Program & Speakers

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
HealthTap (USA)

"Imagine a world where people everywhere have instant, ubiquitous access to the best doctors, who genuinely care about them and can help them to feel good every day. I founded HealthTap to act on my core belief that healthcare is a fundamental human right."

BIO » Ron Gutman is a serial digital health entrepreneur who has started and built several successful companies. He's currently the Founder and CEO of HealthTap, the fastest growing digital health startup that connects many millions of people everywhere with top doctors for answers, tips, checklists, news, and live Virtual Consults. He's responsible for the company's vision, innovation, products, and growth.

Chief Clinical Information Officer
eHealth NSW

BIO » Dr John Lambert commenced as the Chief Clinical Information Officer for eHealth NSW in August 18, 2014. Prior to his current role, Dr Lambert was working as the Medical Director of Intensive Care at Orange Health Service. Before beginning his medical career as an intern at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Dr Lambert was a Technical Officer for the Australian National Liver Transplant Unit whilst designing electronic devices and writing medical practice management software for a health industry software, hardware and support company. Designing technology and related systems to help clinicians deliver better patient care is one of Dr Lambert’s passions. His experience ranges from his work in hands-on Information and Communication Technology development, through to a long history of contribution to major health projects including hospital redevelopments and clinical Information Technology (IT), technology and communication systems, including the Critical Care Advisory Service in Western NSW Local Health District.

Chairman
Homecare Medical (NZ)

BIO » Dr Martin Seers has been a family doctor in Christchurch since 1991. He trained at Otago Medical School and Christchurch Clinical School where he is currently a Clinical Lecturer. Martin is the chairman of Homecare Medical Ltd (HML) which is a joint venture between Pegasus Health in ChCh and its sister PHO in Auckland - Procare. HML has traditionally provided a Nurse triage service used across New Zealand by about 1/3 of General Practice and more recently is working in a pilot with St John's Ambulance in their Auckland call-centre to help callers get the most appropriate care when an ambulance may not be required. Homecare Medical has recently responded to the Governments RFP for Telehealth services in New Zealand, looking for innovation and coordination across the health sector. In 1993, Martin helped set up Pegasus Health comprehensive Continuing Medical Education Programme, based around ethical management of referred general practice services ( pharmaceuticals, laboratory etc), which now provides peer led education for GPs, nurses and pharmacists across Canterbury. He was involved in both negotiating the contract and then helping to set up the 'Acute Demand' services in ChCh, that has led to more services being delivered in the community and less hospital admissions - currently at 70% of comparable DHBs in NZ. He joined the Pegasus board in 1996, became Deputy Chair in 2005, and Chaired the Board from 2007 to 2014. Martin's interests in Pegasus Health have been varied and include innovations in health care, nursing development, Maori and Pacific health, clinical governance, finance & contracts and ethical use of health resources. During his chairmanship, Pegasus amalgamated with Partnership PHO; and Pegasus was instrumental in setting up the Canterbury Clinical Network - an Alliance framework for innovations in healthcare. He helped to lead the health response to the devastating Canterbury earthquakes of 2010/2011, and the subsequent development of 'Healthone' a shared patient record view across the entire health system. He continues to work 6/10 in his practice and enjoys the patient relationships and teamwork that form the backbone of general practice. He is involved in the 'Healthcare Home' work that is looking at new ways of delivering quality, coordinated, team care based in community settings focussed around the needs of patients.

Senior Research Scientist and Team Leader
The Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO

BIO » Jill Freyne is a Senior Research Scientist and Team leader in the Australian eHealth Research Centre. Jill's research areas include human computer interaction, recommender systems and information retrieval. Jill's work at CSIRO focuses on technologies to impact attitude and behaviour in the health domain and Jill's team works on the design and evaluation of effective and engaging mobile technologies. Jill has lead several projects including large-scale digital interventions for lifestyle change, delivered through web and mobile devices across Australia. Jill has authored over 60 publications published in top quality journals and conferences.

Founding Co-Chair
Future Health Leaders

BIO » Shannon Nott is a passionate and enthusiastic doctor, keen to make a difference in rural and remote health. His passion for creating a improved and sustainable health system, particularly in the field of rural and remote health has seen him win numerous prestigious awards including Australian Medical Student of the Year, NSW Finalist for Young Australian of the Year, and recently runner-up for AMA's Junior Doctor of the Year. In 2014, Shannon travelled through Canada, USA and Brazil as a part of a Churchill Fellowship looking at ways in which telehealth programs can improve outcomes in rural and remote communities. Shannon's leadership within the field of health has also seen him be the youngest member appointed to the previous Minister's Men's Health Reference Group as well as the NSW Australia Day Council. He also sits on multiple advisory committees for the Clinical Excellence Commission and the Agency for Clinical Innovation. Shannon was the founding Co-Chair of Future Health Leaders, a organisation initially working alongside Health Workforce Australia to represent Australia's health professionals in-training. Future Health Leaders aims to develop both innovative and sustainable solutions to current health issues in Australia through engagement with students and early-career health professionals across professions and sectors.

Chief Executive Officer
integratedliving Australia

"Making services possible in rural, regional and remote Australia through telehealth."

BIO » Since commencing with integratedliving Australia Catherine has worked extensively in roles that supported organisational development and the growth of the organisation. Catherine is passionate about innovation, customer centricity, and equity of access to health and wellbeing services for rural, regional and remote consumers.

Telehealth in the Home Project Manager
Flinders University

"Now we can buy most of the components of a telehealth setup in the local electronics store, it is about time we figured out how to manage the services!"

BIO » Alan project managed the Flinders Telehealth in the Home initiative supporting Palliative and Supportive Care, and Aged Care and Rehabilitation which investigated the effect of telehealth support to the homes of community-based patients and carers. Alan has worked the telehealth, telecommunications, consultancy and healthcare business in Australia, Europe and Africa leading telehealth, information systems, and telecommunications initiatives.

Manager Community and Consumer Engagement
Western Sydney Local Health District

"Identifying and partnering with your stakeholders is crucial in developing effective and sustainable telehealth models."

BIO » Dr Wales has substantial experience developing new, effective and affordable models of care that address the needs of Australian healthcare consumers. The unique requirements of Aboriginal community members have been a special focus. She has worked with clinicians to understand their needs in the development of new telehealth models of healthcare in rural Australia.

Director
Physios Online

"How does a very 'hands on' health profession move into online consultations? Karen has the answers."

BIO » Karen Finnin is a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist and the Director of Physios Online, which specialises in providing long distance Physiotherapy consultations to people in rural and remote areas. Physios Online is the first privately funded, publicly accessible, entirely online Physiotherapy practice in Australia. Karen is now a leading consultant in assisting health professionals to transition their businesses to the online space. Karen is also an Author, with her book 'Before You Break - Simple Steps to Injury Proof Your Body' being published in 2013.

Co-Founder
Dragon Claw

BIO » Michael brings over 30 years of experience as a senior management consultant. He has worked throughout the South Pacific, United States of America, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, The People's Republic of China and New Zealand. He has been heavily engaged with innovations in health planning and delivery in Australia and maintain a strong interest in the use of internet technologies in the areas of general nursing, maternity, aged care and mental health and is a recognised expert in video based telehealth services.

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Quanticare Technologies

"We are moving from event-driven to data-driven clinical encounters with the help of sensor technologies and predictive analytics."

BIO » Philip is the CEO and Co-Founder of Quanticare Technologies, a startup health technology company building novel tracking and monitoring solutions which will support the clinical application of predictive analytics in healthcare. Phil is passionate about building a more proactive and preventative healthcare system where clinical encounters are data driven as opposed to event driven. Phil is a graduate of the doctor of physiotherapy program at Melbourne University and founded the local chapter of the Quantified Self Community. When he has a chance, Phil enjoys rock climbing and good food.

Founder
GP2U Telehealth

BIO » Dr James Freeman is the founding owner of GP2U Telehealth with executive responsibilities for platform development and clinical oversight. He's a practicing GP, a Lecturer in Medicine at UTAS, and has a B.Sc, MB,BS and notation on the Dean's Roll of Excellence for outstanding academic achievement.

General Manager of Product and Innovation
natr™ – Community Telco

BIO » Gareth Hagebols is the General Manager of Product and Innovation for Community Telco an initiative of the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank. He also heads up natr, the Division of Community Telco providing advanced collaboration solutions. In response to the growing needs of the health industry, Gareth established natr in 2013. His 20 years of technology experience has included a variety of sectors and roles including the Department of Defence - Army from 1995 to 2001, Project Management of the first Mobile Video Network to be deployed in Australia at Hutchison 3G and as Managing Director of his own company deploying broadband for the federal government from 2004 to 2007 under the HiBIS and then Broadband Connect schemes. From 2007 to date, Gareth has provided consulting and ICT strategy advice to a broad range of businesses and in particular has been working with the health sector over the last 8 years providing innovative and flexible solutions for major hospitals, emergency departments and other health segment customers, he is passionate about helping the sector deliver improved levels of care economically and efficiently.

Telehealthcare Consultant

BIO » As Telehealthcare Consultant, Ilkka specialises in corporate and industrial medical solutions, focusing on new and existing partnerships across New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania. He has a Bachelor Degree of Sports and Exercise Management from the University of Technology, Sydney. Joining Tunstall in 2013, Ilkka brings to the role his extensive experience in sourcing and developing new business opportunities, cultivating partnerships and managing relationships with existing clients. He is a highly motivated and driven professional, with a focus on raising the profile of Tunstall and its lifesaving products.

Co-founder, CEO
Revolve Robotics

BIO » Marcus Rosenthal is the Co-founder and CEO of Revolve Robotics. Previously, Marcus was a co-founder and led the business development for Artificial Muscle that was acquired by Bayer in 2010. Prior to Artificial Muscle, Marcus worked on biologically inspired robots at SRI International. He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley, and in his spare time he likes to skateboard, surf, paint, yoga, hike, bike, and do woodworking.

Director
Physios Online

"How does a very 'hands on' health profession move into online consultations? Karen has the answers."

BIO » Karen Finnin is a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist and the Director of Physios Online, which specialises in providing long distance Physiotherapy consultations to people in rural and remote areas. Physios Online is the first privately funded, publicly accessible, entirely online Physiotherapy practice in Australia. Karen is now a leading consultant in assisting health professionals to transition their businesses to the online space. Karen is also an Author, with her book 'Before You Break - Simple Steps to Injury Proof Your Body' being published in 2013.

IT and Information Services Officer
Health Information Management Association of Australia

BIO » Ralph is responsible for HIMAA IT services, in-house support and network administration, database administration, eCommerce systems, all online services, WorkWeb and development of web-based applications for HIMAA as well as producing the e-Newsletter and the online editions of the HIM Journal. Ralph has an Honours degree in HIM and has lectured at the School of HIM at the University of Sydney. He is an Associate Fellow of the Australian College of Health Services Executives and has been involved in the ITC industry since 1979. He holds editorial board positions on a number of Internet-based health informatics Journals and lectures extensively on the uses of PDA/Mobile technologies in medicine and is a recognised expert in PDA technologies in health care. He is a member of the American Medical Informatics Association, the Australian Computer Society (Certified Professional), HISA and the Health Information Management Systems Society.

Professional Services Manager
Australian Diabetes Educators Association

"Diabetes educators have more to offer than just clinic time."

BIO » Rachel was employed at ADEA in October 2013 as Professional Officer. Her new title of Professional Services Manager encompasses all aspects of the education, credentialling and input in to key diabetes education service documents. She is a Credentialled Diabetes Educator and Accredited Practicing Dietitian and has previous experience working in hospitals, community health centres, and private practice as both a Dietitian and a Diabetes Educator. Rachel has also been involved in national policy reviews and national guideline development for various projects relating to people with diabetes. In her current role as Professional Services Manager at ADEA, Rachel is project manager for the changes to the credentialing program, as well as some ADEA developed CPD events. Her role also includes liaising with stakeholders on various projects and programs to continually improve the health care of people with diabetes. She is currently undertaking her Masters in Diabetes with a research project based on Mentoring for Credentialled Diabetes Educators. In her previous role as Diabetes Educator and Diabetes Dietitian at NSW Health, she undertook the first implementation of telehealth for children with Type 1 diabetes in the Kempsey/Port Macquarie area on the Mid North Coast.

NHMRC Senior Research Fellow
Smart Foods Centre, University of Wollongong

"mHealth within the field of nutrition creates an avenue to allow us to embrace factors of convenience while trying to help improve the profile of what people are eating."

BIO » Yasmine Probst is an NHMRC Senior Research Fellow with the Smart Foods Centre, School of Medicine at the University of Wollongong and an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian. Yasmine is the director of the newly formed virtual Centre for Nutrition Informatics and holds a current NHMRC TRIP fellowship. Her research specifically focuses on nutrition informatics and food composition and its application to the field of dietetics. She is an active member of the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) within which she currently maintains the role of chairperson on the Health Informatics Advisory Committee. Yasmine is the present book review editor for the Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics and has presented her research at a number of national and international conferences.

Deputy Chair, Tasmania Faculty
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

BIO » Bastian Seidel is a practicing GP in rural Tasmania and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong. He was one of the first GPs in Australia to conduct a consultation under the Medicare Telehealth program. He is one of the RACGP PCEHR advocates for Tasmania.

Vice President
Australasian Telehealth Society

BIO » Dr Victoria Wade is a general practitioner and psychologist, and a Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide. Dr Wade has recently completed a PhD on the uptake and sustainability of telehealth services in Australia. She conducts research and operates clinical telehealth services with teaching hospitals, Medicare Locals, rural general practices, community care services, and professional associations.

Health Analytics Manager
Bupa Health Dialog

"Simple solutions to complex problems are too often overlooked – providing quick, practical solutions can be the key to changing performance."

BIO » David is the Health Analytics Manager for Bupa Australia and has significant experience in developing and implementing analytic systems which deliver insight and enable operational decision making. With a strong background in data analysis and statistics, David is experienced with delivering analytics and performance reporting using ‘big data’. Working within Bupa Health Services, David is responsible for analysis and insight to support Bupa’s drive to deliver Health services directly through the Health Dialog, and Medical Services businesses When it comes to data and analytics David’s driving interest is to extract value from the significant volumes of data that are created and collected in the course of normal business activity.

Founder
GP2U Telehealth

BIO » Dr James Freeman is the founding owner of GP2U Telehealth with executive responsibilities for platform development and clinical oversight. He's a practicing GP, a Lecturer in Medicine at UTAS, and has a B.Sc, MB,BS and notation on the Dean's Roll of Excellence for outstanding academic achievement.

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
HealthTap (USA)

"Imagine a world where people everywhere have instant, ubiquitous access to the best doctors, who genuinely care about them and can help them to feel good every day. I founded HealthTap to act on my core belief that healthcare is a fundamental human right."

BIO » Ron Gutman is a serial digital health entrepreneur who has started and built several successful companies. He's currently the Founder and CEO of HealthTap, the fastest growing digital health startup that connects many millions of people everywhere with top doctors for answers, tips, checklists, news, and live Virtual Consults. He's responsible for the company's vision, innovation, products, and growth.

Managing Director
Telstra Health

BIO » Shane Solomon has managed both Australian and global healthcare for more than 30 years. In 2013, he became the inaugural Head of Health for Telstra. Shane's experience includes: • KPMG's National Partner in Charge of Healthcare • Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority • Under-Secretary of Health at the Victorian Department of Human Services • Group Chief Executive Officer of the integrated Sisters of Mercy Victoria hospital and aged care services group. He also serves as chair of the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority.

Director Telehealth Support, Clinical Access and Redesign Unit
Department of Health, Queensland Government

"It's time to embed telehealth into everyday service delivery models."

BIO » Andrew has over 25 years' experience in the healthcare sector, during this time he has fulfilled clinical and managerial roles in Australia and internationally. Andrew has also worked in the areas of health informatics, clinical service redesign, knowledge support and telehealth.

Chief Scientist
CSIRO

BIO » Prof. Celler was Principal Scientist at the CSIRO Centre for Computational Informatics through to the 31st Dec 2014 and was previously Chief Scientist of the CSIRO ICT Centre. He has an international reputation as a leader and innovator in the area of physiological modelling and biological signal processing and over the last 20 years has undertaken pioneering work in the application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in health. Prof. Celler ceased FT employment with the CSIRO on the 31st Dec 2014. He will continue with the CSIRO on a PT 20% EFT basis through to the 30th April heading up the NBN Telehealth Research Group as they complete their analysis and publication of the data collected during the NBN Telehealth Pilot Program Trial which ended on the 31st Dec 2014. He is now engaged as a consultant and research advisor to Universities and private sector companies.

Chair, Statewide Rural and Remote Clinical Network
Department of Health, Queensland

"Turning fragmented policy into action at the coalface."

BIO » Dr Chater is a long term rural doctor and advocate for rural medicine. He currently chairs the Queensland State Wide Rural and Remote Clinical Network and in that role has advocated for services closer to home - both face to face and via telehealth and across the public/private divide. He is a rural doctor and a rural patient, a community leader and a community member.

Chief Clinical Information Officer
eHealth NSW

BIO » Dr John Lambert is the Chief Clinical Information Officer for eHealth NSW

Manager Telehealth Strategy and Development
Department of Health, Victoria

BIO » Geri commenced working in the Department of Health in 2013 as the Manager of Telehealth Strategy & Development. Geri’s previous work includes health service strategy, consulting and senior roles in the not for profit sector. Geri’s current remit is to establish a visible telehealth presence in the Victorian Department of Health and lead the development of a strategic framework and suite of work that aims to support and enable health services considering telehealth services models.