Preliminary Program   (PDF version available here)

Day 1 - 27 October 2010

07:30am - 09:00am    Registration

09:00am - 09:15am    Welcome  &                        Vicki Bennett, National President HIMAA
                                   Acknowledgment of Country        

09:15am - 09:35am    Opening Address                Dr Tim Smyth
                                                                            Deputy Director - General
                                                                            Health System Quality, Performance and 
                                                                            Innovation
                                                                            NSW Department of Health

09:35am - 10:00am    Introductory Presentation     The National Health Reform Agenda
                                                                            Prof Philip Davies
                                                            
School of Population Health,
                                                                            University of Queensland

10:00am - 10:30am    Morning Tea                       Sponsored by 
                                                            3M Health Information Systems

10:30am - 10:50am    Keynote Presentation           Access & Equity: Improving health outcomes
                                                                            for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
                                                                            People
                                                                           
Dr Fadwa Al Yaman
                                                            
Head, Social and Indigenous Group,
                                                                            Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

10:50am - 11:10am    Invited Presentation             The challenges of collecting and disseminating
                                                                            indigenous data from the Coronial system
                                                                           
Leanne Daking
                                                             [ Abstract ]

11:10am - 11:30am    Invited Presentation             The Queensland Trauma Registry
                                                                           
Chantal Spanagel & Jasmin Carroll
                                                             [ Abstract ]

11:30am - 11:50am    Keynote Presentation           Access & Equity Issues: Integrating
                                                                            multidisciplinary primary health care services

                                                                            Dr. Emil Djakic
                                                                            Chair, Australian General Practice Network 

11:50am - 12:10pm    Invited Presentation            e-Health in General Practice: A bitter pill to 
                                                                           swallow?
                                                                          
Josephine Raw
                                                                          
[ Abstract ] 

12:10pm - 12:30pm    Invited Presentation            CDIS - The Child Development Information 
                                                                           System
                                                                          
Erin Gauntlett
                                                            [
Abstract ]
 

12:30pm - 12:40pm    Q & A

12:40pm - 01:25pm    Lunch

01:25pm - 01:55pm    HIMAA Annual General Meeting

01:55pm - 02:15pm    Keynote Presentation          Meeting Emerging Challenges: Redesigning the
                                                                           health system

                                                                            Dr. Mukesh Haikerwal
                                                                           Commissioner, National Health & Hospitals
                                                                           Reform Commission & National Clinical Lead,
                                                                           National eHealth Transition Authority

02:15pm - 02:35pm    Invited Presentation            Outlining a New Place-Based Approach to
                                                                           Health Information Management: The Digital
                                                                           Town Square
                                                                          
Natalie Kent & Dr Naomi Sunderland
                                                            [
Abstract ]   
                                        

02:35pm - 02:55pm    Invited Presentation            Meeting Emerging Challenges - HIM & IT
                                                                           Friends or Foe?
                                                                          
Sallyanne Wissmann 
                                                                          
[ Abstract ]

02:55pm - 03:05pm    Q & A                

03:05pm - 03:35pm    Afternoon Tea

03:35pm - 03:55pm    Keynote Presentation          Meeting Emerging Challenges: Electronic
                                                                           Health Records - privacy, unique 
                                                                           identifiers, technical standards and the
                                                                           framework for e-health.

                                                                            Mr. Peter Fleming
                                                                           Chief Executive Officer, National eHealth
                                                                           Transition Authority

03:55pm - 04:15pm    Invited Presentation           SNOMED CT Pioneers - the New South Wales
                                                                           Experience
                                                                          
Joanne Chicco & Graham Pegler
                                                           
[ Abstract ] 

04:15pm - 04:35pm    Invited Presentation           Accessing E-Health information and literacy for
                                                                          the eNomad
                                                                         
Dr Tony Stiller
                                                           [ Abstract
 

04:35pm - 04:55pm    Invited Presentation          The gold in the thread of Information from a
                                                                          Digital and Electronic Medical Record
                                                                          Environment
                                                                         
Anna Coote, Michelle Martella & 
                                                           Heather Grain
                                                           [ Abstract ]
                        
  

04:55pm - 05:05pm    Q & A

06:00pm - 08:00pm    Networking Reception        Sponsored by: Rolls Filing Systems

 

Day 2 - 28 October 2010   

08:00am - 09:00am    Registration

09:00am - 09:20am    Keynote Presentation          Meeting Emerging Challenges: Activity based
                                                                           funding & Casemix

                                                                            Prof Kathy Eagar
                                                                           Director, Centre for Health Service
                                                                           Development, University of Wollongong
                                                                             

09:20am - 09:40am    Invited Presentation            Victorian State-wide Audit Program:
                                                                           Methodology, results and significance for
                                                                           activity-based funding
                                                                          
Jennifer Shepheard & Vaughn Moore
                                                            [ Abstract ]
 

09:40am - 10:00am    Invited Presentation            Increasing the probability of selecting efficient
                                                                           and accurate coders: a study
                                                                          
Debbie Abbott & Michael Fox
                                                            [ Abstract ]

10:00am - 10:10am    Q & A

10:10am - 10:40am    Morning Tea

10:40am - 11:00am    Keynote Presentation           A Health System for Future Generations:
                                                                            Accountability

                                                                            Dr Diane Watson
                                                                            Chief Executive Officer, NSW Bureau of Health
                                                                            Information

11:00am - 11:20am    Invited Presentation            Where have the hospital delivered babies gone?
                                                                           Factors associated with hospital births not
                                                                           recorded in the NSW Admitted Patients Data
                                                                           Collection
                                                                          
Dr Mary Lam
                                                            [ Abstract ]

11:20am - 11:40am    Invited Presentation            Life beyond Huffman: future directions for
                                                                           Health Information Management
                                                                          
Catherine Garvey, Erin Holmes & 
                                                            Diana Cheng
                                                            [ Abstract ]
 

11:40am - 12:00pm    Keynote Presentation          A Health System for Future Generations: Health
                                                                           performance reporting and National 
                                                                           performance indicators

                                                                            Dr David Filby
                                                                           Chair, National Health Information Standards &
                                                                           Statistics Committee

12:00pm - 12:20pm    Invited Presentation            Accurate, timely, quality data - the challenges
                                                                           of a Department of Health
                                                                          
Brooke McPherson & Tamara Rogan

12:20pm - 12:50pm    Invited Presentation            The life and death of Tom Wills
                                                                           
Dr Greg de Moore
                                                            [ Abstract ]

12:50pm - 01:00pm    Q & A

01:00pm - 01:45pm    Lunch

01:45pm - 03:15pm    Concurrent Workshops  Change Management
                                                                           
Irene Simatos, Management and Small
                                                             Business, NSW TAFE - Sydney Institute,
                                                             St George College

                                                                            SNOMED-CT
                                                                           
Prof Evelyn Hovenga & Anna Coote
                                                            

03:15pm - 03:45pm    Afternoon Tea

03:45pm - 05:15pm    Concurrent Workshops   Personal & Professional Goals
                                                                            
Irene Simatos, Management and Small
                                                             Business, NSW TAFE - Sydney Institute,
                                                             St George College


                                                                            Medical Record Scanning
                                                                           
Core Medical Solutions
                                                            
           

07:00pm - 11:00pm    Conference Dinner         Sydney Harbour Cruise  
                                                                           Sponsored by Core Medical Solutions
06:45pm - 07:00pm    Embark                           Convention Jetty, Darling Harbour

                 07:00pm    Depart

                 09:00pm    Early drop-off                King Street Wharf #9

10:45pm - 11:00pm   Disembark                       Convention Jetty, Darling Harbour    

  

 Day 3 - 29 October 2010

08:00am - 09:00am    Registration

09:00am - 09:20am    Keynote Presentation            A Health System for Future Generations:
                                                                             Planning and educating a modern health 
                                                                             information workforce

                                                                             Mr Mark Cormack
                                                                             Chief Executive Officer, Health Workforce
                                                                             Australia

09:20am - 09:40am    Presentation                        I am HIM, hear me roar: How different
                                                                            generations of HIMs adapt to change -
                                                                            planning for and educating a modern health
                                                                            information workforce
                                                                           
Kathryn Carmichael & Katherine Irving
                                                            [ Abstract ]

09:40am - 10:00am    Invited Presentation            AIHW Clinical Coder and HIM Workforce
                                                                           Report Update
                                                                          
Vicki Bennett            

10:00am - 10:10am    Q & A   

10:10am - 10:40am    Morning Tea

10:40am - 11:00am    Keynote Presentation          A Health System for Future Generations:
                                                                           Improvements in safety and quality in 
                                                                           healthcare.

                                                                           Prof Chris Baggoley
                                                                           Chief Executive Officer, Australian Commission 
                                                                           on Safety & Quality in Health Care

11:00am - 11:20am    Invited Presentation            Identification of potentially preventable
                                                                           complications using the Condition Onset
                                                                           Flag in Australia
                                                                          
Meegan Snell, Jianhua Xiang and
                                                            Marc Berlinguet
                                                            [ Abstract ]

11:20am - 11:40am    Invited Presentation            Case report: Discharging a complex, long-stay
                                                                           patient
                                                                          
Dr David Skalicky & Dr J Estell
                                                            [ Abstract ]

11:40am - 12:00pm    Invited Presentation            Digital Medical Records driven by mould 
                                                                           affected records
                                                                          
Sandra Morgan
                                                            

12:00pm - 12:10pm    Q & A                

12:10pm - 12:30pm    Closing Address                Vicki Bennett, National President HIMAA

12:30pm - 01:15pm    Lunch

01:15pm - 02:45pm    HIMAA Education Services   Lyn Williams 
                                   Special Interest Workshop:
                                   Scoping the Development of
                                   AQTF Clinical Coder Qualifications 
                                                                

Conference Details

27th - 29th October 2010
Harbours Edge Events Centre
Level 2 Harbourside
Darling Drive, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW 2000.

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Contact Info

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North Ryde NSW 1670
Email: himaa@himaa.org.au

Phone: +61 2 9887 5001
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