3rd Annual Reducing Hospital Readmissions & Discharge Planning Conference 2012

Identify, Predict and Prevent Unplanned Readmissions

A practical, case study led conference covering:

• Care coordination: Planning from admission to transfer of care in NSW public hospitals
• What PCEHR will and won’t do to Improve the discharge process
• The role of a Pharmacist in a multi-disciplinary team to improve medication management
• Persistence, Patience and Perspiration: Case Study of a Frequent Presenter
• ALERT: An integrated team approach to reducing presentations to St Vincent’s Emergency Department
• Reducing readmissions through coordinated care
• Hospital readmission after stroke
• The development of a model of care that seeks a seamless transition from community to hospital and back home again (Mental Health)
• Mobile Rehabilitation Team: Providing an alternative to in-patient rehab and facilitating early discharge planning in an acute setting
• The role of case management in hospital discharge: What happens when they go home?
• Western Health’s Immediate Response Service
• Discharge planning at St Vincent's Private Hospital, Sydney

Speakers include:

• Robyn Tumeth, Chronic Care Clinical Coordinator, South Western Sydney Local Health District
• Jenny Orr, Manager, Immediate Response Service, Western Health
• Trudy McGovern, Deputy Director of Pharmacy, Gold Coast Health Service District
• Bill Faulkner, Team Leader/Care Coordinator, HARP Community Care Coordination, Rosebud Community Health, Peninsula Health
• Pat Doughney, Care Coordinator, HARP Community Care Coordination, Rosebud Community Health, Peninsula Health
• Shari Parker, Deputy Director of Rehabilitation Medicine, St Vincent's Public Sydney; Chair of Rehab Medicine, St Vincent's Private Hospital Sydney; Conjoint Lecturer, University of NSW; and Senior Conjoint Lecturer, University of Notre Dame
• Barry Walls, Acute Transition Coordinator - Mental Health Clinical Service Unit, Austin Health
• Una McKeeva, Manager - Assessment, Liaison and Early Referral Team (ALERT), St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne
• Dani Bultitude, Manager - Episodic Care, Community Care Northern Beaches Ltd

Endorsed by

This conference is endorsed by APEC No 090810001 as authorised by Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA) according to approved criteria. Attendance attracts 10.5 RCNA CNE points as part of RCNA's Life Long Learning Program (3LP).

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