Program series recorded webinars

Same care everywhere? Far from it!

Webinar Recorded Date: 2 February 2021

All Australians deserve safe, high-quality health care, so why don’t they get the same care everywhere? Learn more about the causes of healthcare variation, how data about healthcare variation can improve health outcomes, and what it means for health service leaders, clinicians, consumers and the health system.

Speakers:

• Conjoint Professor Anne Duggan | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care and School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle
• Adjunct Professor Debora Picone AO | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

Facilitator:

• Dr Robert Herkes | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

Target Audience:

• Health service leaders – CEOs, Board members, clinical directors and quality managers
• Policy decision makers
• Primary and acute health services
• Public and private health services
• Senior medical practitioners
• Resident medical officers
• Nursing, midwifery and allied health clinicians
• Students – medical, nursing, midwifery and allied health
• Educators – medical, nursing, midwifery and allied health
• Consumers
• Academics
• Data custodians and analysts

Videos:

Same care everywhere? Far from it! - Full presentation including Q&A
Video length 1h:26 mins

Introduction to healthcare variation - Conjoint Professor Anne Duggan
Video length 20:16 mins

Introduction to the Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation Series - Conjoint Professor Anne Duggan
Video length 18:54 mins

For more videos in the program series visit the Better Care Everywhere Program Series YouTube channel. 

Presentation PDFs:

Introduction to healthcare variation - Conjoint Professor Anne Duggan

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Introduction to the Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation Series - Conjoint Professor Anne Duggan

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Stopping the habit: Opioid prescribing in general practice

Webinar Recorded Date: 9 February 2021

Opioid prescribing and harm continue to rise in Australia, but GPs and pain specialists can work together to ‘stop the habit’. Find out when to avoid opioids altogether, how to deprescribe opioids, and how to manage difficult conversations with colleagues and consumers.

Speakers:

• Dr Chris Hayes | Hunter Integrated Pain Service 
• Dr Damien Zilm | General Practitioner, WA

Facilitator:

• Dr Robert Herkes | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

Target Audience:

• Pain Specialists
• General practitioners
• General practice registrars
• Primary Health Networks
• Educators
• Students
• Consumers
• Academics
• Data custodians and analysts

ACRRM accredited PDP activity 2020-2022
Contact hours: 2.0
Total hours: 2.0

Videos:

Stopping the habit: Opioid prescribing in general practice - Full presentation including Q&A
Video length 1h:35 mins

Reconsidering Opioids - Dr Chris Hayes
Video length 25:40 mins

A discussion about prescribing and deprescribing opioids - Dr Chris Hayes and Dr Damien Zilm
Video length 26:05 mins

For more videos in the program series visit the Better Care Everywhere Program Series YouTube channel. 

Presentation PDFs:

Reconsidering opioids - Dr Chris Hayes

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A discussion about prescribing and deprescribing - Dr Chris Hayes and Dr Damien Zilm

2021

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Resources:

NPS MedicineWise - Opioids program overview

2021

Fact sheet or brochure

Preventing a problem: Opioid prescribing in hospitals

Webinar Recorded Date: 11 February 2021

The use of opioids after surgery can set many patients on a journey towards opioid harm. Get practical advice on how to change prescribing practices in your hospital, and work with primary care providers to prevent the problems of ongoing opioid use.

Speakers:

• Dr Chris Hayes | Hunter Integrated Pain Service 
• Dr Jennifer Stevens | St Vincent's Hospital, NSW
• Dr Tejas (TJ) Kanhere | St Vincent's Hospital, NSW

Facilitator:

• Dr Robert Herkes | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

Target Audience:

• Pain specialists
• Registrars
• Junior medical officers
• Medical students
• Quality managers
• Public and private health services

Videos:

Preventing a problem: Opioid prescribing in hospitals - Full presentation including Q&A
Video length 1h:42 mins

Reconsidering Opioids - Dr Chris Hayes
Video length 25:40 mins

Taking the wheel: how to change prescribing practices in your hospital - Dr Jennifer Stevens
Video length 20:06 mins

A discussion about opioid prescribing in hospitals - Dr Jennifer Stevens and Dr Tejas Kanhere
Video length 25:02 mins

For more videos in the program series visit the Better Care Everywhere Program Series YouTube channel. 

Presentation PDFs:

Reconsidering opioids - Dr Chris Hayes

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Presentation

Taking the wheel: how to change prescribing practices in your hospital - Dr Jennifer Stevens

2021

Presentation

Resources:

NPS MedicineWise - Opioids program overview

2021

Fact sheet or brochure

NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation – 5As – Opioid therapy monitoring tool

2021

Audit, monitoring or reporting tool

 Faculty of Pain Medicine Opioid Calculator smart phone application

Vanishing variation: Practical tips for doing more of the same

Webinar Recorded Date: 16 February 2021

Cathy Balding and Cathy Jones of the No Harm Done podcast see managing unwarranted variation as a change management issue. In this recording of the podcast, they offer practical tips on managing change, and advice on how to make the investigation and management of healthcare variation part of your clinical governance framework. 

Speakers:

• Adjunct Professor Cathy Balding | Qualityworks PL
• Ms Cathy Jones | TLC Healthcare

Facilitator:

• Conjoint Professor Anne Duggan | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care and School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle

Target Audience:

• CEOs and Board Members
• Clinical directors
• Quality managers
• Accreditation surveyors
• Acute and primary care
• Public and private health services
• Consumers
• Departments of Health

Videos:

Vanishing variation: Practical tips for doing more of the same - Full presentation including Q&A
Video length 1h:28 mins

Vanishing variation: Practical tips for doing more of the same - Adjunct Professor Cathy Balding and Cathy Jones
Video length 1h:07 mins

For more videos in the program series visit the Better Care Everywhere Program Series YouTube channel. 

Presentation PDFs:

Vanishing variation: Practical tips for doing more of the same – Adjunct Professor Cathy Balding and Cathy Jones

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Resources:

NSQHS Standards action 1.28: Your roadmap to better care

Webinar Recorded Date: 23 February 2021

The NSQHS Standards User Guide for the Review of Clinical Variation in Health Care is your roadmap to identify, investigate and address unwarranted variation. Real case studies will guide you through the six steps to drive change and deliver better care.

Speakers:

• Professor Erwin Loh | St Vincent's Health Australia
• Ms Nicole Rasmussen | Alfred Hospital, VIC
• Professor Dominique Cadilhac | Monash University, VIC
• Ms Nicola Hall | Logan Hospital, QLD
• Professor Jacqueline Close | Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW

Facilitator:

• Conjoint Professor Anne Duggan | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care and School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle

Target Audience:

• CEOs and Board members
• Health service executives
• Clinical directors
• Quality managers
• Public and private health services
• Clinicians who will have an interest in the case studies
• Data custodians and analysts
• Registries
• Departments of Health

Videos:

NSQHS Standards action 1.28: Your roadmap to better care - Full presentation including Q&A
Video length 1h:48 mins

Variation in clinical practice: Reducing variation and increasing innovation - Professor Erwin Loh
Video length 15:49 mins

Practical guide to identifying addressing unwarranted clinical variation - Nicole Rasmussen
Video length 17:31 mins

A case study in driving change: The Australian Stroke Clinical Registry - Professor Dominique Cadilhac and Nicola Hall
Video length 14:15 mins

A case study in driving change: The Australian & New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry - Professor Jacqueline Close
Video length 14:07 mins

For more videos in the program series visit the Better Care Everywhere Program Series YouTube channel. 

Presentation PDFs:

Variation in clinical practice: Reducing variation and increasing innovation - Professor Erwin Loh

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Practical guide to identifying and addressing unwarranted clinical variation - Nicole Rasmussen

2021

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A case study in driving change: The Australian Stroke Clinical Registry - Professor Dominique Cadilhac and Nicola Hall

2021

Presentation

Australian & New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry: Enhancing outcomes for older people - Professor Jacqueline Close

2021

Presentation

Resources:

NSQHS Standards User Guide for the Review of Clinical Variation in Health Care

2021

Guide, user guide or guidelines