SESSION 247: <br/>Case study - primary care in remote communities
Track 8
| Sunday, July 9, 2023 |
| 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM |
| C4.8 |
Overview
C4.8
Workshop
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Details
Workshop: Global lessons on how technology can support primary health care in remote communities
It is well known that access to comprehensive primary health care improves health outcomes (CPHC). Remote communities globally have a heavy burden of disease and sub-optimal access to primary care and present a complex, challenging environment in which to deliver services. This workshop will explore how digital tools and resources such as data, devices and telehealth can be optimally deployed in remote communities in a culturally appropriate manner to support CPHC. The workshop will draw on experiences and projects across Australia, Canada, Africa and Scandinavia and draw on expertise from clinicians, government leaders, technical experts, researchers and indigenous project leads.
Data and information learning objectives include:- Understand how we ensure data and information is accessible to clinicians and consumers to support integrated and multidisciplinary care
- Explore how data can be shared in remote environments to support health and wellness
- Explore how data related to social determinants of health can be integrated into health and wellness in remote communities
- Identify how we can harness and evaluate data and information to improve our virtual care services in remote communities
- Explore how we merge traditional face to face clinical care with virtual care services in a way that supports better experiences for consumers and clinicians, and better value for our health systems
- Identify how to embed primary health care principles into the way services are developed and delivered
- Understand how we use technology to support innovative ways of delivering remote care such as the use of virtual navigators and remote monitoring
- Detail how we can use technologies in a culturally appropriate way for people in remote communities including the use of co-design
- Understand similarities and differences in approach to virtual care across four continents
- Understand the digital health skills required by our future health workforce to support remote comprehensive primary healthcare
- Explore extended scope of practice and new roles that can be supported through the innovative use of health technologies in remote care
- Explore how different countries approach workforce challenges in remote care
Speaker
Dr Ian Fletcher AFAIDH
Director Clinical Information Systems
South Western Sydney Local Health District
Session chair
Biography
Senior healthcare executive with a committed background in health ICT management through various corporate experiences and government with private and public health organisations.
Proven skills in forging and leading high performing teams that fully leverage a professional services (consultative) business model across a broad range of clinical stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability with a consistent track record of success in managing and leading high profile, complex projects within the health ICT sector.
Prof Tim Shaw
Professor of Digital Health
The University of Sydney
Workshop: Global lessons on how technology can support primary health care in remote communities
1:15 PM - 2:45 PMBiography
Tim is Professor of Digital Health at the University of Sydney. Tim leads an active research and development team in the University of Sydney. Over the last 5 years He has been a Chief Investigator on over 30 competitive or commissioned research and development projects totalling over $124M.
Dr John Pawlovich
Virtual Health Lead | Clinical Professor & Chair in Rural Health
Rural Coordination Centre of BC
Workshop: Global lessons on how technology can support primary health care in remote communities
1:15 PM - 2:45 PMBiography
John is a Clinical Professor and the Chair in Rural Health at the University of British Columbia in Canada and acts as the Director of the Rural Education Action Plan, Medical Director for Carrier Sekani Family Services, and the Virtual Health Lead for the Rural Coordination Centre of BC. Dr. Pawlovich draws on his rural healthcare experience in these roles to innovate services and supports for patients and providers in rural, remote and First Nations communities to better address systematic inequities in the healthcare system.
Dr Christina Igasto FAIDH
Director
Western Sydney Local Health District
Workshop: Global lessons on how technology can support primary health care in remote communities
1:15 PM - 2:45 PMBiography
Dr Christina Igasto has 25 years of experience in healthcare focusing on digital health transformation. She has held various senior executive positions within public and private domains (including establishing start-ups), and has significant experience as an academic research leader in Digital Health and Life Science in Healthcare.
