Poppy Malone 1 1 Community Engagement Manager, Hireup   There is no doubt that the world is becoming increasingly technologically dependant, with the disability sector being no exception. In this presentation you will hear about how Hireup is harnessing the power of technology...

Anne Cahill Lambert AM 1 1 Chair, ACT Remuneration Tribunal   Bob Dylan released this song in 1964 and Anne Cahill Lambert sometimes wonders if the health system is still stuck in 1964.  While the technology has leapt ahead, especially in telehealth...

Dr Adam Scott 1 1 Director of Cardiac Sciences, Cardiac Investigations Unit, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital   In rural hospitals there exists a significant time and cost constraint on the physicians ability to directly supervise Exercise Stress Tests (ESTs). This has...

Jo Coombes1 1 Country Health SA. Yorke and Northern Region. Ernest Terrace Wallaroo SA 5556 jo.coombes@sa.gov.au Background If the rural context is our village…then the influences within and beyond it are ‘our people’ Play2Grow is a trauma informed supported playgroup...

Trevor-Tirritpa Ritchie In early 2013, Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA), a national not for profit, member-based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander allied health organisation, identified a need for targeted support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander allied health students to...

Daniela Hongell Marketing, PR, Strategy – Hongell&me Many businesses fall into the trap of thinking that is they’re advertising, have a Facebook page and a website, then they are actively marketing their business.  Successful businesses recognise that marketing is so much...

Debra Kay PSM Health services should maximise health and economic outcomes. Research says health professionals should partner with consumers to do this; policy and regulation say we must; and practitioners would say that’s what they do every day. This presentation...

Bronwyn Venning Country Health SA, PO Box 270 Angaston, SA 5353, bronwyn.venning@health.sa.gov.au What could possibly be learned about health service provision from an iconic global furniture business? With IKEA’s vision “To create a better everyday life for the many people”...

Rob Curry and Robyn Adams Drawing on reflections of long standing SARRAH members we will present perspectives on the raison d’ệtre of SARRAH, the achievements and the challenges since its formation in 1995. Our past and present leaders have articulated...

Steve Cadell BPhysio, Masters of Rehabilitation (Physiotherapy) Student Background: ICE/methamphetamine abuse in rural populations is becoming an increasingly serious phenomenon resulting in end stage renal failure (ESRF). Intradialytic therapies are fast becoming necessary to promote functional capacity and maximise quality...