Change Champions Upcoming seminars

Climate Change, Healthcare and Carbon Footprints

5 August - 6 August 2010
Sydney, NSW, Australia

Call for papers

Seminar Aims:
To share information about climate change and its impact on human health, healthcare planning & service delivery
To show case innovative initiatives, structures, systems and strategies that have reduced the carbon footprint in health care at any level of the organisation, including what worked well and what could have worked better.
To showcase innovations projects that have focussed on reducing the impact of health service delivery on the environment including those that focus on:
o Improving patient care by improving energy efficiency anywhere in/ at any level of the organisation
o Engaging staff, patients and communities in initiatives to address climate change as it relates to health service delivery, now and in the future
o Greening operations at any level of the organisation

Confirmed Invited Speakers

Dr Norman Swan, Broadcaster and Commentator 

Dr Will Steffen, Director Climate Change Institute, Australian National University, ACT

Dr Forbes McGain, Anaesthetist and Intensive Care Physician, Western Hospital, VIC

Jane Howley, FORMER Communications Manager, NHS Sustainable Development Unit, UK


 

2nd Improving the Delivery of Emergency Care

26 August - 27 August 2010
Gold Coast, QLD, Australia

Call for papers

This seminar is collaboration of Change Champions P/L and Queensland Health
Seminar Aims
  • Highlight strategies, systems, structures and redesigns that have resulted in improvements in the safe and timely delivery of emergency care
  • Showcase models of care/service delivery/clinical practice improvement and other innovations projects with demonstrated outcomes that have improved patient flows
  • Showcase patient centred approaches to the design, management, co-ordination and delivery of improved services for outpatients.This seminar is collaboration of Change Champions P/L and Queensland Health

 

In the Spotlight: Patient Centred Care

2 September - 3 September 2010
Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Call for papers

Seminar Aims

• Highlight strategic directions and policy initiatives that focus on the patient at the centre of care
• Showcase development programs that focus on patient empowerment and patients as leaders of quality improvement initiatives
• Showcase innovations programs where learning from the patient experience has improved service delivery and practice
• Share information on approaches to measuring the impact and outcomes of patient involvement in service delivery and practice

 

 


 

Balancing Emergency and Elective Surgery

9 September - 10 October 2010
Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Call for papers

Seminar Aims
• Highlight strategies, systems, structures and redesigns that have resulted in improvements in the delivery of emergency and elective surgery.
• Showcase models of care/financial models and models of service delivery and practice in emergency and elective surgery.
• Showcase innovative projects with demonstrated outcomes that have resulted in improvements the improved balance of emergency and elective surgery.

 

Supporting the Healthcare Workforce - Innovations in OH &S

18 November - 19 November 2010
Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Call for papers

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Mental Health and Medication Safety

3 March - 4 March 2011
Adelaide, SA, Australia

Program committee members welcomed.  Please send a 6 line bio and outline your skills and capacity to assist