Melbourne 22-23 March 2010
Angliss Conference CentreThis
national conference over two days will explore the
emerging agenda
of consumer-centred health care.
It is an event not to be missed for anyone with a passion
for reforming our health system so that patients and their
families are at the centre of the system.
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HERE to register.
Key speakers
include:
Professor Ian Hickie, Executive Director, Brain and Mind
Research Institute
Professor Just Stoelwinder, Chair, Health Services
Management, Monash University
Maxine Drake, Health Consumers' Council of WA
Professor Philip Davies, Health Systems and Policy,
University of Qld
Dr Samantha Thomas, Head, Consumer Health Research Group,
Monash University
Barry Welsh, Ministry of Health, New Zealand
Siegried Drews, Web2Care,
Consumer-Directed Care Management
Enrico Coiera, Australian Institute of Health Innovation,
UNSW
Coralie Wales, President Chronic Pain Australia
Di Batterham, Westgate Health Co-operative Ltd
Angela Mackenzie, Paediatrician,
Vic
Bruce Rumbold, Palliative Care Unit, LaTrobe University
Key themes include:
Commonwealth reform initiatives: making change happen
Organising and empowering health consumers
Medicare Select: opt-in health plans
Self-care and self-management in heath
Consumer-directed aged care
Consumer-centred innovation in mental health
Consumer-centred innovation in drug and alcohol rehabilitation
Consumer-centred systems
Consumer-centred funding arrangements
Chronic illness consolidated budgets
Capitation-based payment systems
Health brokers, care co-ordinators, health infomediaries
Community engagement in health reform
Partnerships between practitioners and consumers
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for the program.
The conference will have a strategic focus on
implementing
system change in these fields over the next few
years.
Day 1 will outline the emerging agenda; and explore opportunities, impediments, and
scenarios in various fields.
Day 2 will explore challenges in
implementation, with a focus on opt-in health plans for
communities and consumers with common interests.
Who Should Attend?
The conference is open to
anyone with a passion for system change in
health care.
Health sector organisations with an interest in
innovation and partnerships
with consumers and communities are especially urged to
attend and
participate.
Policy makers with an interest in facilitating
strategic reform initiatives are
also urged to attend.
Consumers with an interest in driving system change towards
consumer-
centred health care will not want to miss this event.
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HERE to register.
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