Program

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Overview

The 2016 Rural & Remote Telehealth Conference has four main aims with a particular emphasis on sustainably embedding telehealth enabled service delivery models in rural and remote communities:

• Facilitate shared problem solving, learning and innovation
• Identify opportunities to enhance and integrate the telehealth capability of both the public and private health systems.
• Develop strategies to involve patients, carers, clinicians and policy makers to increase and sustain momentum for improved telehealth services.
• Improve and embed telehealth enabling business processes and systems with a focus on service sustainability across the health sector.

A variety of workshops, oral talks, and electronic posters will be presented throughout the conference addressing the following themes:

• Getting ready for the Technology Tsunami: How do we find clarity in the chaos.
• Digital Literacy – what level does Telehealth require for health professionals and patients.
• The great divide between primary care and acute care: Can it be bridged by Telehealth.
• Is remote monitoring really the next big step.
• Should we be preparing for full immersion healthcare environments eg Virtual reality.
• Current telehealth research, implementation, technology, strategies to improve access, efficiency and safe quality healthcare.
• The clinical opportunities of telehealth.
• The business of telehealth.
• The future of telehealth.
• Innovative models for delivery in the home.
• Consumer co-design of telehealth solutions.
• Applied telehealth today.
• Lessons learnt in Telehealth.
• Telehealth on a budget.

 

Tuesday 4 October 2016

	Armitage Centre Foyer, Empire Theatre
18:00 – 20:00	Registration & Welcome Reception

 

Wednesday 5 October 2016

	Church Theatre, Empire Theatre
07:45 – 08:30	Registration, Trade Displays & ePoster Viewing

	Armitage Centre, Empire Theatre
08:30 – 08:45	Conference Welcome Shayne Stenhouse Conference Convenor Darling Downs Hospital & Health Service
08:45 – 08:55	Welcome to Country Wakamilaroi Aboriginal Arts and Dance
09:00 – 09:15	Official Conference Opening – (Recorded video message) Hon Cameron Dick Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services, Queensland Government
09:15 – 09:30	Presentation of the better practice award – Teledentistry Mr Nick Ryan CEO, Australian Aged Care Quality Agency
09:30 – 10:00	Keynote Presentation Times, they are a-changin Anne Cahill Lambert AM Patient & Consumer Advocate
10:00 – 10:15	Keynote Presentation Ms Simone Finch CEO, Darling Downs & West Moreton PHN

	Church Theatre, Empire Theatre
10:15 – 10:45	Morning Tea, Trade Displays & ePoster Viewing

	Armitage Centre	Studio Room	Supper Room
	Current Telehealth research, implementation, technology, strategies to improve access, efficiency and safe quality healthcare	The clinical opportunities of Telehealth	Workshop
Chair	Matt Page	Dr Dan Manahan	Joanne Gilbert
10:45 – 11:05	Telerheumatology – patient perspectives on using telemedicine for the management of inflammatory arthritis Dr S Devadula	Pre-implementation phase: podiatry trial of store & forward technology Sarah Jensen	Maintaining mature mouths utilising teledentistry Debbie McKenzie
11:05 – 11:25	Support needs of rural and remote clinicians providing non-critical emergency care in Queensland Pauline Calleja	The efficacy of Telehealth support for the Hospital in the Home M. McCusker
11:25 – 11:45	Reducing the tyranny of distance for health professionals working in regional and remote Queensland Pammie Ellem	Supporting Telehealth delivered allied health services Melody Shepherd	Telehealth parenting counselling trial and research project Nicole Owen, Stephanie Golden Roser
11:45 – 12:05	Can Occupational Therapy hand assessment and treatment sessions be conducted via Telehealth? Tess Worboys, Melinda Brassington	Tele-fracture clinic Gemma Model
12:05 – 12:25	Reflections on using Telehealth in home modification practice with clients with newly acquired spinal cord injury in Queensland – the pros and the challenges Jamie Matveyeff	OOTS – Orthopaedic Outpatient Telehealth Service Christina McInally	Every referral is a patient with a problem and a doctor who needs assistance Jane Connolly
12:25 – 12:45	What factors determine health care professionals (HCP’s) acceptance of mobile devices for Telehealth: a qualitative study conducted in Queensland Vasundhara Rani Sood	Delivering virtual speech language pathology to school children in the Western Downs Danette Langbecker

	Church Theatre, Empire Theatre
12:45 – 13:30	Lunch, Trade Displays & ePoster Viewing

	Armitage Centre, Empire Theatre
Chair	Matt Page
13:30 – 14:00	Keynote Presentation Hireup, an online platform revolutionising the Australian disability sector Poppy Malone Community Engagement Manager, Hireup
14:00 – 14:30	Keynote Presentation Tele-stress testing to help our rural colleagues Dr Adam Scott Director of Cardiac Sciences, Cardiac Investigations Unit, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
14:30 – 15:00	Keynote Presentation Making Telehealth work in a Diabetes Clinic Dr Sheila Cook Director of Diabetes and Endocrinology at Toowoomba Hospital

	Church Theatre, Empire Theatre
15:00 – 15:30	Afternoon Tea, Trade Displays & ePoster Viewing

	Armitage Centre	Studio Room	Supper Room
	The Business of Telehealth	Innovative models for delivery in the home	Workshop
Chair	Rheana Blom	Vanessa Lynn	Joanne Gilbert
15:30 – 15:50	Think teamwork for Telehealth success Shayne Stenhouse	Assistive Technology @ Home: using Telehealth to support collaborative service delivery Chris Sweeney	Current and Future Telehealth Technologies in Queensland Health Daniel Best
15:50 – 16:10	Reporting and funding Telehealth activity: A Queensland Perspective Stephanie Ferdinands	My Online Clinic: a novel solution for connecting patients to health care providers using mobile devices Gillian Alexis
16:10 – 16:30	Telehealth & Outreach Service Model Tool Linda Cuskelly	Telehealth Home Monitoring Lay Yean Woo

	Armitage Centre, Empire Theatre
19:00 – 23:00	Conference Dinner

 

Thursday 6 October 2016

	Church Theatre, Empire Theatre
08:15 – 09:00	Registration, Trade Displays & ePoster Viewing

	Armitage Centre, Empire Theatre
Chair	Shayne Stenhouse
09:00 – 09:30	Keynote Presentation – (via videolink) Moving Forward with Virtual Health Care Dr Rob Williams Chief Medical Officer, OTN
09:30 – 10:00	Keynote Presentation – (via videolink) Telehealth – Bringing it home Dr Ewen McPhee President, Rural Doctors Association of Australia
10:00 – 10:15	Q & A Session

	Church Theatre, Empire Theatre
10:15 – 10:45	Morning Tea, Trade Displays & ePoster Viewing

	Armitage Centre	Studio Room	Supper Room
	Clinical opportunities of Telehealth	Current Telehealth research, implementation and technology	Workshop
Chair	Stephanie Ferdinands	Vanessa Lynn	Ans Van Erp
10:45 – 11:05	Telehealth supported rural stroke units – lessons from the pilot Matt Page	Engaging community health nurses to facilitate a Telehealth chronic disease model of care Carolyn Bourke	Only a click away: a workshop on best practice in telesupervision Priya Martin
11:05 – 11:25	Telehealth for the Bush Jodie Turvey	Telepractice and NDIS: remote service delivery as a valid intervention option Tracey McCann
11:25 – 11:45	Challenges using Telehealth in East Timor Daniel Manahan	The geographic distribution of patients seeking healthcare Phil Greenup	TEMSU –  Our Expectations Are Infinite Matthew Barneveld
11:45 – 12:05	Monitoring the Chronically Ill Elderly in the Community – User Perceptions and Compliance, and Organisational Challenges Marlien Varnfield	What factors influence the quality and effectiveness of telesupervision? Findings from a systematic review of the literature Priya Martin
12:05 – 12:25	TeleMapping for the Mater Cochlear Implant Clinic a hurdle rather than a sprint to the finish line Janeen Jardine	Grow Your Own Telehealth Janet Reid, Kim Butler	Oral Presentation MECARE – Solution Overview of how West Moreton HHS Deployed the Technical Solution and a Discussion on our Technical Challenges and Successes Nasa Walton, Dr Johanne Neill

	Church Theatre, Empire Theatre
12:30 – 13:15	Lunch, Trade Displays & ePoster Viewing

	Armitage Centre, Empire Theatre
Chair	Ans Van Erp
13:15 – 14:00	Panel Session – Q & A – Poppy Malone – Anne Cahill Lambert – Dr Dan Manahan Facilitator: Ans Van Erp
14:00 – 14:30	Conference Close Dr Jeannette Young Chief Health Officer and Deputy Director-General, Prevention Division, Queensland Health
14:30 – 15:15	Closing Remarks & Announcement of the Innovation Telehealth Award winner Ans Van Erp & Alison Kennedy Conference Convenor Darling Downs Hospital & Health Service