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Conference Host
university of melbourne

Major Sponsor
dept of human services

Conference Funding
dept health and aging

Workshop Sponsor
national health and medical research council

Workshop Program

Workshop 1: Using the heiQ - Australia's chronic disease self-management quality and monitoring system
Workshop 2: A whole systems approach to self management: what works and what doesn't
Workshop 3: Chronic condition self-management: partnerships with patients
Workshop 4: Coordinating chronic disease self-management in the primary healthcare setting - showcasing innovation Primary Health Branch, Department of Human Services, Victoria.
Workshop 5: Challenging Arthritis: an internet based initiative to reach people in regional and remote areas
Workshop 6: The LIFE program–improving long-term health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
Workshop 7: Evaluation of chronic disease self-management programs: A framework to ensure the right outcomes are assessed at the right time
Workshop 8: Introducing Innovation in to Health Care: how to generate a sustainable service

Workshop 4

Coordinating chronic disease self-management in the primary healthcare setting - showcasing innovation Primary Health Branch, Department of Human Services, Victoria.

The Department of Human Services Victoria has taken a strong lead in promoting self management in the health sector. Policy and funding initiatives across both the acute and community sector have supported the building of capacity and care delivery systems to improve self management support and integration into chronic disease care.

This workshop will provide an overview of the policy directions that have created awareness, built capacity and promoted system changes to support better responses to chronic disease particularly in the area of self management. You will have the opportunity to hear from a number of speakers about innovations currently being generated at the local level through primary care partnerships and the early intervention in chronic disease management programs.

This is an important workshop for Victorian healthcare professionals and managers wishing to understand:

  • What is needed to effectively promote self management within an organisation- processes, training and resource allocation
  • How to implement system wide changes and manage the changing roles of health care processionals
  • Strategies for planning and affecting change at a regional level. The workshop will include time for discussion and shared learnings.