8:50 Opening Remarks From Forum Chair

9:00International Case Study: Find An Effective Way To Measure The Progress Of Your Initiatives To Assess The Value Of Your Population Health Management Approach

With the growing importance of redesigning chronic care comes the responsibility to develop an accurate system of evaluation. Measurement of performance is crucial for improvement as it helps to promote change, but only if measures are valid and applicable in practice.

• Determining the best way to measure the outcomes of your projects
• Setting up an evaluation system which is capable of measuring the success of your initiatives
• Choosing realistic and measurable goals and targets

Dr Bert Vrijhoef
Professor Chronic Care, y
University Hospital Maastricht & Tilburg University(Netherlands)

Building Sustainable Projects to Reduce the Strain Preventable Diseases Place on the Health System

9:35 Building Community Capacity To Effectively Address Chronic Disease

Chronic disease has become a major focus for government; in order for chronic disease to be adequately addressed systemwide changes are needed.

• Educating the public on the benefits of a healthy lifestyle
• Engaging the public in meaningful health discussions
• Understanding public attitudes to health to determine what needs to change

Professor Ron Penny
Senior Clinical Advisor
NSW Health

10:40 Diversifying Health Services In Order To Optimise Health Outcomes For Australians: How Health Funds Are Adapting To Healthcare Reforms

In this session you will find out how Australia’s largest private health fund has responded to the refocus of primary healthcare to prevention.

• Establishing new operations in order to enhance client care
• Developing new strategies to cater for the changing healthcare needs of the community
• Using technology in order to develop innovative programs to cater for client needs

George Savvides
Managing Director
Medibank

11:15 Panel Discussion: Refocusing Healthcare: How Private Health Funds Have Adapted To Proposed Health Reforms

Australia’s health funds have begun implementing several strategies to tackle the challenge of preventative health management. In this session our panel will discuss how they have tackled the shift in focus what there plans are going forward:

• Determining which services will provide the most benefit to you and your clients
• Identifying which services which will demonstrate high ROI
• Measuring the effectiveness of new health campaigns

1:15 Building Strong Relationships Between Health Services And The Wider Community To Encourage Them To Improve Their Lifestyles

• Establishing credibility with the community
• Listening to the public to understand their expectations
• Organising networking opportunities between health professionals and the community

Todd Harper
Chief Executive Officer
VicHealth

1:50 NGO PANEL : Adapting To The Shift In Focus From The Treatment Of Disease To The Prevention Of Disease Through The Promotion Of Health

This session will explore how some of Australia’s largest NGOs developed successful campaigns targeting health management.

• How Australia’s NGOs are adapting to the new focus on patient centric healthcare
• Decide how to market your health awareness campaigns
• Build health awareness throughout the population
• Engage and educate the community

2:50 Understanding The Specific Needs Of Your Community To Ensure Your Programs Target The Right Issues

In order to ensure the right message is getting through to the right audience it is essential to understand the challenges currently facing your community in regards to health management. In this session you will develop the necessary skills to:

• Decide what information you need
• Review the information already available
• Use the information to determine what the key issues are

Graeme Kershaw
Chief Executive Officer
North West Slopes Division of General Practice

3:55 Developing Phone Based Support And Advice Services For Your Clients To Enhance Their Ability To Manage Their Own Health

• Find innovative ways to enhance the services your organisation can offer its clients
• Engage your clients by effectively marketing new services
• Determine which services you can offer which will produce the best outcomes for your organisation and your clients

Dr Andrew Cottrill
Medical Director
HCF

4:30 Establishing Patient/Consumer First Strategies In Chronic Disease Management And Self-Management To Optimise Your Treatment Approach

• Enhancing your organisation’s health promotion and prevention approach
• Enhancing the access to primary care services
• Fostering continuous learning in our health system

Kevin Reid
Chief Executive Officer
Eastern Sydney Division of General Practice

5:05 D Eveloping An Effective Collaborative Care Network:

• Identifying and engaging the right network partners who will add value
• Negotiating a common vision, collective interests, roles and responsibilities
• Scaling up operations from core strengths
• Evaluating and measuring the development of collaborative care networks

Peter Spence
Chief Executive Officer
Mid North Coast (NSW) Division of General Practice

5:35 Closing Remarks From Chair

5:40 Close Of Conference Day 1

6:00 - 9:00 Workshop A – Separately Bookable