08:30

Registration & Morning Coffee

09:00

DAY ONE OPENING

09:05

Opening remarks from the Chair      

Dr Shaun Hosein, Senior Medical Officer – Hospital in the Home Service, Queensland Health

09:10

OPENING KEYNOTE | Virtual Hospital – The Future!

• Health disruption over the next decade is inevitable with new innovative models required to deliver scalable healthcare. Care within the home, that is acute-focused is the next step that Australia needs to take to ensure our community can continue to receive affordable and accessible in-patient care.
• The Calvary Amplar Health Joint Venture has delivered virtual hospital care to over 200,000 patients in the last three years, with critical learnings gained in how to operationalise a virtual hospital. Understanding that there are several differences between a virtual hospital and a typical Hospital in the Home is key.
• Health service planning focusing centrally on the consumer need, with an outcomes-based approach, will help drive sustainable, activity-based funded acute virtual care. Calvary Amplar through the standalone NSQHS accredited virtual hospital has focused on the consumer who is seeking a more accessible, convenient, and personalised care approach.
• Technology, including AI, algorithms to identify suitable patients for virtual care and wearable monitoring patches, can help achieve this new era of healthcare. Embracing innovative change to enable new ways of delivering care is paramount, with the demonstrated success of Calvary Amplar’s Virtual Hospital proof of the opportunities available more broadly to Australians requiring inpatient in-home care.

Sarah McRae, Chief Executive Officer, Calvary Amplar Health Joint Venture

09:40

KEYNOTE | The HITH Society, definition of HITH, and what HITH can do for you

Dr James Pollard, President, HITH Society Australasia

10:10

Flying high but staying grounded: A consumer’s perspective of care with Mental Health Hospital in the Home.

• Halluncinations, delusions and disordered thoughts describe the experience of psychosis, but in this presentation, Jacqueline will outline her personal story behind the experience of psychosis and how vital care within the home is to a positive recovery.
• In doing so, Jacqueline will compare and contrast her experience of care within a Mental Health Hosptial in the Home program to that of care within a traditional inpatient hospital settings.
• Ultimately, this presentation seeks to provoke a dialogue about how care can be best delivered for some of the most vulnerable healthcare consumers – consumers experiencing mental ill health.

Jacqueline Kirkman, Lived Experience Project Officer, Mental Health Drugs and Alcohol Service, Barwon Health & Sessional Academic, School of Medicine (Optometry), Deakin University

10:40

Networking Break & Morning Tea

11:10

KEYNOTE | Unveiling the patient, referrer and provider perspectives of HITH in the private sector

• Why does HITH in private health lack the public sector?
• How a lack of standards lead to an inequity of access for consumers
• This talk will use storytelling to explore the experiences of patients, referrers and providers and suggest a meaningful way forward

Ian Galvin, Chief Executive Officer, Ramsay Connect

11:40

Evolution of a Hospital In The Home (HITH) service at Liverpool Hospital, South Western Sydney Local Health Service

• The Liverpool Hospital HITH service, established in 1998, has expanded the range of services it is able to provide over time
• We describe the evolution of the service and present service data from 2016

Dr Prashanth Gunanayagam, Unaccredited Vascular Registrar, Liverpool Hospital, South Western Sydney Local Health District

12:10

PANEL | Expanding HitH service to unique populations: The St George Hospital experience of implementing HitH for women with Hyperemesis Gravidarum

• In 2023 St George Hospital implemented HitH for women with hyperemesis gravidarum.
• In this discussion the St George team will reflect on the challenges and successes of this change.
• They will consider what brought the concept to reality and contemplate what could be on the horizon for new populations that could be cared for by HitH.

Iqra Khan, Clinical Midwifery Consultant Hyperemesis Gravidarum Initiative, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
Kerrie Thomas, Clinical Nurse Consultant Ambulatory Care Unit, Outpatient Department & Hospital in the Home, St George Hospital
Dr Dan Wong, Hospital in the Home Staff Specialist, St George Hospital
Jo Engley, Clinical Nurse Educator, Gynaecology Ward, St George Hospital
Moderator: Anita Pfeiffer, Clinical Midwifery Consultant Risk & Practice Development, St George Hospital

13:00

Networking Lunch

14:00

How can private health care improve hospital in the home options?

• Private Healthcare Australia research shows that over 10% of in-hospital care could be done out of hospital. This provides more than $1 billion in value at stake.
• Australia is well behind the rest of the world in out of hospital care.
• Our research shows that there are several clinical areas where there is significant room for improvement.
• Australia’s current fee for service incentives funding model is a barrier to better patient care.

Ben Harris, Director of Policy and Research, Private Healthcare Australia

14:30

PANEL | Exploring the Benefits and Challenges of Insurance Coverage for HITH

• Exploring the role of private health insurance and government funded health schemes. Is there enough insurance coverage available?
• Affordability and accessibility for the vulnerable population?
• How effective is the partnership between insurers and healthcare providers? How can this collaboration be improved?

Joanna Green, Principal, Hive Legal
Ian Galvin, Chief Executive Officer, Ramsay Connect
Angela Smarrelli, Clinical & Health Program Manager, GMHBA
Moderator: Ben Harris, Director of Policy and Research, Private Healthcare Australia

15:15

Networking Break & Afternoon Tea

15:45

PANEL | Tackling the Changing Expectations of Consumers

• What factors are driving changes in consumer expectations? Does culture and generational difference play an important role?
• What impact did technology have on HITH consumers? How do we balance personalisation and privacy concerns?
• How did the Covid-19 pandemic change consumer behaviour and expectations?
• Emerging trends and outlook?

Jacqueline Kirkman, Lived Experience Project Officer, Mental Health Drugs and Alcohol Service, Barwon Health & Sessional Academic, School of Medicine (Optometry), Deakin University
Aaron Le Saux, ICT Architecture and Integration Manager, Calvary Health Care
Stewart Dowrick, Chief Executive, Mid North Coast Local Health District
Moderator: Joanna Green, Principal, Hive Legal

16:30

PANEL | HITH Vs Virtual Hospitals

• What is the difference?
• Is language preventing us from thinking more broadly about innovative care?
• Who is responsible for what?
• Where are we headed?

Chenyao (Jerry) Yu, General Manager, Virtual Care and Hospital in the Home Services, Northern Sydney Local Health District
Dr Joanna Lawrence, Consultant Paediatrician, Researcher and VVED Paediatric Clinical Lead, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
Sarah McRae, Chief Executive Officer, Calvary Amplar Health Joint Venture
Voni Leighton, Board member, HITH Society of Australasia
Moderator: Shane Delves, A/Stream Manager Virtual Care, NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation

This session will host both the HITH conference and the telehealth audience

17:15

End of Day 1 & Networking Drinks