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November 2020
Consumers Health Forum Annual General Meeting
The Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF) will be holding their Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Monday 23 November, 2020. Registrations are essential. The AGM will also launch the CHF's Consumer Commissions' report on the lessons for consumers from the COVID experience. For people involved in health delivery and policy, it has become commonplace to hear that COVID has generated the impetus and necessity for change in health care, the expansion of telehealth being a prime example of this shift…
Find out more »December 2020
Indo-Asia Digital Health Conference 2020
The Indo-Asia Digital Health Centre for Innovation and Commercialisation is holding the Digital Health and Telemedicine workshop in collaboration with the University of Notre Dame Australia’s School of Medicine. This year new and exciting topics will be discussed including applications relevant to COVID-19. Experts from around the globe will discuss successful telemedicine and digital health solutions, projects and successful business models, with the keynote being delivered by burns specialist and Australian of the Year, Professor Fiona Wood. Topics include: Telehome…
Find out more »March 2021
Consumers Health Forum Summit 2021 – Shifting Gears
The Consumers Health Forum (CHF) of Australia will be hosting the inaugural Australian and New Zealand Consumer Experience and Leadership in Healthcare Summit on 18-19 March 2021 at the International Convention Centre in Sydney. The Summit will offer both organisations and consumers who want to be at the forefront of system change the opportunity to come together to explore, discuss and grow the concept and practice of consumer-centred care. The CHF Summit 2021: Shifting Gears will: Support the development of…
Find out more »September 2021
Health Consumers’ Council World Patient Safety Day
World Patient Safety Day is on this week, and Health Consumers’ Council invite you to join them this Friday 17th September for an interactive Q&A panel discussion exploring maternal and childbirth care. In partnership with AHPRA and Women’s and Newborns Health Network, we will explore topics such as Aboriginal women’s experiences of childbirth, the impact of COVID on birthing women, why feedback is important and how it changes things, and how to give feedback. We are excited to announce a…
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Phage Therapy – Information Session
The discovery of antibiotics is one of the greatest medical advances of the 20th century, where they have been used to successfully treat many previously untreatable bacterial infections. However, their success has been accompanied by the emergence of antibiotic resistance (also known as antimicrobial resistance; AMR). This is where bacteria have evolved to “resist” the mechanisms by which antibiotics have their effect. As such, the World Health Organisation has named AMR as one of the top current global public health…
Find out more »December 2021
Optimising Consumer and Community Involvement in your Research
When: Thursday 9 December Time: 12pm - 1pm Online via Zoom: Meeting ID: 899 2167 4569 Passcode: 060795 Zoom Link: https://uwa.zoom.us/j/89921674569?pwd=cENxM0t5am9IM1h6ZHF2bzBwREVMZz09
Find out more »February 2022
COVID Care at Home – Community Conversation
Join the Health Consumers’ Council for a conversation with the Department of Health's Assistant Director General about the new WA COVID Care at Home program. As we prepare for living with greater numbers of COVID-19 cases in the community, the Department of Health has launched WA COVID Care at Home. While most people with COVID-19 will be able to care for themselves at home, with some support from their GP, other people may have risk factors that mean their symptoms may…
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March 2022
Neurodiversity in Data Science
WADSIH is excited to partner with Curtin University’s Autism Academy for Software Quality Assurance (AASQA) and Idoba for the Neurodiversity in Data Science event. Neurodiversity is an inclusive term that emphasises the differences in neurocognitive functions of people such as those on the autism spectrum, dyslexic individuals, and people with ADHD. Many neurodiverse individuals have exceptional skills such as superior attention to detail, heightened pattern recognition, and sustained concentration that make them very valuable employees that increase productivity and product…
Find out more »August 2022
South Regional Health Research Forum
Join fellow researchers, health practitioners and consumers at the South Regional Health Research Forum. As the Collaborative has expanded from the South West to take in the Great Southern, the Forum is planned to take place in Albany on the Friday 26 August 2022 with a Community Engagement workshop taking place on the afternoon of Thursday 25 August 2022. The forum is an opportunity to share ideas, network and identify the barriers and enablers for health research in regional and…
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