In this talk, Mike will look back at transformative digital changes of the past 10 years, explores what’s on the horizon, and considers how we might help shape the future of healthcare technology to benefit both patients and the people looking after them. Along the way, he’ll ask how our roles as clinicians might need to evolve in the new digital world.
Mental health risk assessments have always been a challenge, even for the most experienced clinicians. Risk assessment involves understanding not just the severity of the reported symptoms but the underlying motivations and the psychosocial circumstances.
At The Royal Children’s Hospital, we recognise the significant impact of healthcare delivery on environmental pollution and climate change, and that these have direct impact on the health and wellbeing of children. To commemorate World Environment Day on June 5th, the Campus Sustainability Committee has organised this Grand Round to highlight the increasing concern around plastics – their production, use and disposal – as a major hazard to human health.
Trauma-Informed Preventative Care (TIPC) is shaping the way we support children, young people, families, and staff across The Royal Children’s Hospital.
Rare diseases are a leading cause of infant mortality and lifelong disability in high income countries. Incorporating genomic sequencing into newborn screening programs raises the prospect of being able to detect hundreds of early-onset, severe, but treatable genetic conditions at birth, potentially improving clinical outcomes, with genomic data stored to benefit health over lifetime and support further research
In recognition of Allied Health Professions Day 2023, this year’s RCH Allied Health Grand Round explores future opportunities for Allied Health to harness and build upon digital learning and capability in the delivery of high-quality patient care. Going beyond the electronic medical record, our line-up of expert presenters will highlight the scope of digital health possibilities within allied health practice with a key focus on the themes of collaboration and co-design, audience reach and sustainability.
Our Healthy Trajectories research is done in partnership with consumers, clinicians, and researchers with diverse disciplinary expertise. Our goal is to contribute evidence to rapidly improve the health, wellbeing, and participation of those with child-onset disability and their families. We will only be able to ensure that people with disability can participate as equal members of society if we collaborate effectively across disciplines and sectors: we invite your involvement.
Interested in combining research with your clinical work? This Grand Round features clinician scientists from the Department of General Medicine. You will hear about their diverse career pathways and research programs, as well as how they balance research with their clinical work and other commitments.
Launched in June of 2021, the Centre for Health Analytics has now been operational for a year. With a vision to unleash the power of data to improve child and adolescent health, the Centre will share some early successes and show how we’re aligned to similar initiatives in the NHS. This presentation will spark new ideas of how to use data, and provide insights into how best to engage with the Centre for Health Analytics to deliver high value data rich work.
Speaker
Professor Jim Buttery is a paediatric infectious diseases physician and vaccinologist. He is the inaugural Professor of Child Health Informatics at the University of Melbourne. He is Head of Health Informatics, Epidemiology and Signal detection at SAEFVIC (MCRI) and Chief Clinical Research Information Officer & Infectious Diseases Physician at The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH). Prof Buttery also serves as a member of the TGA Advisory Committee on Vaccines.
The Australian healthcare system is a significant contributor to climate change through its own carbon footprint, which is estimated to be 7% of Australia’s total carbon emissions. National and international peak health organisations are urging healthcare sectors to decrease their emissions as quickly as possible, in order to uphold our core mission to sustain health and our responsibility to first do no harm.
