Day One
Wednesday 17th February, 2010

8:00: Registration, coffee & networking
8:30: Welcoming remarks from the Chair Dr Tony Hobbs, GP Obstetrician
Cootamundra Primary Health Centre & Former Chair, National Primary Health Care ERG
A WHOLE OF SYSTEM APPROACH
8:40: The importance of an interconnected and self improving health system

  • Measuring the connection across the continuum of care
  • Why it is important to achieve a connected system
  • Improving the patient journey through the entire health sector
  • Reporting at a National, state and local service level to create a self improving system
Professor Justin Beilby, Executive Dean, Health Sciences
University of Adelaide & Former Commissioner NHHRC
MEASURMENT TO DRIVE REFORM
9:20: National Access Targets for primary health care

  • Continuous measurement to set benchmarks
  • The importance of National standardised benchmarks
  • Measuring both clinical outcomes and patient experience
  • A practical view on how data can be used within a clinic to improve patient outcomes
Dr Tony Hobbs, GP Obstetrician
Cootamundra Primary Health Centre & Former Chair, National Primary Health Care ERG
10:00: Measuring patient experience to improve quality of care

  • Using patient feedback to transform care delivery
  • What is being done in the US - what can we learn?
  • Patient engagement in driving quality improvement
  • Motivation and accountability in leading organizations
  • Outcomes for patients and health care services
Dr Karen Luxford
Harkness Fellow in Healthcare Policy & Practice
10:30: Morning tea & networking
11:00: Using data as part of the continuous improvement process

  • A national approach to using data to enable innovation and improvements in the system
  • Measuring the right performance indicators
  • Examining areas that are not being measured
  • Repeated measurement of top line indicators to enable health care reform
Professor Ian Hickie AM MD FRANZCP, Executive Director
Brain & Mind Research Institute
DEFINING PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
11:40: A set of performance indicators across the health and aged care system

  • Defining what we need to measure
  • Setting performance indicators
  • Linking performance indicators to patient outcomes
Dr Penny Albon, Director
AIHW
12:20: Lunch
1:30: National indicators in safety and quality in health care

  • Indicators of safety and quality of health care
  • Use of safety and quality data
  • Approaches to data collection and presentation
Neville Board, Information Strategy Manager
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
CREATING STANDARISED FRAMEWORKS FOR REPORTING & ANALYSIS
2:10: Continuous measurement to drive innovation and inform policy

  • Frameworks driven by measured outcomes
  • Linking patient outcomes with policy design
  • New ways of organising health around people/li>
Professor Andrew Wilson, Deputy Director-General,
Policy Planning and Resourcing Division Queensland Health
2:50: Creating a self improving system

  • A targeted approach to improvement
  • Constant measurement and innovation
  • Progressing public health system reform and developing a culture of continuous improvement that will guide and direct ongoing reform and change
Dr Robyn Lawrence, Executive Director, Innovation and Health System Reform
Department of Health, WA
3:20: Afternoon tea and networking
USING DATA TO IMPROVE ACCESS & EQUITY
4:00: Using data to improve service delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients

  • Ensuring the provision of care is culturally appropriate
  • Evaluating the effectiveness of existing programs and new initiatives
  • Accessible models of care
Dr Peter Lynch, Director of Medical and Clinical Services
Alice Springs Hospital
4:40: Frameworks for improving access and waiting times

  • Learning from international case studies
  • Using data to redesign the system
  • Creating a patient centric system
Professor Donald G. MacLellan BSc, MD, MBA, FRACS, Statewide Program Director of Surgery
NSW Health
5:20: CLOSING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR
5:30: CLOSE OF DAY ONE