This seminar was hosted in conjunction with the Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health.
Set Adrift in a Boat Without Oars: Carer Navigation of the Health System
23 October 2008
Speakers:
Ms Beverley Essue, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, The University of Sydney. Ms Essue’s presentation was entitled Carers and Chronic Illness: A Policy Vacuum
Professor Bettina Cass, Social Policy Research Centre, The University of New South Wales. Professor Cass’s presentation was entitled Carers of people with disability and chronic illness: The costs and benefits of care and policies for carers
Elena Katrakis, CEO, Carers NSW. Ms Katrakis’ presentation was entitled Imagine a health system without family carers
The University of Sydney hosted Australia’s only conference for early career health policy researchers. The 2008 was the third hosted by The Menzies Centre for Health Policy.
Dr Jim Gillespie, Deputy Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Professor Stephen Leeder, Co-Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy welcomed guests and opened the conference.
Following the plenary sessions, Dr Helen Zorbas, Director of the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre addressed the audience with a presentation entitled Evidence into Clinical Practice
Recordings:
Professor Stephen Leeder and Professor Don Nutbeam:
The Hospital Admissions Merry-Go-Round: How to Get Off
27 August 2008
Speakers:
Dr Julie Redfern, NICS-Heart Foundation Fellow Research Fellow, ANZAC Research Institute, Concord Repatriation General Hospital spoke about her work in cardiac rehabilitation.
Professor Steve Bird, School of Medical Sciences, RMIT University, talked about his work to keep chronically ill older patients out of hospital.
Professor Katherine McGrath, Group Manager Corporate and Medical Affairs, Medibank Private, talked about private sector initiatives in this area.
New Policy Buzz Words: Prevention and Primary Care
28 May 2008
Speakers:
Professor Stephen Leeder, Director, Australian Health Policy Institute, and Co-Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney. Professor Leeder’s presentation was entitled Semantic Issues: What is prevention? What is primary care? How do these two go together?
Professor Mark Harris, Executive Director, The Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity (CPHCE), University of NSW. Professor Harris’s presentation was entitled Current situation: What is being done now to address prevention in the primary care setting? How well is this being done.
Professor George Rubin, University of Sydney. Professor Rubin’s presentation was entitled Future directions: What should be done in the future? How well do election commitments in prevention and primary care match the need and the evidence?
Health Conundrums: Exploring the policy and legal framework behind Australia's health and ageing system
6 May 2008
The Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Minter Ellison hosted the first session of a new national series, Health Conundrums: Exploring the policy and legal framework behind Australia's health and ageing system. This session examined:
Regulation of - Therapeutic Goods and Nanotechnology
The guest speaker of the evening was Senator Jan McLucas - Federal Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing.
This seminar also had commentary by: Lynne Peach - Partner, Minter Ellison.
Does PHC Mean Powerless to Hear the Community?
27 March 2008
Presented by Professor Gavin Mooney, Director of SPHERE and Professor of Health Economics, Curtin University of Technology.
Reality Bites: Translating Election Commitments into Health Policies and Programs
26 March 2008
Presented by Dr Lesley Russell, Menzies Foundation Fellow, Menzies Centre for Health Policy.
Panel members:
Professor Stephen Leeder, Director, Australian Health Policy Institute and Co-Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy
Dr Mary Haines, Health Services Research Director, The Sax Institute
Dr Mel Miller, Chief Executive Officer, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Paul Grogan, Director, Advocacy, The Cancer Council Australia
Associate Professor Simon Willcock, Discipline of General Practice, University of Sydney
Anne-Marie Boxall, Australian Health Policy Institute
Mr Bob Wells, Co-Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy at the Australian National University, chaired the discussion.
The Oxford Health Alliance (OxHA) has held four annual summits to bring together a diverse group of stakeholders to confront the global epidemic of chronic disease. The Australian Health Policy Institute at the University of Sydney hosted the most recent of these on the theme of Building a healthy future: chronic disease and our environment.
Making the Connection: Social Justice and Mental Health
5 November 2007
W G Armstrong Memorial Lecture
Presented by Dr. Ezra Susser, Department Chair, Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; Anna Cheskis Gelman and Murray Charles Professor of Epidemiology and Psychiatry, Columbia University, Research Scientist, New York State Psychiatric Institute
The W G Armstrong Memorial lecture was founded in 1942 as a result of a bequest from William George Armstrong, an early public health practitioner who began his career at the University of Sydney. Its purpose is to fund a biennial public lecture in epidemiology or some other subject relating to public health.
Professor Daniel M. Fox, President Emeritus of the Milbank Memorial Fund. Professor Fox's presentation was entitled Citizen Engagement and the Politics of Policy.
Dr Lyn Carson, Senior Lecturer in Applied Politics, United States Studies Centre. Dr Carson's presentation was entitled Trusting citizens as policy reformers.
Panel Members:
John Menadue AO, Chair, Centre for Policy Development
Professor Tony Adams AO (Former Chief Medical Officer, Federal Department of Health and Family Services, 1988-1997)
Michael Johnston, Senior Policy Officer - Health, CHOICE
Associate Professor Susan Thompson, Head, Planning and Urban Development Program, Faculty of the Built Environment, UNSW. A/Professor Thompson's presentation was entitled Planning and Designing Cities for Good Health and Well-being
Stuart Hodgson, Associate, and Georgia Vitale, Senior Urban Planner / Designer, Arup. Stuart and Georgia's presentation was entitled Sustainable communities in China - a case study of Dongtan the world’s first eco-city
Responders:
Sarah Thackway, Director, Centre Epidemiology and Research, NSW Health Department
Mr Colin James, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Sydney
Private Health for the Rich and Medicare for the Poor?
18 July 2007
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Professor Bruce Armstrong, Director of Research, Sydney Cancer Centre & Professor of Public Health and Medical Foundation Fellow, The University of Sydney. Professor Armstrong's presentation was entitled Collateral damage? Unwelcome companions of growth in private health care.
Dr James Gillespie, Senior Lecturer in Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of Sydney. Dr Gillespie's presentation was entitled The Great Australian Risk Shift.
Responders:
Adjunct Professor Michael Reid, Principal, Michael Reid & Associates
The Hon Dr Michael Wooldridge, former Commonwealth Minister for Health from 1996 to 2001
Preparation and Response to Pandemic and Other Public Health Emergencies - the Role of Governments
1 May 2007
Presented by Eric D. Hargan, Acting Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Presented by Richard F. Southby, Ph.D., F.F.P.H., F.C.H.S.E., F.C.L.M. (Hon), Distinguished Professor of Global Health and Executive Dean Emeritus, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
The Policy Implications of Natural Disasters - Hurricane Katrina as a case study
3 April 2007
Speakers:
Dr. John C. Mutter, Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University and Deputy Director/Associate Vice Provost, The Earth Institute at Columbia. Dr Mutter's presentation was entitled A Social Autopsy of Hurricane Katrina.
Dr Allan McConnell, Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney. Dr McConnell discussed The Politics of Disasters: Hurricane Katrina a Classic Case.
Associate Professor Ian Kerridge, Director, Centre for Values and Ethics and the Law in Medicine at the University of Sydney. Associate Professor Kerridge discussed Natural disasters and moral catastrophes. The enduring image of Hurricane Katrina.
E-Health: Will it save the health system?
23 March 2007
Speakers:
Richard Granger, Director General NHS IT. Mr Granger’s presentation was entitled NHS National Program for IT and Health Policy
Jeremy Bonfini, Worldwide Digital Health Policy Manager at Intel Corporation. Mr Bonfini’s presentation was entitled The promise of E-Health in burdened healthcare systems
Ben Wilson, Director of Healthcare IT for Intel’s Digital Health Group. Mr Wilson’s presentation was entitled Banner Estrella Benefits Realisation Study
Panel Members:
Richard Granger, NHS
Jeremy Bonfini, Intel
Ben Wilson, Intel
Simon Kos, Cerner
Michael Kidd, The University of Sydney
Lisa McGlynn, Department of Health and Ageing
Kate Carnell, Australian General Practice Network
Cliff Hughes, Clinical Excellence Commission
Enrico Coiera, University of New South Wales
Derek Glenn, South East Sydney and Illawarra AHS
Resources:
Below is a collated a list of research materials and links for an in-depth view of the topics discussed.
Learn how Intel is connecting people and information to improve quality, cost and access to healthcare, go to: http://www.intel.com/healthcare/
The Digital Hospital – Banner Health creates a virtually paperless environment by electronically integrating care
Mobile Clinical Assistant – Intel has collaborated with its partners to develop the first generation mobile clinical assistant. See the mobile clinical assistant in action, go to: http://www.intel.com/healthcare/mca/index.htm
Cerner's mission is to connect the appropriate person(s), resources and knowledge at the appropriate time and location to achieve the optimal health outcome. Review the success stories, go to: http://www.cerner.com/public/Cerner_3.asp?id=28248
The NHS Connecting for Health website - better, safer care to patients through IT enabled business change including a round up of the latest developments, frequently asked questions, evidence criteria, facts & fiction and statistics. For more information go to: http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/
Programs for IT on how IT is improving systems and services across the NHS in England: staff share their first-hand experience of using new IT systems and services. For NHS case studies go to: http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/factsandfiction/nhscases
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