Program

The Better Care, Everywhere: Healthcare variation in practice program will provide attendees with practical guidance on identifying, investigating and addressing unwarranted healthcare variation. 

Focusing on how the right care can be delivered for the right person, at the right time, the conference is underpinned by four key content streams: 

• National and local levers for change
• Who is missing out and what can be done?
• Variation in the hospital setting
• Variation in primary care and residential aged care

A combination of plenary and concurrent seminar sessions, and topic deep dives will be delivered by healthcare experts including:

• Elizabeth Koff, Secretary NSW Health    
• Adjunct Professor Debora Picone  AM, CEO Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
• Professor John Newnham AM, 2020 Senior Australian of the Year, Head, Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Western Australia
• Dr Arthur Richardson, Chair NSW NQIPs Program, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Sydney, Head HPB/UGI Surgery, Westmead Hospital
• Dr Jean-Frederic Levesque, CEO NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation    
• Adjunct Professor Cathy Balding, Director Quality Works, Adjunct Professor, Health Service Management, La Trobe University, No Harm Done Podcast
• James Downie, CEO Independent Hospital Pricing Authority    
• Cathy Jones, National Manager Quality & Compliance Healthscope, No Harm Done Podcast

Join us for two days of engaging keynote presentations, expert opinions and thought-provoking panel discussions.  

The conference program and a full list of speakers will be released in March 2020.