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MELBOURNE

19-20 MARCH

Building for the future

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Keynotes

mHealth		Futuristic
	Dr Peter Benjamin Director mHealth Expert Learning Network (mHELP) mHealth Alliance (South Africa)		Peter Blasina The Gadget Guy
"These tools don't get socially interesting until they are technologically boring", as Clay Shirky said. mHealth is ready to make a real impact on people's lives."		Australia's trusted Gadget Guy, Peter has been explaining technology to consumers for more than 25 years.

Integrated Care		Ministerial Opening Address
	Adam Darkins Chief Consultant for Telehealth Services The US Department of Veteran Affairs (USA)		The Hon. David Davis MLC Minister for Health and Ageing State Government of Victoria
"Telehealth makes the home and local community the preferred place of care, therein creating great opportunities and interesting challenges."		David is currently the Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council and is Minister for Health and Minister for Ageing.

Video Conferencing and Beyond		Health for the Consumer
	Dr Sarah Dobs Health Services Research Theme Leader CSIRO		Prof Anton Donker General Manager Digital Services Healthdirect Australia
Sarah leads CSIRO's research in health services delivery within their Digital Productivity and Services Flagship.		Anton Donker has been the CIO for Healthdirect Australia since August 2011.

Legal		A Rural Perspective
	Dr Adam Kossak Chief Commercial Officer WiseTech Global		Prof Richard Murray President Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
"There is more to just privacy and confidentiality when considering the legal issues relating to telehealth."		"Rural medicine has driven clever use of technology and innovation in delivery of care."

Transforming Healthcare		Integrated Care
	Dr Adrian Nowitzke Neurosurgeon and Adviser McKinsey & Company		Dr Danny Sands Co-Founder and Co-Chair Society for Participatory Medicine (USA)
"Every new opportunity creates a new problem to be solved. We can choose to actively transform or passively flow. Where you sit determines whether your continuing challenge is over."		"Healthcare delivery is currently optimised around face-to-face acute care by physicians, but resource constraints and the need to manage chronic care force us to reconsider the status quo."

A GP Perspective		Integrated Care
	Dr Bastian Seidel GP Huon Valley Health Centre Tasmania		Susi Tegan Chief Executive Medical Technology Association of Australia
"In 2020, the majority of GP consultations will be conducted by telehealth."		"Telehealth has the potential to make a significant impact on the looming healthcare crisis. If we can cut the barriers on funding silos (and get past the hype on apps) we have the technology to make a difference now."

Panellists

Connectivity and Healthcare		Transforming Role of Telehealth
	Dr Penny Browne Senior medical Advisor Avant Mutual Group		Dr Megan Keaney Acting Assistant Secretary and Medical Adviser Medical Specialist Services Branch, Medical Benefits Division, Department of Health
"The medico-legal risks for healthcare practitioners associated with increased connectivity need to be considered and addressed before we progress further into this area. If the building blocks are poor and the roles and responsibilities are not clarified then medico-legal risk will increase.		Dr Megan Keaney is a medical practitioner who joined the Department of Health in December 2009.

Connectivity and Healthcare		Connectivity and Healthcare
	Dr Nathan Pinskier Chair RACGP NSC - Health Information Systems		Martin Seneviratne Medical Student University of Sydney
"Quality healthcare is dependent upon access to timely and trustworthy information sources. The technology exists. The challenge is deploying the right adoption strategy."		"Industries like aviation, manufacturing and transport use mobile technology so effectively to allocate and monitor workflows. Can the healthcare system follow suit?."

Transforming Role of Telehealth
	Shane Solomon Head of Health Telstra Health
Shane Solomon has over 30 years of international and national healthcare management expertise

Facilitators

Connectivity and Healthcare		Transforming Role of Telehealth
	Dr Mukesh Haikerwal AO General Practitioner		Dr George Margelis National Committee Member Australasian Telehealth Society
Mukesh is an advocate for accessible health and healthcare for all.		George is a physician with a passion for health reform that improves outcomes with technology one of the tools we can use.

Integrated Care		Transforming Role of Telehealth
	Gary Morgan Executive Director MPT Innovation Group		Denis Tebbutt Chair - Australian Telehealth Conference 2014 Managing Director Dudley Mann International
Gary is an advocate for telehealthcare in Australia within the community and in the home.		Denis is a contributor to the e-health agenda in Australia.

Concurrents

Telehealthcare		Telehealthcare
	Jennene Buckley CEO Feros Care		Jason Howie CEO KinCare Group
"Telehealthcare will be a key enabler for service transformation and future models of care delivery."		"How telehealth promises to provide better care outcomes for less money."

Telehealthcare		Rural and Remote telehealth
	Heather MacLaren Senior Occupational Therapist Royal Perth Hospital		Dr Ewen McPhee Rural General Practitioner and Procedural GP Obstetrician Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
"Telehealth brings vast opportunity to address current issues by creatively exploring ways to overcome barriers in healthcare provision."		"A rural GP and long term resident of Emerald in Central Queensland, I have an interest in sustainable rural practice, medical education and remote patient care."

Rural and Remote Telehealth		Models of Shared Care
	A/Prof Sabe Sabesan Director of Medical Oncology Townsville Caner Centre		Beth Sperring Acting Clinical Nurse Consultant Plastic Surgery Ambulatory Care and Telehealth, Royal Perth Hospital
"Telehealth models need to extend to provision of treatment closer to home for them to be comprehensive and substantial."		"Telehealth, when patient focused and collaborative in approach saves time, travel and the health dollar."

Rural and Remote Telehealth		Telehealthcare
	Dr Angus Turner Ophthalmologist Lions Eye Institute		Stelvio Vido Executive General Manager Projects and Business Development Royal District Nursing Service
"Lions Outback Vision aims to address the unique challenges of delivering quality specialist eye health care to regional, remote and Indigenous communities across Western Australia."		"Developing telehealth capability in community care.."

Models of Shared Care		Models of Shared Care
	Dr Michael Williams Director Child and Adolescent Health Mackay Base Hospital		Dr Victoria Wade Clinical Director Adelaide Unicare e-Health
"We've connected our rural paediatric patients in planned or emergency consultations with regional paediatricians or subspecialists over 15 years. "		"Successful telehealth depends more on developing new models of care than on technology."

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