Approximately 150 delegates attended the conference and feedback indicated that the presentations and venue were generally "excellent".

The morning session focussed on the future of HITH, specifically looking at HITH in the private sector and in the nursing home. Merrian Oliver-Weymouth from the Health Issues Centre also provided a consumer perspective.

The winner of the $300 poster prize from NeXstar pharmaceuticals was Melanie Bahuth from Alfred@Home, at the Alfred who presented a poster on a burns early discharge program.

After lunch, the focus changed from HITH to emerging issues and trends in disease management. Assoc Prof Don Campbell from the Royal Melbourne Hospital provided an overview of disease management and Prof Geoffrey Tofler from the Royal North Shore Hospital and the University of Sydney presented on disease management and congestive heart failure. Assoc Prof Christopher Fairley also presented on the issues surrounding clinical coding of data.

The last session of the day concentrated on emerging technologies in home care and disease management. Prof Branko Celler from the University of New South Wales presented on integrating home telecare technolgoies into primary health care and two interactive presentations followed - the Medseed Wound Imaging System and computerised clinical algorithms.

Below are the PowerPoint slides from some of the presentations.

Future Directions in Home Care and Disease Management (MS PPT Presentation 414 KB)

The Development of HITH in the Private Sector (MS PPT Presentation 284 KB)

Disease Management: Principles and Practice (MS PPT Presentation 131 KB)

Monitoring Trends in Acute Homecare (MS PPT Presentation 374 KB)

Alfred / Medseed Wound Imaging System (MS PPT Presentation 18 KB)