Director of Partner Relations and Program Office Lee-Ann Berger represented the Digital Health CRC at the launch of National Digital Health Strategy and Framework for Action. The Framework was developed in consultation with key health and consumer stakeholders and will act as a road map to high-quality digital healthcare. The strategy will help deliver improved services
Speaker: Benjamin Daniels, UNSW Seminar Date: Tuesday October 24 12:00pm Brief abstract: Background: Metastatic cancer and its treatment are conceptualised in terms of “stages”. Clinical trials and most observational research are concerned with what is often just one stage out of several. In this project we attempt to use routinely collected Australian administrative health data to associate survival outcomes
Speaker: Dr Felicity Flack, PHRN Seminar Date: Tuesday October 17 12:00pm Brief abstract: The Population Health Research Network (PHRN) has been funded via the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS), in collaboration with universities, as well as state and territory governments, to develop national data linkage infrastructure for Australian researchers. In 2013-14 the PHRN Program Office consulted with the
Speaker: Michael Sheng Seminar Date: Tuesday October 10 12:00pm Short Bio: Michael Sheng is a professor at Macquarie University, Sydney, since 1 January 2017. Dr. Michael Sheng was a full Professor and Deputy Head of the School of Computer Science at the University of Adelaide. Michael holds a PhD degree in computer science from the University of New South
Speaker: Tim Shaw Seminar Date: Tuesday September 26 12:00pm Short Bio: Tim is the inaugural Professor of eHealth and Director of Research in Implementation Science and eHealth Group (RISe) in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney. He is an internationally recognised leader in the impact of technology on healthcare and translation of evidence into practice
Speaker: Georgie Drury & Anita Grindlay (from startup Sprinday) Seminar Date: Tuesday September 19 12:00pm Brief abstract: To put it simply, Springday powers wellbeing. We use technology to engage with individuals by creating an ecosystem of wellbeing resources, gamified challenges and activities, software and hardware integrations, face-to-face services and benefits. Forrester Consulting, Thought Leadership Paper, The Dawn of Data-Driven
Speaker: Kelsey Chalmers, University of Sydney Seminar Date: Tuesday August 15 12:00pm Brief abstract: Decisions regarding health care funding and how to get value for our health care dollars are highly political. In this lecture, I will discuss the motivation and evidence for Australia’s Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Review, how it’s been established, and stakeholders’ involvement and reaction to
Speaker: Henry Cutler, Macquarie University Seminar Date: Tuesday August 8 12:00pm Brief abstract: Publically funded elective surgery patients in Australia have little informed choice when seeking hospital care. They have limited information on hospital quality and are generally directed towards their local public hospital, where they are treated by doctors nominated by the hospital. International research suggests patients want
Speaker: Le (Lyla) Zhang, Macquarie Graduate School of Management Seminar Date: Tuesday July 25 12:00pm Brief abstract: Health care is a credence good, and its market is plagued by asymmetric information. In this study, we use a laboratory experiment to investigate whether a two-part tariff pricing (TPT) and a separation of prescription and treatment activities (SPD) can mitigate the
Speaker: Vincy Li, NSW Ministry of Health Seminar Date: Tuesday July 18 12:00pm Brief abstract: The increasing prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity raises significant concerns about the effect on individuals’ health, society and the economy. Childhood overweight and obesity is a complex problem, with many inter-related causes and points for intervention. There is, however, little consensus over which