Change Champions

Seminar Aims 

• Provide a forum for health professionals who want to make a difference to exchange ideas about successful strategies that have positively impacted on culture at any level of the organisation (eg hospital wide, management, division, department, team, individual)
• Foster innovation and creativity to improve quality, safety and throughput in a positive, functional and productive environment for staff, patients and carers 
• Share information about the impact of successful culture change strategies on quality, safety, patient flows and workforce.

REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN

Book accommodation on line now at www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/ADLHITW_GCHAA/index.jhtml

ANZCA CPD Program approval no. 1278, under Category 1/Level 1 – 1 Credit per hour

PROGRAM CHANGES

Thursday 13 November 2008

Dinner Entertainment - Rod Quantock, Comedian - registered speakers and delegates only

Friday 14 November 2008

Session 7 

Karina Kwai from Hutt Valley District Health Board, NZ has withdrawn from the program and Leonie Cartlidge-Gann from Queensland Health will present in this time slot.

Session 8

Interactive Panel and Discussion facilitated by Tony Jones

Prof Judith Dwyer, Department of Health Management, School of Medicine, Flinders University, SA
Kathryn McEwen, Organisational Psychologist, SA
Philippa Robinson, Department of Health, England
Alan Lilly, Executive Director, Nursing, VIC
Dr Denolm Crone, Anaesthetist, NZ

Delegates will be invited to submit case studies for discussion during this session.

Seminar Aims
• To showcase structures, systems and strategies etc that have resulted in improved access to services for patients/clients requiring rehabilitation and/or their carers.

• To showcase models of service delivery and/or care, best practice and other innovations projects that have demonstrated improved service delivery and quality of care for users of rehabilitation services.

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Change Champions and NSW Health in partnership invite participation in their Toolkit Seminar, Hospital Avoidance: alternatives to the ED. 

Seminar Aims
To showcase innovative models of care that have been successfully implemented to:
. ensure that patient care is delivered in the most appropriate setting

. avoid and/or reduce hospital admissions

. manage emergency demand

. improve the patient journey.

• To showcase structures, systems and strategies, including clinical redesign and clinical practice improvement initiatives, that have resulted in improvements to patient flows through improved access to, and delivery of diagnostic and investigative services including results reporting
• To showcase models of service delivery and/or care, policies, processes and other innovations projects that have demonstrated improved quality, safety and efficiency of ordering, diagnostic testing/imaging and other investigations and results reporting.

Seminar Aim

• To showcase and share lessons learnt about structures, systems and strategies, (including models of care/service delivery, clinical redesign and clinical practice improvement initiatives) that have resulted in improvements to patient safety, quality and efficiency in hospitals after hours.

• To share information about the implementation of initiatives, structures, systems and strategies that have improved service delivery and management of cognitive impairment in older people, including sharing the lessons learnt.
• To showcase models of care, models of service delivery, tools and other innovations that have been effective in improving service delivery and management of older patients with cognitive impairment.

Seminar Aims

• To share information about initiatives, structures, systems and strategies that have been successfully implemented and have improved medication safety for patients.
• To showcase best practice, models of care, models of service delivery, tools and resources that have been effective in improving medication safety and/or reducing medication errors.