Saturday, October 24, 2015

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Hall L - Main Plenary

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Overview

Practice and workforce innovation, ehealth and patient outcomes

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Details

Themes : workforce, technology, clinical guidelines, health outcomes, models of care : 1/ Clinical case study discussion – a systematic approach: (a) How does Scope of Practice impact on outcomes? (b) eHealth enabled management of chronic disease - what does that look like? (c) How can shared care be made work for patients in rural and remote settings (d) Workforce innovation. 2/ Interactive Case discussions : (i) Managing co-morbidity in rural and isolated practice : Dr Ewen McPhee ; (ii) How does certified scope of practice (rural generalist) impact on hospital admissions for patients with chronic and complex conditions : Dr Denis Lennox, Dr Philip Dhupelia; (iii) Current and proposed models for Physician Assistant employment/integration models : Lauren Wierenga, President, Australian Society Physician Assistants (ASPA).