Regional eHealth Innovation – Making it Real

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The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) in association with Federation University Australia (FedUni), would like to extend an invitation for you to join them at the forthcoming event ‘Regional eHealth Innovation – Making it Real’.

The continued growth of the eHealth industry is enabling healthcare professionals and institutions to take a proactive approach to improving access to healthcare – particularly in rural and regional areas. Over time this will allow better targeting of scarce resources, leading to a reduction in inequality of health care services and an increase of healthier communities.

eHealth provides a basis for the better management of chronic conditions, an increased focus on disease management and prevention as well as enabling greater scope for research and development. The use of eHealth technologies and practices can also provide an evidence-based approach to confirming local needs, priority actions, advocacy etc.

With Ballarat’s population projected to increase by more than 30,000 over the next 15 years, the demands on the region’s health resources and infrastructure will also increase. As such, there is a rising need to develop and implement innovative and sustainable solutions that use world’s best practice in eHealth technology in order to improve patient outcomes across the Ballarat region.

Please join us to hear from a range of industry experts, to share your views on the topic of eHealth and the State and Federal eHealth directives and to learn more about the opportunities linked to Ballarat’s Maximising eHealth Technology project.

Featuring a keynote presentation by Michael Georgeff, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Precedence Health Care and Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University.

Presentations will be given by:

• John Kilgour, CEO, Committee for Ballarat will to introduce the Committee for Ballarat Maximising eHealth Technologies priority.
• Leanne Dillon, Vice President of Patient Flow, Alcidion who will give insight into the Victorian Government’s Intelligent Patient Journey System project.
• Richard Jones, General Manager – Corporate Marketing & Quality Services, GS1 Australia who will look at the importance of accurate healthcare supply chain data and showcase insights from the recently published ‘Healthcare Industry Data Crunch’ report
• Ross Davey, Product Manager – Argus / DCA eHealth Solutions Pty Ltd and Telstra Health who will contribute insights from his 38 years of experience in eHealth and his in-depth knowledge of many government and major Australian eHealth initiatives
• Peta Jurd, Head of Hills Health Solutions who will provide an overview of Hills Health Solutions, provide insights into the Hills transformation – from old technology to new technology and will explore innovation at Hills.
• Patient case study, presented by Russell Yardley, Chairman of Readify and Alcidion, whose road side accident left him needing urgent assistance from Barwon Health.

The event will be facilitated by Paul Cooper, Health industry expert SMS Management & Technology.

Presented by

AIIA, VIC Government

Sponsors

Event sponsor: Federation University Australia

Supported by: Central Highlands Digital Enterprise, Committee for Ballarat, medicare local Grampians, ballarat ict Limited, commerce ballarat partners in business, Australian Industry Group