Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent session 1
1.1 Pitch Presentation
| Time | Session |
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| 11.00 | Fitzroy room |
| Development of consumer information tools on the benefits and risks of new cancer medicines - 101 Dr Agnes Vitry, University of South Australia |
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| e-MEDs reporting for quality use of medicines - 102 Katie Hargreaves, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District |
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| 11.45 |
Methotrexate information sources and perception in patients with rheumatoid arthritis - 103 |
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VicTAG Chemotherapy Audit Toolkit: facilitating health services to prevent errors in the future - 104 Shaun O'Connor, VicTAG |
1.2 Lightning talks – Evolving systems and reimagining policies
| Time | Session |
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| 11.00 | Torrens room |
| The new national Primary Health Network Immunisation Support Program (PHN-ISP) - 105 Aine Heaney, NPS MedicineWise |
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| Physician perspectives on post-market data collection and market withdrawal/disinvestment as components of accelerated access to medicines - 106 Jessica Pace, University of Sydney |
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| Safety, quality and savings: benefits of implementing a state-wide medicines formulary - 107 Lisa Robertson, SA Pharmacy |
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| Stakeholder roles in managing essential medicine shortages - 108 Mai Duong, Royal North Shore Hospital |
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| Reforms to advertising of medicines containing Schedule 3 substances - 109 Dr Rebecca Doolan, Therapeutic Goods Administration |
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| 11.45 | Evaluation of the implementation of the Ohio Emergency and Acute Care Facility Opioids Prescribing Guidelines - 110 Dr Jonathan Penm, University of Sydney |
| Antimicrobial drugs and the special access scheme: an anomaly or a marker of a system in crisis - 111 Nadine Hillock, University of Adelaide |
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| An economic evaluation framework to inform the scheduling of medicines in Australia - 112 Dr Bonny Parkinson, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy |
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| Finding solutions for support workers in medication handling in group homes - 113 Jared Brown, NSW Poisons Information Centre |
1.3 Panel discussion
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 11.00 | Derwent room |
| Post-market safety communications and emerging risks of medicines – are we getting it right? - 114
Panellists: Facilitated by Dr Danijela Gnjidic, University of Sydney |
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| 11.45 | Panel discussion continues |
1.4 Digital data stream
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 11.00 | Swan room |
| MedicineInsight - 115 Rachel Hayhurst, NPS MedicineWise |
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| Lost in translation: redefining data for optimal patient-centred care - 116 Allan Nash, Grace Wong, NPS MedicineWise |
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| 11.45 | Digital coaching – using avatars to support self-management of type 2 diabetes - 117 Ornella Care, Bupa |
| The extended technical and data applications of the MedicineWise app – beyond a consumer medication management app - 118 Kishen Kaurah, NPS MedicineWise |
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| Evaluating digital health interventions - 119 Dr Andre Andrade, University of South Australia |
1.5 Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) stream
| Time | Session |
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| 11.00 | Murray room |
| Panel discussion: Understanding the big picture and foundations for change |
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| 11.45 | AMR stream continues |
Concurrent session 2
2.1 Pitch presentations & Lightning Talks
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 11.00 | Fitzroy room |
| Preventive health: engaging patients with technology - let's develop a patient-controlled preventive health record - 203 Joanne Gross, NPS MedicineWise |
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| Prescribing medicines safely during pregnancy: antiepileptic drugs as a test case - 204 Noni Richards, Dr Alesha Smith, School of Pharmacy, University of Otago |
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| 11.45 | Lightning Talks – Clinical innovation |
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Perceptions of healthcare professionals regarding quality, safety and price of anti-diabetic and anti-hypertensive drugs in Pakistan - 205 Asia Pacific Scholarship Winner |
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| Factors effecting general practitioner decisions to adopt new prescription drugs - 206 Dr Susan Mendez, University of Melbourne |
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| Resistance decay in individuals after antibiotic exposure in primary care: a systematic review and meta-analysis - 207 Mina Bakhit, Bond University |
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| More fun for more learning: poke-biotic go; an innovative approach to Antibiotic Awareness Week - 208 Aimee Peterson, Wyong Hospital, Central Coast Local Health District |
2.2 Lightning talks – Clinical innovation
| Time | Session |
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| 11.00 | Torrens room |
| A new model of engaging with specialists: acceptability of PBS Practice Review reports for rheumatologists - 209 Dr Andrew Marson, NPS MedicineWise |
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| End-of-Life Essentials Professional Education: what do learners tell us they can change in their own clinical practice? - 210 Kim Devery, Flinders University |
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| An interdisciplinary model of care in general practice for smoking cessation support, and early detection and management of COPD - 211 Dr Johnson George, Monash University |
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| Empowering and educating mental health consumers with a ‘snowballing’ approach to medicines information provision - 212 Amy Stashynsky, South Western Sydney Local Health District Mental Health Service |
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| Improving metabolic monitoring of hospitalised patients taking regular antipsychotic medications: the need for local and global interventions - 213 Sarah Dinh, NSW Therapeutic Advisory Group |
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| 11.45 | Initiation of antipsychotic medicines in older Australians during hospital admission - 214 Dr Lisa Kalisch Ellett, University of South Australia |
| Denosumab: how can we optimise use? - 215 Angus Thompson, University of Tasmania |
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| Using 10% PBS data to investigate medication adherence and its association with the 2014 NPS MedicineWise asthma program in Australia - 216 Jianyun Wu, NPS MedicineWise |
2.3 Panel discussion
| Time | Session |
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| 11.00 | Derwent room |
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Bowraville Solution Brokerage - MNCLHD and consumer empowerment in health care delivery - 217 Panellists: |
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| 11.45 | Panel discussion continues |
2.4 Improving medicine use
| Time | Session |
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| 11.00 | Swan room |
| Individualising deprescribing decisions - A general practitioner-led deprescribing intervention in community-living older people with polypharmacy - 218 Ian Scott, Princess Alexandra Hospital |
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| Minimising the functional burden of medications in older inpatients: implementation of the drug burden index - 219 Professor Sarah Hilmer, Royal North Shore Hospital and University of Sydney |
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| Insights from a multidisciplinary deprescribing intervention in hospital targeting older patients with Hyperpolypharmacy - 220 Professor Sarah Hilmer, Royal North Shore Hospital and University of Sydney |
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| Innovations in computerised decision support in hospitals to reduce inappropriate polypharmacy in older adults - 221 Mai Duong, Royal North Shore Hospital |
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Development of a tool to assess polypharmacy - 222 Nashwa Masnoon, University of South Australia, Royal Adelaide Hospital |
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| 11.45 | Use of medicines associated with delirium prior to hospitalisation in older Australians - 223 Gizat Molla Kassie, University of South Australia |
| Same old problem - but substitutes and altered practice: continued overuse of psychotropic medication in residential aged care - 224 Dr Juanita Westbury, Wicking Dementia Centre, University of Tasmania |
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Implementation of the Goal-Directed Medication Review Electronic Decision Support System (G-MEDSS) - 225 Dr Mouna Sawan, CDPC, University of Sydney |
2.5 Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) stream
| Time | Session |
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| 11.00 | Murray room |
| New approaches to addressing AMR | |
| 11.45 | AMR stream continues |