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Program
Sunday 16 October 2011
| 2:00pm - 3:00pm | Council Meeting > APHA National Council Meeting Room 1, Level 4, Hilton Sydney (Councillors Only) |
| 3:30pm - 4:30pm | Members' Forum & AGM > Members' Forum AGM Taskforce Reports Room 1, Level 4, Hilton Sydney (Members' Only) |
| 6:00pm - 7:30pm | APHA Welcome Reception Sponsored by APHA's Diamond SponsorHESTA Super Fund |
Monday 17 October 2011
| 9:00am - 9:30am | Congress Opening & Introduction & President's Address Grand Ballroom A, Level 3, Hilton Sydney - Speaker: Chris Rex, President, Australian Private Hospitals Association - Session Facilitator: Michael Roff, CEO, Australian Private Hospitals Association |
| 9:30am - 10:30am | Plenary 1 > Opening Keynote Address > Innovations in Surgery Grand Ballroom A, Level 3, Hilton Sydney- Speaker: Professor Guy Maddern, Head, Discipline of Surgery, University of Adelaide - Session Facilitator: Richard Royle, Vice-President, Australian Private Hospitals Association This session is sponsored by: Medtronic Australasia Pty Ltd |
| 10:30am - 11:00am | Morning Tea & Exhibition This session break is sponsored by: Health Workforce Australia |
| 11:00am - 12:00pm | Plenary 2 > Safety and Quality > The Move to National Accreditation Grand Ballroom A, Level 3, Hilton Sydney- Speaker: Dr Michael Smith, Clinical Director, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) - Facilitator: Christine Gee, CEO, Toowong Private Hospital This session is sponsored by: BD |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Lunch & Exhibition |
| 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Concurrent 1A > Embracing Social Media: Leading the social revolution in health care Grand Ballroom A, Level 3, Hilton Sydney - Speaker: Lisa Ramshaw, Director of Communications & Marketing, Australian Private Hospitals Association - Presentation Title: Putting Sociel Media to Work for your Hospital - Everything you need to Know but are Afraid to Ask! - Speaker: Belinda Hughes, Marketing Manager, The Wesley Hospital - Presentation Title: The Path to Enlightenment: One Hospital's Social Media Journey - Speaker: Tal Williams, Partner, Holman Webb Lawyers - Presentation Title: Legal Issues in Social Media: Private Hospital Considerations - Session Facilitator: Alan Cooper, APHA Board Member and CEO, Friendly Society Priavte Hospital |
| 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Concurrent 1B > Overseas Recruitment: Innovative solutions to workforce shortages Grand Ballroom B, Level 3, Hilton Sydney - Speaker: Martin Fletcher, CEO, AHPRA - Presentation Title: The National Registration and Accreditation Scheme and what it Means for the Health Workforce - Speaker: Nola Cruikshank, DCS, Hollywood Private Hospital - Presentation Title: Overseas Recruitment - Tales of Success - Speaker: Julie Aengari, Registered Nurse, Sydney Adventist Hospital - Presentation Title: Experience of an Overseas Recruit - Session Facilitator: Daniel Sims, APHA Board Member and COO, Ramsay Health Care |
| 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Concurrent 1C > Innovations in Mental Health Room 1, Level 4, Hilton Sydney - Speaker: Professor Kathy Eagar, Director fir Health Service Development, University of Wollongong - Presentation Title: Activity Based Funding and Mental Health Services - Speaker: Ellie Rosenfeld, Senior Researcher, PMHA and Allan Morris-Yates, Director, Centralised Data Management Service, PMHA - Presentation Title: Perceptions in Care: A PHMA Quality Improvement Project - Speaker: Carol Turnbull, CEO, Ramsay Health Services SA - Presentation Title: Trans Cranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) – setting up a service in the Private sector - Speaker: Fiona Judd, Director of Women's Mental Health, Royal Women's Hospital - Presentation Title: Making a Difference: Mental Health Care in Pregnancy - Session Facilitator: Christine Gee, Chair of Psychiatric Committee, APHA |
| 3:00pm - 3:30pm | Afternoon Tea & Exhibition |
| 3:30pm - 5:00pm | Plenary 3 > Baxter Awards Finalists' Showcase Grand Ballroom B, Level 3, Hilton Sydney- Session Facilitator: George Kazzi, ANZ Director - Healthcare Solutions, Baxter |
| 6:30pm - 7:30pm | Pre-Dinner Cocktail Party Sponsored by: Prius Healthcare |
| 7:30pm - 12:00am | Congress Gala Dinner & Awards Night Sponsored by APHA's Major SponsorBaxter |
Tuesday 18 October 2011
| 8:00am - 9:00am | IBM Hosted Breakfast Session Room 1, Level 4, Hilton Sydney - Speaker: Megan Kennedy, Healthcare Industry Leas, Software Solutions IBM IBM Watson: Innovation Transforming Healthcare Watson Medical records, clinical notes, texts, journals and research documents are all written in natural language — a language that computers traditionally struggle to understand. A system that applies analytics to discover unique and actionable insights from this data could become an invaluable tool in aiding healthcare practitioners to deliver better care. Megan Kennedy from IBM will demonstrate the technology behind Watson, the IBM® computing system that competed against human contestants on Jeopardy!, could be applied to the healthcare industry today to help improve clinical and business performance. Part of a far broader push in the health industry to incorporate computerised guidance into care, as doctors and hospitals adopt electronic medical records and other digital tools that can record, track and check their work. Breakfast sessions are INCLUSIVE for people who have selected a FULL or DAY Registration, however numbers are limited to 64. Places are based on a first come first serve basis, to have your name placed on this list, email by Friday 14 October |
| 9:30am - 10:30am | Plenary 4 > Keynote Address Grand Ballroom A, Level 3, Hilton Sydney - Speaker: The Hon. Jillian Skinner MP, NSW Minister for Health, Parliament of NSW - Presentation Title: Health Reform in NSW - Session Facilitator: Michael Roff, CEO, Australian Private Hospitals Association |
| 10:30am - 11:00am | Morning Tea & Exhibition This session break is sponsored by: Health Workforce Australia |
| 11:00am - 12:00pm | Plenary 5 > Panel Discussion: Grand Ballroom A, Level 3, Hilton Sydney Confirmed Panel Members: - Richard Bowden, Managing Director, Bupa Australia - Mark Fitzgibbon, CEO, NIB Health Funds - Shaun Larkin, CEO, HCF Panel Topic: The Future of Health Fund and Private Hospital Relations - Session Facilitator: Chris Rex, President, Australian Private Hospitals Association |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Lunch & Exhibition |
| 1:00pm - 2:30pm | Concurrent 2A > Innovations Benefiting Patients Grand Ballroom A, Level 3, Hilton Sydney - Speaker: Peter Fleming, CEO, NEHTA - Presentation Title: NEHTA's vision for Personal Health Records - Speaker: Evan Rawstron, Chief Operating Officer, Macquarie University Hospital - Presentation Title: Implementing innovative technologies for the benefit of patients - Session Facilitator: Philip Currie, Treasurer, APHA and General Manager, Sydney Adventist Hospital |
| 1:00pm - 2:30pm | Concurrent 2B > Disaster Management: Lessons Learned Grand Ballroom B, Hilton Sydney - Speaker: Terry Moore, President, New Zealand Private Surgical Hospitals Association - Presentation Title:QUAKE ZONE - Our Hospital Experience - Speaker: Dr Chris Beck, Deputy Director of Medical Services, Wesley Hospital - Presentation Title: Brisbane's Floods - The Wesley Hospital's Experience - Speaker: Mark Page, Chief Executive Officer, Greenslopes Private Hospital - Presentation Title: Cyclone Yasi - Should I Stay or Should I go? - Session Facilitator: Stephen Walker, APHA Board Member and CEO, St Andrew's Hospital |
| 2:30pm - 3:00pm | Afternoon Tea & Trade Exhibition |
| 3:00pm - 4:00pm | Plenary 6 > Panel Discussion Grand Ballroom A, Level 3, Hilton Sydney Confirmed Panel Members: - Francis Sullivan, Secretary-General, Australian Medical Association - The Hon Peter Dutton MP, Shadow Minister for Health, Australian Parliament - Dr Mary Foley, Director General, NSW Health - Chris Rex, President, Australian Private Hospitals Association Presentation Title: Is Health Reform Dead or Is It Just Resting? Moderator: Ross Solly, ABC Journalist, ABC News |
| 4:00pm - 4:05pm | Closing Remarks Ballroom, Level 3, Hilton Sydney - Speaker: Michael Roff, CEO, Australian Private Hospitals Association |
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