Partnerships for Chronic Care: Patients, Services, Policy
7th Annual National ADMA Conference 2011
25 - 26 August 2011
National Convention Centre, Canberra, ACT
Conference Program 
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Day 1: Plenary sessions
DISMEVAL: A Study on Disease Management Evaluation in Europe (PDF File 1333 KB)
Prof Bert Vrijhoef, Professor of Care for the Chronically Ill Maastricht University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Innovative Technologies for CDM (PDF File 1610 KB)
Dr David Hansen, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Theme Leader, E-Health, Principal Research Scientist, Australian e-Health Research Centre
Osteoarthritis Management Needs a Paradigm Shift (PDF File 3190 KB)
Prof David Hunter, University of Sydney, NSW
Private Health Insurance and Chronic Disease Management Panel Discussion
Ron Penny (PDF File 32 KB) Stan Goldstein (PDF File 758 KB) Andrew Cottril (PDF File 241 KB)
Moderator: Prof Ron Penny
Panel: Dr Andrew Cottrill, HCF; Dr Matthew Cullen, Medibank Health Solutions; Dr Stan Goldstein, BUPA; Amanda Hagan, Australian Unity
Evaluation of COACH in the Public and Private Sectors (PDF File 1454 KB)
A/Prof Margarite Vale, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Managing Director, The COACH Program.
Chronic Disease Management in Victoria (PDF File 612 KB)
Prof Chris Brook, Executive Director, Wellbeing, Integrated Care and Ageing, Victorian Department of Health, VIC
Health Literacy: Medicines Health Literacy (PDF File 2,136 KB)
Dr Danielle Stowasser, Clinical Advisor, Quality Use of Medicine Programs, NPS
The Consumer Perspective on Health Literacy (PDF File 958 KB)
Carol Bennett, CEO, Consumers Health Forum of Australia CHF
Day 1: Pre-conference presentations
One Deadly Step (PDF File 2,386KB)
Lachlan Wright, Senior Project Officer, Chronic Care for Aboriginal People, NSW Health
Post-Catastrophic Intervention from a Distance for the Assessment and Management of Disease Onset (PDF File 3,621 KB)
Dr Dennis Tannenbaum, CEO, Sentiens, WA
Consolidating Perspectives on the Evaluation of Self-Management Tools (PDF File 556 KB)
A/Prof Paul Dugdale, Director, ANU Centre for Health Stewardship & Chronic Disease Management, ACT Health, and
Rebecca Taylor, Postdoctoral Fellow, ANU Centre for Health Stewardship, ACT
Day 1: Concurrent sessions
Connecting Care: Chronic Disease Management in NSW
Connecting Care in NSW (PDF File 486 KB)
Susan Burke, Chronic Disease Management Office, NSW Health
Complex Care Coordination Central Coast Local Health Network (CCLHN) (PDF File 2,200 KB)
Alison Austen & Nicole McDonald, Complex Care Co-ordination Team and Ongoing and Complex Care Department, Central Coast Health Network, NSW
Making Connections: People, Disease and Care - The Journey so Far (PDF File 1,338 KB)
Paul van den Dolder, Chronic Disease Management Office NSW Health.
Partnerships in Chronic Care
Patients and Clinicians Working in Partnership: Patient-As-Professional (PDF File 442 KB)
Rebecca Taylor, Centre for Health Stewartship, The Australian National University, ACT.
Partnerships in Action to Address Chronic Disease: The Looma Story (PDF File 356 KB)
Genevieve Stone & Ernie Bridge, Chronic Disease/Self Management, WA Country Health Service, WA
Optimal Asthma Service Delivery for Patients in Community Pharmacy (PDF File 1,419 KB)
Prof Carol Armour, Pharmacy, Medicine & Woolcock Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
Patient Centred Self-Management Models
LUNGS IN ACTION: Maintaining Exercise Capacity in Clients With COPD Post Completion of Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PDF File 1,208 KB)
Heather Allan, COPD National Program, Australian Lung Foundation, QLD
Patient-centred Continuum of Care and Self-management Support for People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (PDF File 833 KB)
Helen Cameron-Tucker, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania
Review of Telephone Based Self management Programs for Patients with Osteoporosis (PDF File 1,326 KB)
Cate Grindlay, Remedy Healthcare, VIC
Health Coaching
Eight Years on and Still effective: CHD risk factor Status of Patients Graduated from Health Management Coaching (HMC) 2008 - 2010 (PDF File 477 KB)
Brodie Preston, Restoring Health, St Vincent's Hospital and Melbourne General Practice Network, VIC
Glycaemic Control and Achievement of Treatment Targets in Type 2 Diabetes (PDF File 454 KB)
Jane Varney, Restoring Health, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC
Impact of the COACH Program on Coronary Risk Factors and Adherence to Recommended Medications in Indigenous and Nonindigenous Australians - A Queensland Health Perspective (PDF File 2,257 KB)
Janine Wilson, Health Contact Centre, Queensland Health, Brisbane, QLD
Day 1: Three minute interactive poster presentations
Day 2: Plenary sessions
Health Related Aspects of Australian Economic Development (PDF File 151 KB)
Prof Bob Gregory, Professor of Economics, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, ACT
Developments in Disability Policy at the Commonwealth Level (PDF File 156 KB)
Dr Nick Hartland, Group Manager, Disability & Carer Group , Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), ACT
Australian National Preventive Health Agency (PDF File 1,542 KB)
Dr Lisa Studdert, Acting CEO, Australian National Preventive Health Agency
Improving chronic disease outcomes for Indigenous Australian (PDF File 2068 KB)
Prof Kerin O'Dea, Director Sansom Institute, SA
A Framework and Working Model for Integration of Care: Bridging Gaps Between Tertiary, Secondary and Primary Care Settings (PDF File 6,290 KB)
Dr Jason Cheah, CEO Agency for Integrated Care, Singapore
Primary Health Care Reform: Improving Chronic Disease Management (PDF File 414 KB)
Ms Leanne Wells, Acting CEO, Australian General Practice Network, ACT
Measuring the Performance of Chronic Disease Management Programs: Perspectives, Pitfalls and Possibilities (PDF File 2,419 KB)
A/Prof Caroline Brand, Monash University, VIC
Free Radicals, a Key Link Between Nutrition, Lifestyle and Degenerative disease (PDF File 1,589 KB)
Dr Ross Grant, University of NSW & Sydney Adventist Hospital, NSW
The Influence of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour on Chronic Disease Management and Prevention (PDF File 2,694 KB)
A/Prof David Dunstan, ARC Future Fellow and Physical Activity Laboratory Head, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, VIC
Day 2: Concurrent sessions
Care for Indigenous and Older People
Better Hospital Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Experiencing Heart Attack (PDF File 577 KB)
Greg Ford, Heart Foundation, Vic
Kelley O'Donahue, Heart Foundation, QLD
Chronic Care for Older Persons (NSW Health) (PDF File 1,686 KB)
Susan Burke, Chronic Disease Management Office NSW Department of Health
Preventable Hospitalisations and Self-Management
Impact of Care Plans on Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations (PDF File 1592 KB)
Dr Agnes Vitry, Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, University of South Australia, SA
Developing and Evaluating an Innovative Approach to Supporting Self Care in the English Health Service (PDF File 1,224 KB)
Dr Anne Kennedy, Primary Care Research Group, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Diabetes
A Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluating the Effect of Patient Narratives on Self-efficacy and Selfcare Behaviour in People with Type 2 Diabetes Stage 1 Findings. (PDF File 764 KB)
Christine Campbell, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, VIC
Reductions in Diabetes Distress and Weight Following a Lifestyle Change Program for Type 2 Diabetics (PDF File 187 KB)
Dr Nicki Gazis, Hospital Admissions Risk Program, Austin Health, VIC
Overcoming Barriers to Improved Long Term Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes in Community Health (PDF File 762 KB)
Joanne Stanford, Yarra Valley Community Health, Eastern Health, VIC
Initiatives in the Private Sector
Impact of the COACH PROGRAM on Coronary Risk Factors and Adherence to Recommended Medications in Australians from Different Areas of Remoteness (PDF File 436 KB)
Dr Umberto Boffa, Bupa Australia Group, VIC
Daryl Bull, nib Health Funds, Newcastle, NSW
Telephonic Health Behaviour Change: Realising the Outcomes (PDF File 225 KB)
David Holloway, Medibank, NSW
Telemedicine and e-Health
Sharing Results of a Telehealth-enabled Chronic Care Management Service to Support People with Long-term Conditions at Home (PDF File 378 KB)
Sara Shaughnessy, Healthcare of NZ Ltd, NZ
Facilitating Self-Management of Chronic Disease Through Home based Telemonitoring for Patients with CCF and COPD. (PDF File 839 KB)
Suzie Hooper, St John of God Health Care, VIC
Quantitative Analysis of a Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Service Trial in the Hunter Region of New South Wales (PDF File 356 KB)
David du Plessis, Hunter Nursing, NSW
Pharmacy, Medication Management, Adherence
Patient Preferences for Community Pharmacy Asthma Services: A Discrete Choice Experiment (PDF File 771 KB)
Pradnya Naik Panvelkar, Faculty of Pharmacy,University of Sydney, NSW
Patient Goal Setting in an Asthma Disease Management Service (PDF File 1,052 KB)
Dr Lorraine Smith, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, NSW
Medication Adherence, Co-morbidities and Health Risk Impacts on Workforce Absence and Job Performance (PDF File 327 KB)
Dr Linda Swan, Alere, Sydney, NSW