Day Two - National eHealth
Thursday 15th April, 2010

8:00
Welcome coffee & networking
8:30
Welcome remarks from the Chair
E- HEALTH GOVERNANCE
8:40 KEY NOTE:
Robust legislative frameworks for a sustainable system

  • What legislation has been developed for the Healthcare Identifiers Service?
  • Including revision clauses in e-health legislation
  • The value of ongoing monitoring and auditing
Liz Forman,
Assistant Secretary E-health Branch,
Department of Health and Ageing
IMPROVING AGED CARE MANAGEMENT THROUGH E-HEALTH
9:20
Efficient, timely service delivery for enhanced aged care

  • Analysing capacity of preparedness for a national, interoperable system
  • Changing billing systems to correlate with changed management practices
  • Building a consumer-centric system to enable efficient, accessible care
Rod Young,
CEO,
Aged Care Association Australia
10:00 CASE STUDY:
Using electronic records to process data for better aged care management

  • The challenges and advantages of paperless record keeping
  • Protecting patient record integrity in a multi-access environment
Athena Ermides,
General Manager,
Berlasco Court Caring Centre
10:30
Morning tea & networking
CHANGE MANAGEMENT & ADOPTION
11:00
Improving data quality for reliable systems & processes

  • Data quality as the corner stone of e-health
  • Improving accuracy in data collection and management
  • Overcoming problems in data governance
Dr Ross Nable,
Manager Population Health & E-health,
General Practice Victoria
11:40
Measuring tangible change for sustainable e-health solutions

  • Realising benefits when transforming business practices
  • Ensuring e-health strategies deliver projected improvements
  • The importance of incremental change and continuous feedback
Geoff Rinaldi,
Managing Director,
Tranzform Group
12:20
Boosting allied health professionals´ presence within the e-health reform agenda

  • Gathering data to better understand IT requirements of allied health professionals
  • National representation and visibility for allied health
  • Assisting allied health professionals to engage with vendors
Dr Louise Schaper,
CEO,
Health Informatics Society of Australia
1:00
Lunch
2:00
Strategies to keep consumers informed as e-health evolves

  • What consumers need to know about new systems and processes
  • Building awareness and educating consumers
  • A vision for consumer engagement
Anna Wise,
Senior Policy Manager,
Consumers Health Forum
2:40 CASE STUDY:
General Practice leading e-connectivity through partnerships

  • Making the most of a shared opportunity for enhancing continuity of care
  • Division of General Practice´s support to specialists, private allied health and hospitals
  • A co-ordinated solution for e-referrals and broader e-communication
Jason Trethowan,
Chief Executive Officer,
GP Association of Geelong
BUILDING WORKFORCE & ORGANISATIONAL CAPACITY
3:10
Afternoon tea & networking
3:40
Up-skilling Australia´s health workforce in ICT implementation

  • Knowledge and ICT training as the basis of successful implementation
  • Guaranteeing excellence in workplace education
  • Staying ahead of a rapidly changing industry
Ian Birks,
CEO,
Australian Information Industry Association
UNDERSTANDING AUSTRALIA´S HEALTH AGENDA IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT
4:20
A global perspective on e-health benefits & challenges

  • Problems associated with assessing the benefits of e-health
  • The growing importance of mobile wireless technologies for e-health and m-health
  • e-health strategies for resource-poor communities
  • An overview of e-health work at WHO, EU and other global bodies
Associate-Professor Pradeep Ray,
Director Asia-Pacific Ubiquitous Healthcare Research Centre,
Australian School of Business, UNSW
5:00
Closing remarks from the Chair
5:10
Close of Day Two