Challenges in healthcare

Meeting dates: 23-24 March 2017

In a complex and ever-changing health system, challenges are inevitable.

The 'Challenges in Healthcare’ meeting gave clinicians and health administrators the opportunity to consider issues around medication safety in the digital future and bariatric surgery in the public sector.

Delegates were challenged to:

• identify the key elements of an effective bariatric surgery program in Queensland.
• articulate how clinical governance can maximise the opportunities digital technologies can bring to electronic medication management.

Among the recommendations are:

• bariatric surgery being publicly available in Queensland to specific groups of patients who will benefit the most.
• the establishment of clear clinical governance of electronic medication management.

Meeting documentation:

• Meeting agenda 23-24 March 2017 (PDF, 103KB)
• 23-24 March 2017 meeting report and recommendations (PDF, 657KB)
• Medication safety in the digital future – governance flowchart (PDF, 54 KB)
• Bariatric Surgery versus Intensive Medical Therapy for Diabetes — 5-Year Outcomes
• Australian Diabetes Council Bariatric Surgery Position Statement

Presentations

• Clinical Prioritisation Criteria (CPC) and HealthPathways - Jody Paxton (PDF, 956KB)
• Bariatric surgery: a treatment for our times - Trisha O’Moore-Sullivan (PDF, 632KB)
• Bariatric Surgery in the Public Sector - Dr Peter Gillies (PDF, 804KB)
• Public Investment in Bariatric Surgery, Economics and Evidence - Prof Paul Scuffham (PDF, 371KB)
• Bariatric Centre of Excellence A complex model to roll out - George Hopkins and Benedict Mackay (PDF, 349KB)
• The red blanket process and outcomes - Michael Handy (PDF, 674KB)
• Developing a National Digital Health Strategy for Australia – putting the foundations in place - Tim Kelsey (PDF, 1.07MB)
• Challenges in Healthcare eHealth - Dr Richard Ashby (PDF, 1.41MB)
• Medication safety in a digital future