Professor John Dwyer AO,
Emeritus Professor of
Medicine, University of
New South Wales
Hon Justine Elliot MP,
Minister for Aging, Australian Government
Professor Jim Bishop, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health Ageing
The Hon Paul Lucas, Deputy Premier and Minister for Health, Queensland
Lisa Smith,
Head of Strategy and
Planning,
National E-Health Transition Authority
Professor Michael Georgeff,
Chief Executive Officer, Precedence Healthcare
Christopher Rex,
Chief Executive Officer, Ramsay Health Care
Dr Christine Bennett, Chair, National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission & Chief Medical Officer, BUPA
Professor Warwick Anderson,
Chief Executive Officer, National Health and Medical Research
George Savvides, Managing Director, Medibank Private
Peter Carver, Executive Director, National Health Workforce Taskforce
Dr Graeme Horton,
Senior Lecturer in Medical Education and General Practice, University of Newcastle
Tony McBride, Chairman, Australian Healthcare Reform Alliance
Shaun Gath, Chief Executive Officer, Private Health Insurance Administration Council
John Ballard, Chief Executive, Mercy Health
Dr David Panter, Executive Director, Statewide Service Strategy, Department of Health SA
Dr Stephen Leeder, Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy
About |
Professor John Dwyer to discuss the government’s likely response and the opportunites for meaningful reform
The Australian Health Congress will return again to Darling Harbour on the 29th and 30th September at a critical time for the industry. With the release of the report “A healthier future for all Australians” by the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission, we are closer than ever to real reform.
Denticare, Electronic Health Records, Mental Health, Hospital funding – everything is on the table. What remains to be seen is which recommendations will be adopted by the government and the timeline to implement them. This will be decided over the coming months as the government continues to consult industry on responses to the report.
The Australian Health Summit is the ideal opportunity to be involved in these discussions with representatives from all sectors present, and a significant proportion of the program devoted to interactive discussion, where all viewpoints will be heard. There will be a strong media presence and a summary of the events proceedings will be submitted to the Department of Health and Ageing at the conclusion of the two days.
Who should attend?
Delegates attending will be health representatives from Federal and State Government departments and agencies; CEO’s, CIO’s, managers and other relevant representatives from the public and private sectors, including;
Aged Care, Hospitals, Health Insurance Providers, Research and Education Institutes, Acute and Primary Care, Mental Health Services, Regional and Remote Health Services.
This is not an event for clinicians per se – although heads of different services and hospitals will speak at the congress - but seeks to bring together the many departments, authorities and organisations dedicated to healthcare and health policy.
Themes |
Healthcare policy and reform – the relationship between commonwealth and state health
Public and private funding
Private health and health insurance
Developments to MBS and PBS
Accountability and performance reporting
Patient care and the health workforce
Education and public engagement
Health implications and provisions for an ageing Australia
Preventive health
Chronic disease management
e-health, innovation and technology
Equitable access to health care - with a particular focus on indigenous health
Speakers |
Speakers will be government ministers, department heads and industry leaders drawn from a wide variety of health services, from both public and private sectors.
A key theme of the event will be that of building relationships, both those between patient and healthcare services and between the services themselves, ensuring consistency and continuity of care. As such there will be a number of panel discussions and interactive sessions designed to pool the knowledge present at the event. As one delegate commented at the 2008 congress;
“Even experts, both delegates and speakers, don’t have the full picture - just their part of it”
The Australian Health Congress will seek to provide a little more of that picture.
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3rd Annual Australian Health Congress 2009
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