3rd annual national telemedicine summit

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3rd Annual National Telemedicine Summit
Providing Quality Care and Positive Patient Outcomes from a Distance
21 - 22 March 2011 | Amora Jamison Hotel, Sydney

CONFERENCE DAY ONE
Monday 21st March 2011
Day One | Day Two
8:30 Registration and coffee
9:00 Opening remarks from the Chair
9:10 Reimbursement Strategies for Telemedicine in Australia
? Assistive technologies and remote patient monitoring in Australia
? The range of medical devices and assistive technologies available
? Current procedures for reimbursement of telemedicine in Australia
? Federal policy changes: $392 million to fund GPs and specialists to provide remote consultations
? The enablers and barriers to telemedicine implementation
? Clinical benefits and cost effectiveness of telemedicine
Kylie Maidment, Research Manager, Medical Technology Association of Australia
9:50 Telemedicine: A Catalyst for Integrated Primary Care or Just More of the Same?
? Will the Health Reforms deliver what the Government and the Sector wants?
? Can Telemedicine deliver both Population and Preventative Health in the current environment?
? What's happening out there at the moment?
? How will this extend into the workplace and the community?
Craig Bosworth, Director of Strategy, Healthways Australia
10:30 Morning tea
11:00 The NSW Health Connecting Critical Care Project: Preliminary Outcomes and Implications for Practice
One of the major projects within the NSW Health Telehealth Initiative is the Connecting Critical Care (CCC)/Telehealth Research Project. This is a research application exploring the use of Telehealth modalities in regional, rural and remote Intensive Care (ICU) and Emergency Care (ED) settings, to enhance service delivery and promote earlier intervention and stabilisation of patients. The trial has involved a number of sites across the state, and included the establishment of an Outreach and Education Support Network.
The presentation will provide a review of the development and implementation of the model, including a discussion of the factors which have contributed to the differences in uptake between the ICU and ED sites and offer lessons learned as a mechanism to inform future service planning.
Angela Ryan, Senior Project/Policy Officer, Telehealth Unit, Statewide Services Development Branch, NSW Health
11:40 Assessing and Implementing New Technologies for Telehealth
Discussion around to two projects implemented in Hunter New England Health; wearable videoconference system and IP based cameras.
? Technology strength and weaknesses
? Implementations - the pitfalls and challenges
? Evaluation
? Sustainability
? From pilot to where?
Tony Green, Area Manager Telehealth Technical and Support, HNEAHS
12:20 Lunch
1:20 Telepaediatrics: The Ten Year Journey from Pilot Project to Mainstream Health Service in Queensland
? Telehealth coordination model
? Mobile telehealth services delivered at the bedside
? Indigenous health screening for chronic disease
? Evidence based telehealth - reinforcing the relationship between research and service delivery
? Key lessons and success factors
Dr Anthony Smith, Deputy Director and Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Online Health, The University of Queensland
2:00 The Challenges and Benefits of Telehealth in Regional Areas: The Clinicians View
? Case studies from a regional child and adolescent service
? What the clinician needs to deliver telehealth
? Outreach telehealth to rural sites
? A regional telehealth strategy
? A vision of statewide telepaediatrics in Queensland
Michael Williams, Director of Child and Adolescent Health, Mackay Base Hospital
2:40 Afternoon tea
10:30 Addressing the Barriers to Uptake of an eConsultation Service
? Defining the barriers to eHealth uptake by GPs
? Solutions that work in the field
? Enablers of uptake
? Learnings from this project on how to avoid pitfalls for future government-sponsored eHealth projects involving GPs
Veronique Lajoie, Founder, OzDocsOnline
3:50 PANEL DISCUSSION
Implementing Telemedicine Programs within the Australian Healthcare System

> Lessons learned from Telemedicine programs at the state, region and individual service level
> Overcoming the barriers to implementation
> Open discussion - an opportunity to direct your specific implementation questions to the panel

Angela Ryan, Senior Project/Policy Officer, Telehealth Unit, Statewide Services Development Branch, NSW Health
Tony Green, Telehealth Manager, Hunter New England Area Health
Michael Williams, Director of Child and Adolescent Health, Mackay Base Hospital
4:30 Closing remarks from the Chair
4:40 IIR invites all speakers and delegates to an informal networking drinks reception
CONFERENCE DAY TWO
Tuesday 22nd March 2011
Day One | Day Two
8:30 Morning coffee
9:00 Opening remarks from the Chair
9:10 The Interoperability Foundations of a Telemedicine Business Ecosystem
The growth in telemedicine has been restricted by the lack of viable business models and their supporting business processes. At the heart of this problem are the difficulties in systems interoperability within the data, communications, device and business administration levels of a healthcare organization. This talk will look at the interoperability issues at each of these levels and how their solution could build a business ecosystem the better supports the sustainable delivery of remote care.
Dr Brendan Lovelock, Health Practice Lead, Cisco Systems
9:50 Privacy and Security in Telemedicine
Professor Peter Croll, Pro Vice Chancellor (Business and Law) and Professor of IT, Southern Cross University; Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Queensland
10:30 Home Care Delivery of Cardiac Rehabilitation: Advances Using Mobile Phone and the Internet
? Cardiovascular disease is the leading chronic disease
? Utilisation of cardiac rehabilitation for secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases has been significantly low
? Accessibility to cardiac rehabilitation programs in small and rural communities is limited
? Current advances in information and communication technologies enable the feasibility of providing cardiac rehabilitation remotely
? Results will be presented from a large-scale randomised controlled trial of a tele-rehabilitation service conducted by CSIRO and Queensland Health
Dr Mohanraj Karunanithi, Research Team Leader, The Australian e-Health Research Centre
11:10 Morning tea
11:40 Home Telehealth Monitoring Impact on Workforce Capacity and Flexibility: Preliminary Findings
? Overview of trial aimed at piloting remote patient monitoring by RDNS to change the trajectory of patient management and deliver improved utilisation and deployment of staff
? The journey so far
? Barriers and challenges of trial
? How challenges were overcome
? Outcomes and learnings to date
Kerry Oates, Project Officer, Royal District Nursing Service Ltd, Victoria
12:20 The Black Dog Institute's Online Mood Assessment Program (MAP): An E-Health Success Story
? What is the MAP?
? How was the MAP developed
? What Problems did we have to solve to make it work
? How well has it been accepted?
? What next for the Black Dog in e-health?
Dr Jan Orman, GP Services Consultant, Black Dog Institute
1:00 Lunch
2:00 Beyond Telehealth Research: Tele-Ophthalmology for the Pilbara
? Remote and rural populations are often underserved by healthcare initiatives, however tele-ophthalmology has the potential for significant return on investment
? CSIRO's eHealth research programs have delivered a range of technologies that have applicability in provision of remote healthcare
? With funding from the WA government, CSIRO is developing a telehealth platform and teaming with the local community for provision of specialist eye care services, and vision care for the children of the Pilbara region
? The system will use advances in image analysis, storage, and compression, and determine the cost-benefit of provision of these services
? A trial will commence in Port Hedland and if successful will be available for roll-out to other regions
Dr David Hansen, Research Leader - E-Health, CSIRO ICT Centre; and Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Australian E-Health Research Centre
2:40 Telemedicine: The Future for MSOAP and GP Led Team Care
? Accessibility and the future as we see it
? Overview of the MSOAP Telemedicine Trial and results to date
? Electronic communication in GP led team care
Shane Hatton, Development Manager, NSW Rural Doctors Network
3:20 Closing remarks from the Chair
3:30 Close of conference and afternoon tea