SESSION 228: <br/>Down to business with the workforce
Track 9
| Sunday, July 9, 2023 |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
| C4.9 |
Overview
C4.9
Presentations & panel
Presentations & panel
Details
Panel: The future is now! Exploring the use of innovative technologies to support and develop the healthcare workforce
The healthcare workforce is under increasing pressure to do more with less. The needs of our workforce of professional development, education and wellbeing are all still present and traditional approaches to support these needs are not always fit for purpose. Emerging technologies are presenting opportunities to flexibly support and develop the healthcare workforce in ways not previously possible. Come and join this panel to explore new approaches to support our healthcare workforce utilising technologies such as Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, bespoke educational solutions, mobile applications and much more.
Learning objectives:- Identify currently available technologies which can support healthcare workforce
- Discuss strengths and limitations of identified technologies
- Discuss technologically enabled approaches to workforce development currently being utilised
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.
Dr Melinda Wassell CHIA
CoFounder | Chiropractor
FrameHealth
Optimising the value of EHR data by engaging clinicians in data quality
11:00 AM - 11:15 AMBiography
Mel is currently a founder and researcher looking at data quality in EHRs for reuse in predictive modelling. She has worked as a CHIO in musculoskeletal and occupational healthcare. Her passion is improving practitioner outcomes through digital tools. Mel recently received the HIMSS Future50 award in the clinical leadership category.
Dr Rob Pearlman
Founder
Med App
Addressing the quadruple aims by focusing on the workforce
11:15 AM - 11:30 AMBiography
Dr Rob Pearlman founded and built Med Apps during his internship. The app is used across 75 sites in Australia, NZ and the UK and has been used to orientate and onboard over 25,000 clinicians to their place of work. He is passionate about health-tech and improving doctor mental-health.
A/Prof Rohan Essex
Chief Medical Information Officer
ACT Health
Lessons learned from an EMR implementation: Do your homework!
11:30 AM - 11:45 AMBiography
Rohan Essex is Chief Medical Information Officer for the ACT, a clinical ophthalmologist at Canberra Hospital and the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (Melbourne), and Associate Professor with the ANU Medical School.
Nathan Moore FAIDH CHIA
Chief Nursing Information Officer
Western Sydney Local Health District
Panel: Exploring the use of innovative technologies to support and develop the healthcare workforce
11:45 AM - 12:30 PMBiography
Nathan is the WSLHD Chief Nursing Information Officer and is responsible for supporting the adoption and improvement of clinical information systems and technologies for nurses, midwives, and other multidisciplinary care providers. He is completing a PhD exploring the design and deployment considerations for the use of VR in clinical education.
