Change Champions

Tuesday 2nd September 2008

Session 1

• Dr Tony OConnell
  Welcome: Redesign for Hospital Avoidance [download]
  
• Dr Ian Sturgess
  Ambulatory Emergency Care - what is it, why do we need it and how to do it [download]
  
• Judith Roberts
  Alternatives to the Emergency Department: Community Matrons and Long Term Conditions in the UK [download]
  

Session 2

• Dr Jan Potter
  Unrecognised health needs in elderly users of an Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) [download]
  
• Dr Robyn McCarthy
  APAC -Aged Care: Acute/Post Acute Care for the Frail Aged [download]
  
• Wendy Venn, Stella Dohle & Dr Mary-Ann Ryall
  RADAR: Rapid Assessment of the Deteriorating Aged at Risk [download]
  
• Frank Whittaker & David Meldrum
  Electronic communities of care, better coordination of care in community settings leading to reduced hospital admissions [download]
  

Session 3

• Mary Roberts
  24 Hour Hotline For Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Reduces Hospital Presentations [download]
  
• Victoria Henstridge & Virginia Bullock
  Home Support Services: implementation of large-scale hospital avoidance programs in Australian cities [download]
  
• Gary Bruderlin & Helen Tuxworth
  The Community Response Project (CRP). A Project utilising case management to support clients with complex health and social needs in the community [download]
  

Session 3a

• Matthew Kropman
  Managing emergency demand: a case-control study of ED fast track [download]
  
• Nadia Yazdani
  Fast Track to Radiology. A plan to reduce unnecessary waiting time in Emergency Department (ED) for Nursing Home patients presenting post witnessed fall [download]
  
• Mark Wheeler & Kath Harrison
  Single Points of Access: systems change towards total care navigation [download]
  

Session 4

• Dr Mark Foster
  ED Impact of an Integrated System of After Hours Care [download]
  
• Jairo Herrera
  Hospital Avoidance and Hospital Admission Avoidance Primary Care Interface: Integration with General Practitioners (GP) [download]
  

Wednesday 3rd September 2008

Session 5

• Raj Verma
  New Ways to Access Acute Care [download]
  
• Dr Mike Burrows
  Partnership Working As A Means of Redesigning Unscheduled Care Services [download]
  
• Jeanette Walters
  Pathways to Independence, a demand management strategy [download]
  
• Mike Burrows - Press Release
  Salford PCT Press Release [download]
  

Session 6

• Tom Bennett
  Reducing Emergency Admissions by 10%+. The Cambridge experience of up-front care [download]
  
• Dr Paul Collett
  Medical Assessment Units and Ambulatory Care. The Interface [download]
  
• Kevin Clark
  EMUs. They are appear on our coat of arms. But, do they have a place in our healthcare system? [download]
  

Session 7

• Rebecca Smith
  Making the impossible possible - Allied Health getting the EMU off the ground [download]
  
• Denise Krklec
  Physiotherapy in the Early Assessment Medical Unit. More than Mobility [download]
  
• Nicola Graham
  Making Mouth Care Assessment Relevant at the Front Door [download]
  

Session 7a

• Roslyn Martin & Leanne Boase
  Can the role of Emergency Nurse Practitioner be adapted to work in an Urgent Care Centre and reduce Emergency Demand? [download]
  
• Dr Simon Cooper
  The UK role of the Emergency Care Practitioner (ECP): Clinical and collaborative components [download]
  
• Sharee Carse
  The Power of Pedal [download]
  

Session 8

• Dr Tony OConnell
  What are the opportunities? [download]
  
• Prof Ron Penny AO
  Protecting a limited and valued resource - our hospitals - A window of opportunities [download]