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Interview with Michael Milton on e-health leadership

Mark Jones, Editor of eHealthspace.org interviews Paralympian, cancer survivor and motivational speaker Michael Milton about his perspective on e-health, the PCEHR and his own remarkable health and life journey.

 

Interview with David Garets on e-health in the USA and Australia

Mark Jones, Editor of eHealthspace.org interviews David Garets, General Manager of the Health IT Suite, The Advisory Board Company, USA about the challenges and opportunities to adopting the right IT to improve healthcare in Australia and America.

 

CHIK Services Health-e-Nation 2012 presentation slides

The following slide presentations were delivered at Chik Health-e-Nation 2012, and are made available below for members of eHealthspace.org - media partner of HEN12.

 

"Australian Health Reform and eHealth"

Jane Halton PSM, Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing

eHealthspace.org Jane Halton interview (pt2)

eHealthspace.org editor Mark Jones interviews Jane Halton, PSM, secretary of the Department of Health. This is the second of two parts. Ms Halton talks about the Wave sites, and the lessons the department has learned from conducting the PCEHR trials.

 

Dr Mukesh Haikerwal: Outcomes worth caring about

Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, national clinical lead at NEHTA, discusses how ehealth and the PCEHR will improve patient outcomes. This keynote was delivered at CHIK Services' Health-e-Nation 2012 conference on Wednesday 28th March at The Royal Pines Resort, Gold Coast, Queensland.

Presentation: Patient use of the internet to access healthcare

Healthcare consultant Rachel de Sain prepared this video on the way patients access and interact with the health system via the internet.

 

Video created by Rachel de Sain of Flaxworks using data sourced from National Call Centre Network Research survey. 

David Garets' presentation at Health-e-Nation 2012

David Garets' presentation at the Health-e-Nation conference, 2012.

 

Archbishop Desmond Tutu's opening address for the 2012 Health-e-Nation conference

Archbishop Desmond Tutu opens the Health-e-Nation conference via video presentation. Mr Tutu talks about the need for global cooperation to meet global healthcare goals.

 

Managing Medications with PCEHR: David Freemantle Health-e-Nation 2012 slides

David Freemantle, general manager enterprise solutions, Fred IT Group (one of 12 wave sites for the national PCEHR in Australia) provided an update on progress to audiences at CHIK’s Health-e-Nation 2012 conference.

Supporting shared care: Mal Thatcher Health-e-Nation 2012 slides

Mal Thatcher, CIO at Mater Health Brisbane, provided an update on progress to audiences at CHIK’s Health-e-Nation 2012 conference.

Mater is one of 12 wave sites for the national PCEHR in Australia.

 

Australian health reform and ehealth: Jane Halton keynote video and slides

Jane Halton PSM, secretary of the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, spoke at CHIK Services’ Health-e-Nation 2012 conference in March, sharing her insights as Australia’s national health records system moves closer to a reality. 

"More capability is being deployed on this project than many things I have seen in health. We are building something that is important for the future," she said.

Members of eHealthspace.org can view Ms Halton's keynote video and slideshow below.

Related news stories:

No ehealth Big Bang: Halton

DOHA secretary signals future for NEHTA

DOHA expects 'measured' adoption rate

 

Ricky Richardson: eHealth connections changing lives

We are at the dawn of “citizen-centric” healthcare systems, according to Professor Ricky Richardson, futurist and consultant paediatrician from Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in the UK. 

Speaking at CHIK’s Health-e-Nation 2012 on the Gold Coast, Professor Richardson stated healthcare in the future will primarily be a knowledge industry. 

The video of Prof. Richardson's keynote and his presentation slideshow is available below to members of ehealthspace.org. 

Tanya Plibersek: Health-e-Nation 2012 keynote address

Federal health minister Tanya Plibersek addressed CHIK Services' Health-e-Nation conference, held at The Royal Pines Resort in Queensland on 28 March. During her keynote she announced GPs will be able to claim MBS items for taking PCEHR patient histories.

The video of Tanya Plibersek's keynote is available below to members of ehealthspace.org. 

Dr Jonathan Schaffer: Connecting the patient, physician & the enterprise

Dr Jonathan Schaffer, managing director at eCleveland Clinic, USA, presents insights into his clinic's approach to delivering value through ehealth strategies and an electronic medical record.

This keynote was delivered at CHIK Services' Health-e-Nation 2012 conference on Wednesday 28th March at The Royal Pines Resort, Gold Coast, Queensland.

The video of Dr Jonathan Schaffer is available below to members of ehealthspace.org. 

Specialists need to get on board with the PCEHR: Haikerwal

NEHTA Clinical Lead Dr Mukesh Haikerwal has said there is much work to be done in order for healthcare professionals to be on board with the personally controlled electronic healthcare record (PCEHR).

Speaking in an exclusive interview with eHealthspace.org at the recent Health-e-Nation conference, he conceded the ability of GPs to claim MBS items for setting up a shared care record had removed one of the major barriers for the system. “The rest has still to follow,” he said.

Achieving buy-in from specialists, allied health professionals and hospitals is critical, Dr Haikerwal said. Without those groups, GPs will experience much less benefit from the system. “There is no doubt that the other clinical groups are saying ‘well what about us?’”

“That obviously has to be an ongoing discussion with government, but it is a legitimate question,” he added.

Dr Haikerwal noted out there is much more to the discussion than “just money”, saying the nuts and bolts of recruiting patients depends in large part on an ehealth records system that is straightforward to use. “[It] must not be cumbersome, must not be too onerous and must not bring a whole lot of additional barriers. That needs to be smoothed out”, he admitted.

Dr Haikerwal was however quick to point out the overall success of the work that has been done between the announcement of the PCEHR in May 2010 and now. “The building blocks that have taken us along this pathway have now been set to go,” he said. “We can do registration of the professions, we can start getting identifiers, we can start getting people sending messages securely electronically so that by the time we get to the first of July they're used to using technology a bit more, they get a good feel and a good taste and they want to do more.”

On the question of NEHTA’s ongoing role in Australia’s ehealth journey, Dr Haikerwal remarked there should be no “T” in the Authority’s title as transition is no longer what it is about. “A whole new paradigm this is now, not just the planning, building, not just implementing, it's actually about widespread usage and about ongoing development and user support.”

He said the end users are multiple: patients, clinicians and the people who provide the software for them. “So there are multiple roles that are required.” And far from the federal and state layers of government involvement hindering the process, Dr Haikerwal said “I think the beauty of an organisation like NEHTA is that you have all the states and territories and the Commonwealth governments working together in one model.”

Still, the NEHTA Clinical Lead suggested the states could be more supportive compared with their federal counterparts, but also admitted NEHTA also has work to do in this regard: “It’s not as though the states haven’t got an investment to make and we’ve got to be able to show them benefits from doing this.”

“Each state and territory health department has much to gain from this, but they also have to prove their worth to their electorates”, he said.

 

Dr Alan Snell: What Australia Can Learn From the U.S

Dr. Alan Snell shares some advice from the what the U.S has learnt from developing their medical record systems.

GP Partners Unique Model

Brett Silvester explains how GP Partner's model of care works like glue to help patients keep out of hospital or reduce their length of stay.

Technology that Appeals to Clinicians

Kaiser Permanente's Doug Eastman explains the appeal behind devices like the iPad and other tablet computer systems as it helps improve the work/life balance of clinicians.

Denmark: The Challenges of a Health Portal

Morten Elbaek Petersen shares how the Danish health portal resolved the challenges of cost, organisation structures, health politics and digital signatures.

Stephen Leeder: eHealth Needs More Advocacy from IT

Professor Stephen Leeder explains why eHealth needs to be recommended and laid out in front of politicians by the IT sector to help the nation move from a paper-based records system to an electronic one.

Chai Chuah, Ministry of Health, New Zealand

Chai Chuah, National Director, National Health Board, Ministry of Health, New Zealand, explains his approach to delivering health reform, addressing funding issues, and developing a robust ehealth system.

Graham Prior, CEO, Hall & Prior

Graham Prior, CEO, Hall & Prior discusses his aged care organisation's approach to ehealth with eHealthspace.org journalist Josh Gliddon at Health-e-Nation 2011. The conversation covers the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of ehealth, it's ability to improve self-managed care outcomes, and whether older people are open to new technologies.

Rohan Mead, Group Managing Director, Australian Unity

Rohan Mead, Group Managing Director, Australian Unity, discusses the impact of ehealth on health insurers and his vision for health reform with eHealthspace.org journalist Josh Gliddon at Health-e-Nation 2011. 

As chair of the Business Council of Australia's Healthy Australia Taskforce, Mr Mead said the business community backed ehealth's ability to improve workplace health, productivity and engagement.

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