Evidence-based Disease Management in the 21st Century
2nd Annual National ADMA Conference
7 - 8 September 2006
Melbourne Crown Promenade
Conference Proceedings 
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NOTE: The information provided in the presentations below is not to be reproduced or used without the author's express permission.
Day 1: Plenary sessions
Evidence based disease management - chronic care models in action in Counties Manauka (PDF File 2605 KB)
Dr Gary Sinclair, Clinical Director Primary Care and CCM, Counties Manukau NZ
A review of the evidence for the value of home monitoring in chronic disease management (PDF File 348 KB)
Prof Richard Wootton, Director Research, Centre for Online Health, Uni of Queensland
Chronic Disease Management in the Australian Community Setting: Evaluation Using Cross - Jurisdictional Record Linkage (not available)
Dr David Preen, Research Fellow, School of Population Health, Uni of Western Australia
The COACH Program: an evidence based, telephone delivered, disease management program proven to reduce hospital admissions in patients with coronary heart disease (PDF File 516 KB)
Dr Margarite Vale, Director, COACH Program, Dept Cardiology and Uni of Melbourne Dept Medicine, St Vincents Hospital VIC
Day 1: Concurrent sessions
Using an e-disease management system to remotely monitor mental health after a natural disaster: experiences from an innovative trial (not available)
Dr Robin Harvey, Research Manager, Sentiens Pty Ltd
Community based interventions for secondary stroke prevention - what are the elements that work? (PDF File 147 KB)
Dr Jacques Joubert, Neurologist, Melbourne Health and National Ageing Research Institute
How to get executive buy in? Demonstrating the savings of Ambulatory Care and Disease Management in WA (PDF File 231 KB)
Dr Shirley Bowen, Executive Director Population Health and Ambulatory Care, North Metropolitan Area Health Service, WA DOH
Role of call centres in disease management - a review of the literature (PDF File 253 KB)
Dr Andrew Wilson, Co-President, McKesson Asia-Pacific Pty Ltd
Impact of a community based multidisciplinary chronic heart failure program on hospital admissions in complex elderly patients (PDF File 818 KB)
Ms Peita Price, CHF Community Nurse, Moreland Community Health Centre
Optimising the potential impact of care coordinating models for people with chronic and complex conditions (PDF File 49 KB)
Dr Deborah Roberts & Dr Catherine Joyce, Dept Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, Monash Uni
Managing chronic disease and the remote monitoring of health status of the elderly at home
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Prof Branko Celler, Director Laboratory Health Informatics and Head School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications, Uni NSW
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Ms Janette Gogler, Austin Health VIC
Chronic Pulmonary Obstructive Disease - a unique community linkage service (PDF File 732 KB)
Ms Karen Thomas, Perth and Hills Division of General Practice WA
Evaluating a statewide chronic care program - was there an improvement? (PDF File 215 KB)
Ms Poppy Doungkamol Sindhusake, Centre for Health Services Research, Western Sydney Area Health Service & School Population Health, Uni of Sydney
Multicultural Information on Depression online (MIDonline): Development and evaluation of a multilingual depression information website (PDF File 295 KB)
Dr Litza Kiropoulos, Research Officer, Dept General Practice, Monash Uni
Are Chronic Heart Failure Management Programs optimising patient outcomes? (PDF File 272 KB)
Ms Andrea Driscoll, PhD Candidate, NHMRC Scholar, Deakin Uni
National online disease management survey (PDF File 246 KB)
Mr Bobby Amin, Research Assistant, Dept Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash Uni
The emergence of Tai Chi as an acceptable and effective exercise approach in improving health outcomes for older people (PDF File 312 KB)
A/Prof Keith Hill, Director, Preventive and Public Health Division, National Ageing Research Institute
Selective outcomes from a respiratory coordinated care program (RCCP) providing community based interventions for COPD patients for 2005 (PDF File 334 KB)
Mr Nick Spiliopoulos, NUM, The Respiratory Coordinated Care Program, St George Hospital
Internet based approaches to behaviour change in disease prevention and management (PDF File 1912 KB)
Dr Michael McCoy, Managing Director, Fitness2Live VIC
Integrative and complementary approaches to the management of chronic diseases? (PDF File 562 KB)
Dr Vicki Kotsirilos, GP and Past Founding President, Australasian Integrative Medicine Association (AIMA)
Keeping track of diabetes - measuring outcomes of a pilot diabetes disease management program in a private health insurance population (PDF File 591 KB)
Ms Virginia Hagger, Director Education, International Diabetes Institute & Ms Julie Andrews, Manager, Health Development Unit, Medibank Private
Workplace health and productivity management as a serious economic strategy (PDF File 128 KB)
Dr Shirley Musich, Director, Health and Productivity Research Centre, Wollongong Uni
The getting around gracefully program (PDF File 479 KB)
Mr Robert Webb, Feldenkrais Practitioner, Moreland Community Health Service
Diabetes Direct Delivers (PDF File 443 KB)
Ms Jacinta Collins, Project Manager, Northern Division of General Practice
Future trends in corporate healthcare (not available)
Dr Jonathon Orelowitz, Director, Healthlogix Pty Ltd
Integrative medical approaches to primary and secondary prevention of cardiac disease (PDF File 226 KB)
Dr Gary Deed, Medical Practitioner, Integrative Medicine Your Health, Brisbane
Snakes and ladders: the challenges and triumphs of improving diabetes care in Melbourne's west (PDF File 1266 KB)
Ms Naomi Kubina, Project Officer, WestBay Alliance Newport
Evidence based care and prioritisation of people waiting for elective hip and knee replacement surgery: the new Victorian management and prioritisation system (PDF File 515 KB)
Ms Catherine Jones, Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Uni of Melbourne
Day 2: Plenary sessions
Closer to Home - Shifting Care in England (PDF File 357 KB)
Mr Alan Doran, Director General, Departmental Management, Department of Health, UK
Chronic Disease Prevention and Treatment - cost benefit model systems to assist with priority setting (PDF File 506 KB)
Prof Jim Butler, Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health, Australian National Uni ACT
CLIMATE.tv chronic care without tears (PDF File 1546 KB)
Prof Gavin Andrews, WHO Collaborating Centre, Uni NSW at St Vincents Hospital NSW
Sustaining chronic disease management in remote Aboriginal Communities (PDF File 291 KB)
A/Prof John Wakerman, Director, Centre for Remote Health, Flinders Uni
Chronic Disease - A Head on Tackle (PDF File 265 KB)
Ms Linda Powell, Assistant Secretary, Chronic Disease and Palliative Care Branch, Dept of Health and Ageing, ACT
Canadian Perspectives on disease management (not available)
Dr Peter Sargious, Medical Leader, Chronic Disease Management, Calgary Health Region, Canada
Day 2: Concurrent sessions
Auditing Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs - Pitfalls and Pluses (PDF File 181 KB)
Ms Narelle Wilson, Royal Perth Hospital
Are chronic disease self management programs generalisable across conditions? (PDF File 526 KB)
Ms Virginia Hagger, Director Education, International Diabetes Institute
Diabetes (PDF File 307 KB)
Mr Lance Emerson, Director Programs & Professional Development, The Pharmacy Guild of Australia and Mr Brendan O?oughlin, St Ives Pharmacy, Sydney
Who benefits most from participating in chronic disease management programs? (PDF File 202 KB)
Ms Sandra Nolte, Collaborative Institute Research, Consulting and Learning in Evaluation, RMIT Uni & AFV Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Uni of Melbourne
Asthma (PDF File 238 KB)
Prof Carol Armour, Pharmacy Faculty, Uni of Sydney and community pharmacy specialist in Guild Asthma Program NSW
Chronic Disease Self Management programs - what is the evidence? (PDF File 72 KB)
Ms Sharan Ermel, Research Assistant, Collaborative Health, Education and Research Centre (CHERC) Bendigo Health Care Group
Smoking Cessation (not available)
Ms Jenny Bergin, Chief Pharmacist, The Pharmacy Guild of Australia and community pharmacist specialist smoking cessation programs
To integrate or not to integrate? Future considerations for chronic disease self management programs in the healthcare system (PDF File 241 KB)
Ms Joanne Jordan, AFV Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Uni of Melbourne
Improving care for people with osteoarthritis: implementation and evaluation of a multi-disciplinary osteoarthritis service at Royal Melbourne Hospital (PDF File 877 KB)
Dr Caroline Brand, Director Clinical Epidemiology and Health Service Evaluation Unit, Melbourne Health
Acceptability, impact and sustainability of the national pilot quality assurance system for self management programs (PDF File 204 KB)
Ms Joan Nankervis, AFV Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Uni of Melbourne
Improving mobility in patients with Parkinsons Disease (not available)
Prof Meg Morris, Director Allied Health Clinical Research at Southern Health RASP and Prof Physiotherapy at Uni of Melbourne
The Australian experience of telephonic disease management - a new mode of delivery (not available)
Ms Julie Muir, Disease Management Team Leader, McKesson Asia Pacific
Managing the medications: impact of a clinical pharmacist in a disease management unit (PDF File 380 KB)
Ms Robyn Stell, Pharmacist, The Alfred, Melbourne