Agenda

PLEASE NOTE:

Given the situation in Melbourne it is with regret that we've decided not to run a live event in Melbourne this year. COVID-19 is changing by the day how digital health is operating in Australia now so the original Agenda below which was going to feature at this year's Melbourne event is being revised for Sydney in 2021 to focus on just how significant those changes are, where they are and the likely ongoing impact of the changes for healthcare in Australia.If you have any ideas for sessions please contact Jeremy Knibbs directly @ jeremy@medicalrepublic.com.au. Some of the agenda below will remain in place. We expect our first COVID-19 agenda draft by the middle of July 2020.

9:50 - 10:30

Debate 1: What does a digital health tipping point look like for Australia, and when and how might it arrive?

The tech is starting to take but the politics remain stuck.
Will consumers empowered by the likes of Apple and Google push us sooner to a tipping point, or something else?

Panelists:

Grahame Grieve (Principal, Health Intersections, founder FHIR)
Bettina McMahon (Acting CEO, the Australian Digital Health Agency)
Emma Hossack (CEO, The Medical Software Industry Association of Australia)
Dr Steve Hambleton (TBC) (Avant, and past deputy chair the MBS review committee)
Patricia Liebke (Cheif Digital Officer, Healthscope, Northern Beaches Hospital Sydney)

Moderator:

Jeremy Knibbs (Publisher, The Medical Republic & Wild Health)

Where is the practical line between patient centric realistically for all stakeholders
Are patients being oversold on what we can ever realistically offer?
Where is the practical line for ROI and how should we communicate that to the public?
How much can technology help us change the paradigm
What can we do at the outer edges of the healthcare system with pragmatic approach and simple technology?

Panelists:

Matui Bush (Principal, Health Transformation Lab, Founder, One Good Street)
Tony Abbenante (Assistant Director, Digital Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria)
Rod Sprenger (Director, Digital Hospital Experts)
Toby Hall (CEO, St Vincents Health Australia)
Dr Karen Price (GP and Moderator, GPs Down Under)

11:35 - 12:05

IGNITE TALK 3: Bridge of FHIR

Three stages of Health Transformation
Where are we in the that journey
What might catalyse faster change
The blocks are people and commercial not technology
Is FHIR a standard in the traditional sense or should we think of it as something more accessible
FHIR in action in Australia

Speaker

Grahame Grieve (CEO, Health Intersections, Global thought leader - interoperability)

12:05 - 12:45

Panel 3: Two tribes: culture, funding and a federated health system that should be changed, but how?

Tertiary and primary care still don't talk really, why?
What are the fundamental barriers of culture and funding that create the divide?
How much does funding source matter?
What are examples of true collaboration that we can learn from?
What practical steps are achievable to close the divide?

Panelists:

Dr Harry Nespolon (President RACGP
Chris Norton (Strategy Lead, Telstra Health)
Paticia Liebke (Cheif Digital Officer, Healthscope, Northern Beaches Hospital Sydney)
Tony Abbenante (Assistant Director, Digital Health, Department of Health and Human Services)
Department of Health representative (TBC)

Moderator:

Peter Birch (Founder, Talking Health Tech)

12:45 - 13:25

Networking LUNCH

12:20 - 13:40

Private CXO Networking Lunch: 2 hours (Invitees only)