Northern Institute
Digital Health for the Bush Forum 2023
| Presenter | Simbani Research & CRCNA Developing Northern Australia | |
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Northern Institute's Savanna Room CDU Casuarina Campus Building Yellow 1, Level 2, Room 48 |
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| Open to | Public | |
About
This year's DH4B Forum will be held at the Savanna Room, Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, for those attending in person. Simbani Researchers will provide a summary of key findings from the CRCNA Telehealth Projects and there will be a panel session addressing this year’s theme "Can health funding be re-distributed to more effectively service regional and remote areas? Other topics included are "Tales of the Long Covid" - an update on research and "Can the MBS wild west get any worse?" For those attending in person, there will be a networking session after the forum. There is no charge for this event.
Program
| Time | Presenter | Program Session |
| 1:00 | Dr Darius Pfitzner Asia Pacific College of Business & Law (APCB&L) | Welcome, and introduction. |
| 1:05 | Opening address. The Forum will follow last year’s DH4B Forum and explore some barriers to expanding access to health services for Rural, Regional and Remote (RRR) people through telehealth. | |
| 1:10 | Marianne St Clair Researcher, Simbani Research | CRCNA Telehealth Project update. |
| 1:15 | David Murtagh Researcher, Simbani Research | PhD Project update. |
| 1:20 | Dr Annie Banbury Health of Clinical Research, Coviu | Coviu demonstration |
| 1:25 | Robert Hardie Executive Manager, Health & Agriculture, Regional and Remote, NBN Co | NBN Co update |
| Jason Davis CEO, WUNA | WUNA update | |
| 1:35 | Dr Daniel Featherstone (Panel facilitator) Senior Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society | Panel Session: Scam awareness - how do we get scam updates out to remote community residents? PANEL: |
| 1:55 | Moira O’Brien President, NT Isolated Children’s and Parents’ Association | ICPA Update |
| 2:00 | Professor Steven Faux | Tales of the Long Covid – update on research |
| 2:15 | Dr Margaret Faux CEO & Founder, Synapse Medical Services. | Can the MBS Wild West get any worse? |
| 2:30 | Break for afternoon tea. | |
| 3:00 | Mark Diamond (Panel facilitator) CEO, Diamond Consulting | Can health funding be re-distributed to more effectively service regional and remote areas? Introductory speeches: PANEL: |
| 4:20 | Mark Diamond | Panel session summary, outcomes and recommendations |
| 4:30 | Dr Darius Pfitzner | Close of Workshop and welcome to Networking Session: Northern Institute Breezeway |
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