Tony has 20 years’ experience in the IT industry across a variety of solutions sales, consultancy, technical leadership, delivery and general management roles. Tony combines his commercial and technical acumen with his passion for the health industry, actively collaborating with key stakeholders and partners to find new and innovative solutions that will make a difference in healthcare. Tony obtained his BSc in Computer Science and Operations Research from Victoria University of Wellington before starting his career in engineering and consultant roles in IT.
| IT Innovations in General Practice
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Better Healthcare from Collaboration & Sharing of Information
Pre-conference Workshop (Repeated) |
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| Thursday, 12 June 2014 | Start 8:30am | Duration: 120mins | Room 1 |
| Start 11:00am | Duration: 120mins | Room 1 | |
| As part of the ‘IT Innovations in General Practice’ Workshop, Kate and Tony will take participants through a real patient’s journey through our health system. This journey highlights the myriad of challenges facing patients and health care professionals in trying to achieve optimal clinical outcomes. GPs are a critical part of this journey, as the healthcare professionals who have the most regular contact with patients. GPs are also the initiators of relationships with other professionals, such as pharmacists, public and private specialists, and allied health providers. Efficient interaction between all healthcare professionals helps provide seamless and improved care for any one patient. A solution that supports this collaboration and sharing of information is vital to the delivery of better healthcare, medicines adherence and patient outcomes. Drawing on their combined expertise and in-depth knowledge of patient behaviours and health IT, Kate and Mark will re-create the patient journey to demonstrate the potential for better healthcare outcomes through increased collaboration, shared responsibility and the secure, and efficient sharing of information. | |||