1. iTHE HOSPITAL AFTER HOURS
23-24 May 2016
Sydney, NSW Australia
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Improving Patient Flows—Towards Sustainability
16-17 March 2017
Gold Coast, Queensland
Change Champions & Associates present...
2. Abstracts are now invited for 20 minute oral presentations at Improving Patient Flows—
Towards Sustainability
Over the last decade we have seen an increasing emphasis on improving efficiency an
cutting waste in healthcare. In this seminar, the focus is on showcasing successful
initiatives to improve patient flows, especially those where there is evidence of
sustainability over time.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
System wide, hospital wide, division/department wide initiatives/collaborations that
have improved patient flow and where there appears some indication for future
sustainability
Improving operational management (especially where changes have resulted
from partnering with consumers)
- Redesign
- Co design and patient journey improvements
- Lean
- Measures of integration of patient flow improvement into business as usual
ICT initiatives that demonstrate sustainable patient flow improvements
Contingency planning, protocols including scalability of escalation/surge
responses
Forecasting and modeling to predict variations in flow
ABSTRACT REQUIREMENTS
Please set out your abstract for a 20 minute oral presentation followed by questions as
follows:
First name, last name of the presenting author (receives one only complimentary
registration)
Position title
Organisation + State
6 line Bio
Names of any co-authors
Up to 350 word abstract (we do not read beyond 350 words), ie what you did,
why, what you achieved, how you have achieved sustainability and what you
learnt.
One presenter of an accepted abstract will receive a complimentary registration to
both days of the seminar.
Email your abstract to us at info@changechampions.com.au by 20 December 2016 OR
if using Word 2003, lodge on line at http://www.changechampions.com.au
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS