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The National Telehealth Summit will take place as a face-to-face event on the 20-21 of April 2021 at the Swissôtel Sydney. It will also be available virtually.
Telemedicine in Australia is not new, but there is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has catalysed an unprecedented shift toward virtual care across the country. Moreover, the Australian Government’s announcement to inject $669 million to expand Medicare-subsidised Telehealth services for all Australians, whilst also providing extra incentives to general practitioners and other health practitioners was a game changer. The funding for telehealth has made it more accessible, affordable and appealing to health services and consumers alike.
As we begin to look beyond the pandemic and into the future, now is an important time to discuss what place telehealth will have in Australia’s healthcare system now and into the future?
This event will be about exploring the key areas of opportunity for telehealth beyond COVID, recognising and debating the challenges and realities of widespread sustained adoption of telehealth and showcasing latest and greatest innovations. Some key topics to be covered include:
- The drivers, uncertainty, and the appetite in the market for telehealth
- What role and place will telehealth have post-pandemic? Addressing concerns and finding the hard evidence to weight the benefits and risks
- Funding realities of telehealth and debating the most effective measures, models and reforms needed
- Greatest opportunity areas for telehealth applications e.g. mental health & wellbeing
- Infrastructure requirements – ensuring right technology, network connection, and ensuring human resources/trained staff
- Lessons learnt, experiences and insights from best practice case studies across the country
- Identifying and adopting successful telehealth models
- Embedding telehealth into current hospital practices
- Addressing knowledge and capacity gaps within the current health workforce
- Consumer perspectives- understanding and harnessing expectations and building partnerships
- Medico-Legal protections for GPs and healthcare professionals providing on-demand telehealth services
- Data security and privacy with telehealth and medical records
- Trusting providers- what they do with your data and addressing misconceptions about data breaches
- Development of AI in telehealth. Where are we now?
- Redesigning healthcare in Australia as expectations on how care can be provided change
speakers

Dr Karen Price
President, RACGP

Professor Glen Maberly
Director of Western Sydney Diabetes & Senior Staff Specialist Endocrinologist, Blacktown and Mt Druitt Hospitals, Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD)

Danny Vadasz
CEO, Health Issues Centre

Shannon Nott
Rural Director of Medical Services, Western NSW Local Health District & Clinical Director – Virtual Care Accelerator, NSW Health

Professor Richard Harvey
Consultant Psychiatrist, Founder of Telepsychiatrist.online & Clinical Professor, Deakin University

Julian Nolan
Mental Health Clinician / Clinical Psychology Registrar, Aged Persons Mental Health Service – APAT, Peter James Centre

Dr Rahul Gupta
Clinical Lead, NMHEC-RAP Telepsychiatry Service, Hunter New England Local Health District & Conjoint Lecturer, University of Newcastle

Associate Professor Tam C. Nguyen
Deputy Director of Research, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne

Associate Professor Jill Benson AM
Medical Director, Spinifex Health Service, Tjuntjuntjara, Senior Medical Educator, GPEx, South Australia, Clinical Associate Professor, Discipline of General Practice, University of Adelaide

Dr Sarah Farrand
Neuropsychiatrist, Royal Melbourne Hospital

Dr Wendy Kelso
Senior Neuropsychologist, Royal Melbourne Hospital

Dr Amandeep Hansra
GP & Chairperson, Committee on Systems & Technology for AMA and Clinical Reference Lead for ADHA, Bondi Doctors

Dr Melissa Naidoo
Group Chief Medical Officer & Head of Clinical Innovation, NIB

Alice King
Telehealth Program Manager & Strategic Lead, Regional Telehealth Program, Barwon South West, Victoria; Coordinator, Telehealth Victoria Community of Practice

Peter Yellowlees MBBS, MD
Chief Wellness Officer, UC Davis Health and Alan Stoudemire Endowed Chair in Psychiatry, UC Davis, California

Professor Sabe Sabesan
Director of Medical Oncology, Townsville Cancer Centre, Co-Chair, Australian Teletrial Consortium, Clinical Oncology Society of Australia

Kim Hill
A/ Outpatient Operational Manager, Royal Perth Hospital

Nandhini Natarajan
Telehealth Coordinator, Royal Perth Bentley Group

Rocky Ruperto
Solicitor - Medico-Legal Advisory Service, Avant Mutual

Paul McBride
First Assistant Secretary, Medicare Benefits Division, Australian Department of Health

Brett Holmes
General Secretary, New South Wales Nurses and Midwives' Association

Dr Silvia Pfeiffer
CEO & Co-Founder, Coviu

Jennifer MJ Isautier
Trial Coordinator, Sydney Health Literacy Lab, Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney

Dr Carlos Garcia-Esperon
Staff Specialist in Acute Stroke and Neurology | Director of Hunter Stroke Services and Stream, Division of Medicine, John Hunter Hospital

Jen Beer
Head of Segment - Health & Education, Regional & Remote, NBN

Ella Cannon
Associate Principal, Hive Legal

Peter Birch
Podcast Host, Founder & CEO, Talking HealthTech

Raelene Donovan
Emergency Staff Specialist, Metro South Health

A/Prof Shamasunder Acharya
Director of Diabetes Services, John Hunter Hospital & Clinical Lead, Hunter and New England Diabetes Alliance services

Dr Kevin Yap
Senior Lecturer in Public Health (Digital Health) & Course Coordinator (Digital Health Suite), Department of Public Health, School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University

Angie Corbo
Head of Innovation Hub APAC, Roche

Kulbir Sandhu
Regional Head of Informatics APAC, Roche

Professor Jennifer Watts
Head of School, School of Health and Social Development, Faculty of Health, Deakin University

Stephanie Ferdinands
Principal Program Officer. Telehealth Support Unit, Clinical Excellence Queensland - Queensland Health

Ian Schrader
Program Director, Virtual Care Accelerator, Clinical Engagement & Patient Safety, eHealth NSW

Regina Osten
Stream Manager Integrated Care and Aboriginal Health, CATALYST, Agency for Clinical Innovation
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when & where
19 - 21 Apr 2021
Swissôtel Sydney
Address: 68 Market St
Sydney NSW 2000
Ph: +61 (02) 9238 8888
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