Saturday, October 24, 2015

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Hall L - Main Plenary

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Overview

Population Health / PHN implications

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Details

1/ Management of Chronic and Complex conditions – what is the evidence for a based/population health approach to improve outcomes in rural practice? : Presenter Dr Carole Reeve (20 mins); 2/ Facilitated Panel Discussion : Facilitator : Professor Richard Murray; Panel members : Mark Booth. PSM Secretary, Commonwealth Dept of Health; Dr Dale Ford, Principal Clinical Advisor, Improvement Foundation and rural GP; Kim Hosking, CEO Country SA PHN; Dr Nola Maxfield, rural generalist GP obstetrician and anaesthetist; Dr John Hall, Vice President RDAA, Medical Superintendent Oakey Hospital, Qld - (i) What is role of PHNs, and LHNs and Colleges in supporting clinicians to improve health outcomes; and (ii) What are the implications for the rural health care team and patients ; Questions and Discussion (15 mins)