Conference Proceedings including
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DAY 1 - 9th September 2004
Framework and Working Model for the Implementation of Chronic
Disease Management Programmes in Singapore - The First 3 Years
of Experience.
Keynote Speaker: Dr Jason Cheah, Chief Projects Officer, National
Healthcare Group Pte Ltd, Singapore.
Presentation - Part 1 (PDF File 894 KB)
Presentation - Part 2 (PDF File 192 KB)
Presentation - Part 3 (PDF File 576 KB)
Case Management - Establishing its Patch
Keynote Speaker: Mr Dan Hook, Chief Executive Officer, Australian
Health Management Group. NSW.
Presentation (PDF File 243 KB)
The Complexity of the Simplicity in Chronic Disease Management
Programs
Presenter: Ms Sue Daly, Manager Strategic Projects and Analysis,
Office of the Director, Metropolitan Health Service Relations
Branch Metropolitan Health and Aged Care Services Division, Department
of Human Services Victoria.
Presentation (PDF File 866 KB)
Chronic Care Initiatives in General Practice - The Role of
the GP & Practice Nurse Team
Presenters: Ms Julie Porritt, Principal Advisor for Nursing in
General Practice, Australian Divisions of General Practice Ltd.
ACT.
Presentation (PDF File 178 KB)
Disease Management Programs - Reviewing the Evidence
Presenter: Ms Anastasia Hutchinson, Project Manager, Clinical
Epidemiology & Health Service Evaluation Unit (CEHSEU), Melbourne
Health. Victoria.
Presentation (PDF File 379 KB)
A Survey of Household Costs of Serious Chronic Illness in
Rural and Regional Victoria 2003.
Presenter: Dr Christine Walker, Chief Executive Officer, Chronic
Illness Alliance Inc. Victoria.
Presentation (PDF File 109 KB)
A Comparison of Peer-Led and Clinician-Led Chronic Disease
Self-Management Programs
Presenter: Ms Maria Murphy, Research Fellow, The Northern Clinical
Research Centre, The Northern Hospital. Victoria.
Presentation (PDF File 506 KB)
NSW Chronic Care Program: Acheivements and Reflections
Presenter: Ms Kym Scanlon, Associate Director, Chronic Care Unit,
Inter-Government and Funding Strategies Branch, NSW Health. NSW.
Presentation (PDF File 1.03 MB)
Anxiety Management in Clients with COPD
Presenter: Mr Aaron Wales, Hospital Admission Risk Program, Bendigo
Health Care Group. Victoria.
Presentation (PDF File 314 KB)
Day 2 - 10th September 2004
Home Care at the Dawn of the 21st Century. What's the Difference?
Advanced Technology Permits the Provision of Advanced Hospital
Care in Patient's Homes.
Keynote Speaker: Dr Elias Papazissis, Director of Hospital at
Home Department, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece.
HITH and Private Patients - How to Make it Happen
Presenter: Ms Julie Marr, Assistant Director, Acute Care Strategies
Branch, Australian Government Department of Health & Ageing.
ACT.
Presentation (PDF File 131 KB)
Hospital in the Home in the Australian Private Sector: Lessons
from 5 years of Epworth Hospital in the Home.
Presenter: Dr Michael Montalto, Medical Director, Epworth Hospital
in the Home. Victoria.
Presentation (PDF File 1.29 MB)
Management of Intravenous Cannulae in Hospital in the Home:
Appropriateness of Hospital Derived Protocols
Presenters: Associate Professor Maxine Duke, Alfred/Deakin Nursing
Research Centre, The
Alfred, and Ms Anne Sendall, Team Leader of the Epworth Hospital
in the Home Unit. Victoria.
Effectiveness of Pain Management in Hospital in the Home Programs
Presenters: Associate Professor Maxine Duke, Alfred/Deakin Nursing
Research Centre, The Alfred, and Associate Professor Mari Botti,
Director of the Alfred/Deakin Nursing Research Centre. Victoria.
Patient-Centred Post Acute Care for the Client Undergoing
Breast Surgery
Presenter: Ms Wendy Pietras, Nurse Unit Manager, PACC, Westmead
Hospital. NSW.
Presentation (PDF File 719 KB)
The Effectiveness of Digital Imaging and Remote Expert Wound
Consultation on Healing Rates in Chronic Lower Leg Ulcers in the
Kimberley Regiosn of Western Australia
Presenter: Associate Professor Nick Santamaria, Principal Research
Scientist, The Alfred and University of Melbourne. Victoria.
Presentation (PDF File 566 KB)
Diabetes Self-Management makes a Difference.
Presenter: Ms Christine Crosbie, Project Manager, Hospital Admission
Risk Program, Diabetes
Cardiovascular Risk Management Project, Dandenong & District
Division of General Practice Victoria.
Presentation (PDF File 291 KB)
Managing Outpatient Demand
Presenter: Ms Sandy Capron, Area Manager, Outpatients and Patient
Transport Services, The
Alfred. Victoria.
Presentation (PDF File 243 KB)
RDNS Home Medication Review Project - The Frankston Experience
Presenter: Ms Fran Chambers, Project Manager, HARP/HMR Project
Royal District Nursing Service. Victoria.
Presentation (PDF File 99 KB)
Disease Management Needs in Residential Aged Care
Presenter: Ms Julia Currell, National Manager Care and Standards – Aged Care, Primelife Corporation Limited. Victoria.
Presentation (PDF File 245 KB)
Video Presentation - Worldide Opportunities and Disparities
in the Management of Chronic Disease
Presenter: Dr JoAnne Epping-Jordan, Coordinator Health Care for
Chronic Conditions (CCH), World Health Organization. Geneva.
Presentation (PDF File 305 KB)
Disease Management 2004 and Enabling Technologies in Ambulatory
Care