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.

Speaker:

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

Facilitator:

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

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Individual videos of sessions can be viewed on the Better Care Everywhere Program Series YouTube channel. 

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

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Individual videos of sessions can be viewed on the Better Care Everywhere Program Series YouTube channel. 

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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

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Individual videos of sessions can be viewed on the Better Care Everywhere Program Series YouTube channel. 

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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

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Individual videos of sessions can be viewed on the Better Care Everywhere Program Series YouTube channel. 

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

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Individual videos of sessions can be viewed on the Better Care Everywhere Program Series YouTube channel. 

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