FutureHealth Forum Australia

"Under sweeping reforms to Australia’s healthcare system, the Federal government is rolling out an ambitious AUD $233.7 million Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) Programme. The PCERHR lays the foundations for healthcare reforms – including moves to streamlining e-health services nationally.

The PCEHR and related e-health reforms are under the spotlight. Debate is growing about ways to streamline healthcare. Additionally, Australia’s over-stretched hospitals, medical facilities, and community care services are under pressure to modernise infrastructure – while using the best-available technology to deliver anywhere, anytime services.

Reports warn that Australia faces a serious healthcare crisis as the population ages – placing new pressures on healthcare and aged service providers to deliver quality care.

In 2012-2013, improving healthcare is high on the agenda. Recent reforms are some of the most ambitious to date. These include plans to deliver e-health programmes nationally. Federal and State Governments are fast-tracking high-profile e-health rollouts. Health and aged care remains a major expenditure for the Australian Government.

How will reforms deliver direct benefits in 2012-2013? Find the answers @ your industry’s 2nd Annual Future Health Forum. Share up-to-the-minute news, analysis, insights and forecasts.

You will benefit from a state-by-state review of funding and policy reforms. Hear from an influential line-up of policy experts, healthcare advocates, medical practitioners, clinicians, and aged care providers. Topics up for discussion include:

• Next step to PCEHR roll-out: where to now?
• Future funding models & scope of federal-state partnerships
• Managing costs across major hospitals and healthcare systems
• Tackling privacy and security for electronic record-keeping
• Clarifying national e-health standards & interoperability
• Delivering integrated and cost-effective services
• Transferring and converging patient data
• Making operations more efficient and managing the costs
• Creating connected healthcare system"