Australian HealthcareSummit 2011

23rd & 24th March, Grace Hotel, Sydney

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Patient Centric Healthcare

Graeme HeadDeputy Secretary Dpt. of Health

and Ageing & CEONHHN Transition Office

REFORMFUNDING

MANAGEMENTCOLLABORATION

INNOVATION

Steve IronsMP, Deputy Chair

Standing Committee forHealth and Ageing

Peter FlemingChief Executive Officer

National E-Health Transition Authority

Tony SherbonChief Executive

SA Department of Health

Terry CloutChief Executive

South Eastern SydneyArea Health Service

Kevin SneeChief Executive

Hawke’s Bay DistrictHealth Board, NZ

David Russell-WeiszChief Executive

North Metropolitan AreaHealth Service, WA

Christopher RexManaging Director

Ramsay Health Care Limited

Saxon SmithChairman

Australian MedicalAssociation (NSW)

Mark FitzgibbonChief Executive Officer

NIB Health Funds

Danielle StowasserClinical Advisor

National Prescribing Service

Steven BoyagesChief Executive

Clinical Education andTraining Institute (NSW)

Julie Hartley-Jones CBEChief Executive OfficerCairns Health Service

District, QLD

Participating Organisations

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With growing demands and reformunderway, healthcare is very much oneveryone’s agenda!

With the theme of patient centric healthcare,this two day event features an industryconference on government policy; public /private collaboration; new initiatives and bestpractice for improved delivery of health careand positive outcomes. Presentations focus on the key issues for reform; funding;development; management; and productiveuse of Australia’s healthcare resources.Speakers represent all sectors of thehealthcare industry. It is a meeting of mindsat the highest level!

Clearly a strong healthcare system is integralto improving the health of the population andtackling social inequalities in health. This eventbrings together all of the stakeholders inAustralia’s healthcare sector to discuss keyissues facing the industry and the impact it will have on stakeholders and the community.

Australian Healthcare Summit 2011 is a greatopportunity to raise your organisation’s profileand promote your products and services toAustralia’s healthcare industry. By sponsoringor exhibiting at this event you will have theopportunity to:

• Generate new sales leads

• Raise your profile in the healthcare industry

• Gain direct access to new and existingcustomers

• Have an unrivalled opportunity to network and do business

If you participate in one healthcare event in2011, then this is it!

For further information and to discuss yourparticipation contact Ian Devlin on:Phone: 02 9008 1102Email: ian@abcevents.net.auRegister online at:www.abcevents.net.au//aushealth

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SPONSOR AND EXIBIT AT THIS EVENT

SPEAKERS AT A GLANCE:

Graeme HeadDeputy Secretary

Dpt. of Healthand Ageing & CEONHHN Transition

Office

Steve IronsMP, Deputy Chair

StandingCommittee for

Health and Ageing

Peter FlemingChief Executive Officer

NationalE-Health Transition

Authority

Tony SherbonChief ExecutiveSA Department

of Health

Terry CloutChief ExecutiveSouth Eastern

SydneyArea Health

Service

Kevin SneeChief ExecutiveHawke’s Bay

DistrictHealth Board, NZ

David Russell-Weisz

Chief ExecutiveNorth Metropolitan

Area HealthService, WA

Julie Hartley-Jones CBE

Chief Executive OfficerCairns Health

ServiceDistrict, QLD

Christopher RexManaging DirectorRamsay HealthCare Limited

Saxon SmithChairman

Australian MedicalAssociation (NSW)

Mark FitzgibbonChief Executive

OfficerNIB Health Funds

DanielleStowasser

Clinical AdvisorNational

Prescribing Service

Steven BoyagesChief Executive

Clinical Educationand Training

Institute (NSW)

Andrew CashinProfessor

of NursingSouthern Cross

University

Hal SwerissenDean

Faculty of HealthSciences, Latrobe

University

Warwick PlunkettPresident

PharmaceuticalSociety

AustralianHealthcare

Summit 2011Anne TrimmerChief Executive OfficerMedical Technology

Association ofAustralia

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DAY ONE: WEDNESDAY 23RD MARCH8.30 Arrival tea & coffee and documentation collection

9.00 Opening remarks from the Chair:

9.10 Understanding the health reform implementationprocess • How the department will be working with all

stakeholders to implement reform • Strategies for introducing National

Health and Hospitals Networks • What will the implementation process

mean for the healthcare sector? • How this will create greater efficiency

and productivity in healthcare provision • What are the challenges facing implementation and

how they can be overcomeGraeme Head, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing & CEONational Health and Hospitals Network Transition Office

9.50 Government Keynote: Ensuring 21st centuryhealthcare for Australians• Overview of current and proposed policy• Assessment and response to the recent

reforms• Understanding and addressing

weakness in the current system• Strategies to encourage greater

cooperation between LHN’s• Strategies for encouraging and supporting greater

private / public collaboration• How to increase productivity and

services in the health sector• Ensuring improved primary care cooperation at GP level• Increasing the number of medical training places• Strategies for removing social inequalities in health care• Importance of retaining public ownership of hospitalsSteve Irons, Deputy Chair, Standing Committee for Health and Ageing

10.20 Presentation TBA

10.50 Morning tea and exhibition viewing

11.20 Trends in International healthcare – the UK and NZexperience• Understanding the challenges and demands for

today’s healthcare sector• Strategies for monitoring and improving

performance• Working with other health sectors for

greater efficiency and productivity• Developing co-ordinated hospital

practices and services• Role of primary health organisations in a

modern healthcare system• What can be learnt from overseas practices such as

the UK and NZ?• Future challenges and opportunitiesKevin Snee, Chief Executive Officer, Hawke’s Bay DHB

11.50 The challenge to improve hospital performance• Is there a need to improve and why?• How to improve flow and eliminate

waits and delays• Is it more money or better management?• Benefits in terms of patients’ experience;

organisation morale and cost• Future challenges and opportunitiesTony Sherbon, Chief Executive, South Australian Department of Health

12.20 Presentation TBA

12.50 Lunch and exhibition viewing

1.50 Quality use of medicines• Impact of the recent Fifth Community

Pharmacy Agreement• Connecting with consumers to promote

medicines literacy• Challenges in funding high cost medicines• Should complementary medicines be

regulated?• The benefits of electronic prescribing and dispensing• Future challenges and opportunitiesDanielle Stowasser, Clinical Advisor, National Prescribing Service

2.20 Strategies for improving medicine use• Understanding current challenges in medicine

dispensation• The need for greater communication

and collaboration between Pharmacistsand GP’s

• Use of IT in dispensation and pharmacymanagement

• Identifying other areas for change andimprovement

• How this will create a positive change in primaryhealthcare and improve patient outcomes

Warwick Plunkett, President, Pharmaceutical Society

2.50 Opportunities and challenges facing doctors under the new health reforms:funding, training and a vision for thefutureDr Saxon Smith, Chairman, Australian Medical Association (NSW)

3.20 Afternoon tea and exhibition viewing

DOCTORS AND HEALTH REFORM

PHARMACEUTICALS & MEDICINES

IMPROVING HOSPITAL PERFORMANCE

INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE ADDRESS

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

IF YOU ATTEND ONE HEALTHCARE EVENT IN 2011, THEN THIS IS IT!

3.50 Encouraging doctors and nurses to remain in NSW hospitals and primary healthcare• Impact of the governments reforms on health

professionals• Impact on the health care system• Understanding the issues with current

working conditions• How can doctors be motivated to return

to the Australian health care sector• How can Australia compete with overseas

opportunities?• Is there a need to secure practitioners from overseas?• Are more undergraduate places the answer?Steven Boyages, Chief Executive, Clinical Education and Training Institute

4.20 Role of Nurse Practitioners in clinical and primaryhealthcare• Why Nurse Practitioners play a key role in healthcare

provision• How MBS and PBS registration has

opened new possibilities in serviceprovision

• What are the benefits to patients• Assessing the benefits of Nurse

Practitioner clinics• Key healthcare improvements in public hospitals• Future challenges and opportunitiesAndrew Cashin, Professor of Nursing, Southern Cross University

4.50 Strategies for addressing the critical shortage ofhealthcare personnel• Motivating doctors to return to the Australian health

care sector• Balancing undergraduate places with internship

positions• How to encourage nurses to return to primary healthcare• Strategies for encouraging public\private partnerships

in trainingDr Saxon Smith, Chairman, Australian Medical Association (NSW)Steven Boyages, Chief Executive, Clinical Education and Training InstituteAndrew Cashin, Professor of Nursing, Southern Cross UniversityRoss Roberts-Thompson, President, Australian Medical Students Association

5.20 Closing remarks from the Chair

5.30 Close of day one followed by networking drinksreceptionRelax and unwind after a day of informativepresentations and take this opportunity to networkwhile enjoying a drink.

DAY TWO: THURSDAY 24TH MARCH8.30 Arrival tea and coffee

9.00 Opening remarks from the Chair

9.10 Implementing E-Health across Australia• What is E-Health?• Effect of recent health care reforms• Benefits to the patient• Impact on rural and remote areas• How to promote E-Health adoption• Outcomes on Government Spending• Future challenges and opportunitiesPeter Fleming, Chief Executive Office, National E-Health Transition Authority

9.40 Assessing Health Technology• How to evaluate high cost, high value medical

technology• Creating a framework that cuts red tape

during assessments• How new technologies produce better

patient outcomes• Strategies for introducing new

technologies to clinicians• Future challenges and opportunitiesAnne Trimmer, Chief Executive Officer,Medical Technology Association of Australia

10.10 Innovation in healthcare to meet growing demandand reform agendas• Assessing current and future demands and how this

can be met• Implications of the COAG agreement

for the private healthcare sector• What reforms of the healthcare sector

are most required• Strategies for meeting the rising cost of

healthcare provision• What are the funding options and incentives for greater

private sector provision of healthcare• Future challenges for healthcare in AustraliaChristopher Rex, Managing Director, Ramsay Health Care Limited

10.40 Morning tea & coffee break and exhibition viewing

11.10 Innovative funding models and private healthcareincentives• Are current models sustainable long term?• Assessing other funding options and

models• What can be done to further incentivise

greater take up of private healthcare• Understanding the benefits• What can be learnt from overseas

funding of healthcare services• Future challenges and opportunitiesMark Fitzgibbon Chief Executive Officer, NIB Health Funds

INNOVATIONS IN HEALTHCARE AND FUNDING

HEALTH TECHNOLOGY

E HEALTH

PANEL SESSION

ROLE OF NURSING PRACTITIONERS

RECRUTIMENT AND RETENTION OF KEY MEDICAL STAFF

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11.50 Role of Public Private Partnerships in the Australianhealthcare environment - Future or no future?• What works and what doesn’t and why? • Alternative sources of funding and the

benefits to the provision of care • How are different models being

deployed throughout Australia? • The WA experience in PPP in healthcare

– What are the benefits, risks, strategies for success?

– Do they really provide additional efficiency at a lower cost?

– Politics - does it assist or hinder? • Assessing the European experience and relevance

to Australia• The Future of PPP in healthcare - a role to play or not?Dr Russell-Weisz, Chief Executive, North Metropolitan Area Health Service, WA

12.20 Strategies for greater public/private collaboration inhealthcare for improved outcomes• How can the public and private sectors further

integrate for greater productivity and efficiency?• How can the public sector make greater use of private

healthcare facilities?• Understanding the benefits of making the best of both

public and private sector strengths• Is there room for more players from the private sector

in healthcare?Christopher Rex, Managing Director, Ramsay Health Care LimitedMark Fitzgibbon Chief Executive Officer, NIB Health FundsDr Russell-Weisz, Chief Executive, North Metropolitan Area Health Service, WAProfessor Hal Swerissen, Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences

12.50 Lunch and exhibition viewing

1.50 Managing healthcare provision at a large healthcareprovider• Overview of the challenges of modern

healthcare provision• Understanding the communities

requirements• How to meet growing demands• Contingency plans for meeting

unexpected epidemics and viral outbreaks• Working with Wollongong University on health initiatives• Future challenges and opportunities in healthcare

provisionTerry Clout Chief Executive, South Eastern Sydney & Illawarra Area Health Service

2.20 Assessing the benefits and impacts of healthcarereform from a regional perspective• What the reforms mean from a regional perspective• Can the proposals improve spending quality and

services to patients?• Implications of rationalisation and

reorganisation of the public healthcaresector

• Understanding the implications forhealthcare

• Strategies for improving standards forindigenous health

• Challenges facing healthcare provision for remotecommunities

• Is there an opportunity for further public / privatecooperation and where?

• Future challenges and opportunitiesJulie Hartley-Jones CBE, CEO, Cairns and Hinterland Health Service District

2.50 Developing primary health care strategy• Why primary health care reform should top the agenda• Key issues that need to be addressed in

developing a primary health care system• What role should GP’s play?• Update on current research trends in

cancer epidemiology• Understanding the benefits this will bringProfessor Hal Swerissen, Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences

3.20 Q & A Panel Session: Key priorities in healthcare• Identifying the key priorities in modern healthcare

provision• How can you balance the competing needs and

demands?• Where is there room for change and improvement?• What can be learnt from overseas?• What are the immediate and future challenges that

need to be addressed?Speakers will be invited to join a question and answer session

3.50 Closing remarks from the chair

3.55 Close of conference

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