systems and software in clinical environments. Examine case examples in implementation of systems and the clinical impacts they potentially pose. Participate in a collaborative environment where ideas, methods and processes to assess Healthcare IT and its implications for clinical safety will be examined.
Listen to a panel of senior industry and content experts as this area is explored in full under the theme of “what works”.

Attendees:
Policy makers, funders, health administrators, CIO’s, ehealth professionals, HIT implementers, software developers and testers, clinicians and nurses, standards professionals, solution companies, and health consumers.

Morning Tea will be served during this workshop.

Facilitated by: 
Dr Kelvin Ross
K.J. Ross & Associates

Sponsored by:  

Wireless and mobile technology and capability are increasingly being adopted in the management and delivery of healthcare. Do these applications present value and how can they be more broadly adopted in the system? What are the experiences and learning from service providers and implementers?

Additionally there is increasing adoption of technology by health consumers to manage their own health. The workshop will also explore what technology is available, how it is being used, and discuss what it may mean for the future of healthcare in Australia.
 

Case Study 1 - Video-streaming for virtual consultations

With better solutions now available, healthcare providers are adopting technology to service more patients through virtual consultations. Nurses and ambulatory officers are in the field streaming video back to hospitals and doctors over a 3G network, using a mobile phone or specialised cameras. Mobile video-streaming technology is also being used to conduct virtual consultations, bringing a doctor or team of medical specialists to a patient – regardless of distance. The technology converts a standard phone into video broadcaster. 

Presentation will cover the following case studies:
• Tasmania’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
• Victoria’s Northern Health
• QLD Ambulance

Presented by:
Adele Whish - Wilson, Momentum Technologies Solutions

Case Study 2 – Emerging Technologies - Health 2.0

The merging of health and social networking on the internet has developed the phenomenon now known as Health 2.0. We will explore how consumers are using technology to become more actively involved in their own healthcare and how this is changing the face of healthcare delivery. Using examples from around the world we will demonstrate the advantages disadvantages of this change, and explore opportunities for patients, providers and technology companies.

Presented by:
Dr George Margelis, Industry Development Manager, Intel Australia Digital Health Group

Case Study 3 –Australia’s First iPad application: Carter’s Encyclopaedia of Health and Medicine

Deployable on an iPhone and iPad, Carter’s Encyclopaedia of Health and Medicine is the first application for health practitioners and consumers in Australia available on an iPad. Understand the application and what is does, and how it is delivered simply to mobile devices. What is the potential for this type of technology in healthcare moving forward? What is its practical application? Who benefits now? Discuss this and other key points in this practical demonstration and interactive case study.

Case Study 4 – Innovative Use: Managing Depression and Bipolar Disorders
Presented by: Judy Proudfoot, Blackdog Institute

Attendees:
Policy makers, funders, hospital administrators, ehealth professionals, GP’s, regional service delivery providers, community care organisations, solution companies, health care specialists, community groups, and health consumers.

Facilitated by:
Dr Rod Farmer
Director of Research & Strategy, Mobile Experience Pty Ltd