Day One: Monday 27th February

9.00 Opening remarks from the Chair
Brett McPherson
National President, Australian Association of Practice Managers AAPM Clinical Lead
NEHTA

9.20 Profiling the technology behind Australia's most advanced hospital
• Design considerations in creating a paperless environment
• Supporting an exponential growth in wireless networks/mobile devices
• Maintaining security across a variety of networks
• How to future-proof the hospital information system
• Meeting the challenges imposed by legacy systems
Evan Rawstron,
Chief Operating Officer,
Macquarie University Hospital

10.00 Case Study - Introducing wireless applications at Southern Health
• Key considerations in implementing fully wireless and mobile internet in a hospital
• The challenges in accessing existing systems and medical records on mobile devices
• The benefits of implementing device independent technology
• Lessons learnt from the pilot at Casey Hospital and implications for the remaining sites
Dr Philip Nesci,
Chief Information Officer,
Southern Health

10.40 Morning tea

11.10 Case Study - Introducing a PCEHR with Calvary eHealth
• Streamlining patient care and medical information through the introduction of a PCEHR in the ACT
• How the new record management system was integrated into existing systems
• Key considerations for aged and palliative care and the management of chronic disease
• Developing an interoperable solution to link healthcare providers to a central repository displaying a patient's health summary
Dr Michelle Austin,
Change and Adoption Manager, Calvary eHealth Project,
Calvary Health Care ACT

11.50 Case Study - Hospital Information Technology Strategy
As of the largest convent hospital in Austria, Elamar is responsible for the strategic direction of IT in Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen and has been the architect of KWG’s “future proofed” information management strategy
Elmar Flamme
Strategic CIO
Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen

12.30 Lunch & networking

1.30 The role of eHealth technologies in managing chronic health care conditions
• Recognising the scale of Australia's chronic health care problem
• The challenges of providing continuous collaborative care
• How emerging technologies have led to a paradigm shift in the perception of care
• What the PCEHR means for chronic health care conditions – what do we need to make it work?
• Current clinical trials of CDM Net
Jon Hilton
Programs Director
Precedence Health Care

2.50 Afternoon tea

3.20 Case Study - Developing an EHR at Barwon Health
• The challenges of transitioning from paper-based records to digital files
- Managing existing data
- Encouraging practitioner uptake
• Balancing data security with efficient clinician access
- Patient confidentiality
• Integrating EHRs into Hospital Information Systems
• POC data input and retrieval
Ann Larkins,
Chief Information Officer,
Barwon Health

4.00 Information technology management in primary care networks
• Effective compilation and management of population health data to achieve eHealth goals
• Key considerations in implementing PCEHRs in primary health care
• How can practices maintain the standards and infrastructure necessary for PCEHRs?
• The challenges of maintaining security across a disparate network
Adam McLeod
Director - Strategy and eHealth
Inner East Melbourne Medicare Local

4.40 Closing remarks from the Chair

4.50 Networking drinks

Day 2 - Tuesday 28th February

9.00 Opening remarks from the Chair

9.50 Mobile and tele-health - Using ICT to provide health services into the community
• Profiling a mobile phone based cardiac rehabilitation service
• Technological considerations in implementing a tele-ophthalmology service for rural and remote Australia
• The challenges inherent in interfacing tele-health services with EHRs
Dr David Hansen,
Chief Executive Officer,
Australian E-Health Research Centre (AEHRC)

10.30 Morning tea

11.00 The impact of user demand on network design
• Why behavioural change is driving technological change in healthcare
• Empowering healthcare patients with smart technology
• Infrastructure requirements of communication systems for both patients and staff
Jodie Ryan,
Chief Information Officer,
St Vincent's Health & Aged Care

11.40 Case study - St Stephen's Hervey Bay: hospital of the future
• What are the distinguishing features of a truly 'digital' hospital?
• Exploring the IT possibilities afforded by a greenfield development
• Understanding the design principles underpinning digital healthcare
• Implications of increased reliance upon IT
• Innovations to assist healthcare workers in the treatment of patients
Kathy Campbell,
Chief Information Officer,
UnitingCare Health

12.20 Lunch

1.20 The eHealthNT Story
A look at the journey of eHealth in the Northern Territory, with a focus on the development of a jurisdictional wide clinical messaging service and how this has change aspects of health delivery in the remote and rural sector.
• The journey and growth of eHealth in the Northern Territory
• Secure Electronic Messaging Service (SEMS) – Problems faced and how technology was used to overcome some of these hurdles
• The changing technology landscape, from email to web services
• Lessons learnt and how these are being applied to upcoming developments
Tim Garden,
IT Manager,
eHealthNT

2.00 Case Study - Developing a single patient identifier at Genea
• Challenges in replacing a paper-based record keeping system with electronic healthcare records
• Technology requirements for the developing an SPI and a simplified patient care process
• Managing the transition
• How clinical specialists have been incorporated into the system
• Future proofing the system to allow for integration with individual personal electronic healthcare records
• Strategies for managing cultural change
Michael Ashby,
Chief Information Officer,
Genea

2.40 Infrastructure to support innovative health technologies
• Fostering innovation in eHealth with appropriate infrastructure
• Key considerations for mobile health (mHealth) solutions
• How to ensure a positive user experience (UX)
• How to assess the preparedness of existing infrastructure for future applications
Frank Smolenaers,
Director of Technology,
Australian Centre for Health Innovation

3.20 Closing remarks from the Chair and close of conference