Month: July 2017

Miss Elizabeth Ellis1 1Telstra Health, Communicare, Adelaide, Australia   Purpose:  e-Enabled health systems influence on Continuum of Care Nature/Scope:  embedding state of health core business and clinical governance fundamentals such as evidence based best practice, decision support tools for your...
  • July 3, 2017
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Mr Tobias Speare1 1Centre For Remote Health, Alice Springs, Australia   The presentation will discuss the use of online education and technology in reducing access barriers to professional development and resources for the remote health workforce, in particular the experience...
  • July 3, 2017
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Ms Deborah O’Neill1 1Rural Lap, Coffs Harbour, Australia   Technology provides unparalleled support to clinicians practicing in some of the most isolated areas of Australia. Often without the support of a doctor, remote practitioners are equipped to provide life-saving treatment...
  • July 3, 2017
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Ms Jennifer Barrett1, Ms Bernadette Heenan1 1Apunipima Cape York Health Council, Manoora, Australia   Pregnant women with pre-existing type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) are at a higher risk of adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes and commonly require significant increases in...
  • July 3, 2017
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Ms Kristy Newett1 1Kimberley Population Health Unit, Broome, Australia   The issue of geographical location in remote communities across Australia can impact on antenatal and postnatal care. The women who choose to receive antenatal and postnatal care in the Kimberley...
  • July 3, 2017
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Mr Tobias Speare1, Mrs Lyn Byers1 1Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association (CARPA) Inc., Alice Springs, Australia   The presentation will demonstrate the use of technology in improving orientation to remote health, specifically to the purpose and use of the Remote...
  • July 3, 2017
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Mrs Yvonne Zardins1, Doctor Stephanie Schlueter1 1WA Country Health Service, Perth, Australia   The WA Country Health Service (WACHS) commenced the Emergency Telehealth Service (ETS) in 2012 aiming to improve emergency medical care delivered to patients who present to remote...
  • July 3, 2017
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Mrs Patricia Amaranti1 1The Australian Indigenous Healthinfonet, Kalamunda, Australia   Tobacco use among pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia is disproportionately high. In 2014, 45% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia reported smoking during...
  • July 3, 2017
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Miss Catherine Halkon1, Mrs Claire  Boardman1 1RHDAustralia, Menzies School Of Health Research , Casuarina , Australia   Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) are preventable conditions which have been largely eliminated from developed countries yet Australia has one...
  • July 3, 2017
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Mr Ethan Zappala1 1James Cook University, Cairns , Australia   This research aims to explore the oral health literacy of rural-dwelling adolescents in North Queensland. Health education interventions carried out during early adolescence have been shown to have long lasting...
  • July 3, 2017
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