The National Disease Management Conference 2005 and
The Ambulatory Care Conference 2005

1st Annual National ADMA Conference

Presented by ADMA in association with the Victorian Department of Human Services and Ambulatory Care Australia

15 - 16 September 2005
Langham Hotel Southbank, Melbourne

Conference Proceedings (PDF File 588KB)

NOTE: The information provided in the presentations below is not to be reproduced or used without the author's expressed permission.

DAY 1 - Plenary sessions

Management in Europe: Drivers, Barriers, Results, Technologies (PDF File 1571 KB)

Dr. Roman Schenk, Protegia, Munich, Germany

Improving Clinical Quality and Reducing Medical Cost Trends: the American Healthways Experience (PDF File 977 KB)

Matt Kelliher, Healthways International, USA

DAY 1 - Poster sessions

The Ingredients that are Essential for Effective Self-Management (PDF File 277 KB)

Amanda Weeks, La Trobe University School of Public Health, VIC

Effectiveness of Behaviour Change on Health - our experience (PDF File 187 KB)

Michaela Baginski, Australian Health Management Group, NSW

"Getting Chronically Excited" - A NSW rural experience (PDF File 416 KB)

Kerry Wilcox, Northern Rivers Division of General Practice, North Coast Area Health Service, NSW

Reflections of phase II of the Coordinated Healthcare Trial (PDF File 191 KB)

Zoe Austin-Crowe, formerly Coordinated Healthcare; currently Victorian Department of Human Services, VIC

Development of a Management and Prioritisation Tool (MAPT) for Orthopaedic Waiting Lists (PDF File 302 KB)

Kerry Haynes, AFV Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, The University of Melbourne and
Maree Roberts, Hospital Demand Management, Department of Human Services, VIC

Chronic Disease Management in the Private Health Sector (PDF File 314 KB)

Lisa Coombes, AUSeMED Chronic Disease Management Program, VIC

Day 2 - Plenary sessions

Implementing the Chronic Disease Self Management Program (CDSM) in SW Sydney - replication of an established intervention (PDF File 214 KB)

Dr Lis Young, The Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, NSW

Diabetes Co-Management in General Practice (PDF File 554 KB)

Lara Watson and Dr Ralph Audehm, Diabetes Co-management in General Practice Project, Diabetes Alliance Group, VIC

DAY 2 - Concurrent sessions

Back Pain: Physiotherapy Provides a Solution for the Emergency Department, the Hospital and the Patient (PDF File 1244 KB)

Andrew Crow, Angliss Health Service, VIC

Chronic Disease Management and Carer Support go "hand in hand" - a rural experience (PDF File 827 KB)

Marjo Roshier-Taks, Greater Southern Area Health Service, Wagga Wagga, NSW

Managing the Medications: A Pilot to Integrate a Clinical Pharmacist into a Disease Management Unit (PDF File 135 KB)

Robyn Stell, The Alfred, VIC

ConnectED. Integrated Care for People with Complex Needs (PDF File 115 KB)

Jackie Beckmann, ConnectED, City of Port Phillip, VIC

"One Step Ahead" - an Exercise, Education and Foot Screening Program for People with Diabetes (PDF File 134 KB)

Marnie Graco, Broadmeadows Health Service, VIC

Partnerships in Health: Integrated Disease Management in Melbourne Health (PDF File 432 KB)

Sue Peterson, Royal Melbourne Hospital, VIC.

Home Based Intermediate Care (HBIC): an Acute Hospital Substitution Model (PDF File 576 KB)

Simone Dahrouge, Elisabeth Bruyere Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada

Saving Time And Effort Through The Installation Of An Automated Rostering System For An Acute Home Nursing Service (PDF File 698 KB)

Barbara Anne Merrigan, M & M HealthPower Home Nursing, VIC

Community Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation in the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Client Population (PDF File 252 KB)

Fiona Pazsa, Moreland Community Health Service, VIC

Complex Care Program - Integrating Disease Management (PDF File 2,677 KB)

Fiona Turner and Nicole Romney, Peninsula Health. VIC

Care in Context - a Coordinated Approach to Individual Health Needs (PDF File 257 KB)

Anne Parkes and Anita Lloyd, Southern Health, VIC

Transitional Care Program "Moving The Goal Posts Of Primary Health Nurse Core Business" (PDF File 75 KB)

Stephen Clark, Wingecarribee Health Service, NSW

Tackling Frequent Presenters to the Emergency Department Through Self-management and Coordinated Healthcare (PDF File 1214 KB)

Ellen Wilson, Bendigo Health Care Group, VIC

Diabetes Related Foot Complications: Action To Reduce Hospitalisation (PDF File 384 KB)

Paul Heland, The Royal District Nursing Service Moreland, VIC

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