There are a variety of sponsorship opportunities available for Telehealth 2012, please contact HISA +61 3 9326 3311 or email telehealth"AT"hisa.org.au to discuss your presence at the Australian Telehealth Conference 2012.

Official Sponsors

Department of Health and Ageing

DoHA is an official sponsor of the
Australian Telehealth Conference 2012

The vision of the Department of Health and Ageing is Better health and active ageing for all Australians. The department is responsible for achieving the Government's priorities for population health, aged care and population ageing as well as medical services, primary care, rural health, hearing services and Indigenous health. The department administers programs to meet the Government's objectives in health system capacity and quality, mental health, health workforce, acute care, biosecurity and emergency response. The department supports the Australian community's access to affordable private health services and is responsible for policy on Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

The department's Medical Benefits Division aims to improve health outcomes of Australian residents by providing policy advice to government and program management to support and increase access to private medical, hospital and allied health services that are safe, cost effective and clinically effective and is responsible for implementing specialist video consultations provided under the Medicare Benefits Schedule.


Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy

The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy's goal is to help develop a vibrant, sustainable and internationally-competitive broadband, broadcasting and communications sector and, through this, promote the digital economy for the benefit of all Australians.

The Australian Government's role in developing the digital economy includes laying the foundations for Australia's digital infrastructure, facilitating innovation and setting regulatory frameworks conducive to enabling individuals, households, businesses and the community to take up the associated opportunities.

The Department has four broad areas of focus:

  • Transforming the structure of telecommunications -enhancing access to digital economy platforms by promoting delivery of fast, affordable and reliable broadband and communications infrastructure across Australia.
  • Switchover to digital television and enhancing the broadcasting sector -coordinating the switchover from analog to digital television and enhancing the quality and diversity of the broadcasting sector to deliver content and services consistent with community expectations.
  • Realising the benefits of the digital economy -supporting all Australians to safely and securely realise the full innovative potential of the digital economy and ensure reasonably-priced, essential communications services are available to consumers and businesses.
  • Enabling a good consumer experience -supporting effective consumer information and research and working with industry to encourage industry-driven solutions to specific consumer issues, including cybersafety and cybersecurity.

For further information please go to www.dbcde.gov.au and www.nbn.gov.au


Official Technology Partner and Sponsor

Evidence Technology - Telehealth Enabled and AAPT

Evidence Technology specialises in providing secure audio visual links for government and enterprise across Australia and New Zealand. This includes video conference and personal telepresence solutions for healthcare, education as well as law enforcement and justice sectors. Delivery of secure, cost effective and simple to use technology that improves quality of life and access to critical services is central to the business vision. For more information see
www.evidencetechnology.com


Telehealth Enabled is a secure Australian-based video conference service platform. It provides cost effective ‘on-boarding’ of Australian health service providers to national telehealth initiatives and related regional digital economy programs. Designed to leverage national investment in the NBN, Telehealth Enabled supports all major video conference platforms and employs next generation technology to deliver the most secure, highest quality and cost effective service to the furthest reaches of the internet and beyond.
For more information see www.telehealthenabled.com.au and www.cyber-net.com.au


AAPT owns and operates one of the largest landline networks in Australia. It is in an alliance partnership with Evidence Technology and a leading market provider of the ‘telehealth enabled’ managed video conference service offering. AAPT aims to be the most easy to deal with telecommunications firm in the market. For more information see www.aapt.com.au


Sponsor

The Australian E-Health Research Centre


A joint venture between CSIRO and the Queensland Government, the Australian e-Health Research Centre (AEHRC) is a leading national research facility in Information and Communication Technologies for healthcare innovations. Working through the CSIRO National Research Flagships programs, in Preventative Health and in Digital Productivity and Services, the AEHRC tackles major issues in the use of ICT in healthcare delivery and research outcomes. From a Brisbane base, the AEHRC collaborates with Queensland Health clinicians and service providers on multi-disciplinary projects, leading to new ways of delivering healthcare for chronic care patients and providing safer and more efficient care across the healthcare spectrum. The AEHRC is also building a telehealth research group in Perth in collaboration with the Western Australia Department of Health. AEHRC scientists and software engineers are also involved with projects across Australia, including provision of image analysis and data management and analysis, for large national clinical trials in diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and stroke. The AEHRC is also providing tools to enable the adoption of advanced technology in electronic health and medical records nationally. The AEHRC has core capabilities in health data management and semantic interoperability; biomedical imaging and surgical simulation; mobile and tele-health and health business analytics.


Cisco

Information technology plays a critical role in defining the future of Australian healthcare.As a worldwide leader in networking, Cisco is well positioned to improve the future of healthcare through networked technologies that transform how people connect, access information, and collaborate. Cisco Connected Health solutions enable care team collaboration and business efficiency and promote a higher quality of care.  Cisco helps simplify healthcare communications using a network of interoperable technologies that better connect critical information, people, and knowledge to help improve the healthcare experience. Our vision is a Connected Health ecosystem that helps to shape a world of health without boundaries.    And our objectives are to reduce costs, enhance workflow efficiency and enable a better quality of care. Cisco video technology is helping Grampians Rural Health Alliance connect medical professionals in real time to collaborate on operational issues, improve their knowledge, access remote expertise and significantly increase patient care. Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre is using Cisco video technology to support a geographically dispersed client base and deploy the most appropriate clinicians. With a limited number of trained audiologists in Australia, SCIC can now make better use of this pool of professionals and matching an individual client’s needs regardless of their location.  It is this power of collaboration in healthcare that supports the key imperatives of better care, better experience and better efficiency. www.cisco.com/go/healthcare


Attend Anywhere

Attend Anywhere provide technology independent expertise and management services that help people integrate video consulting as a natural extension of existing paradigms and patient pathways. 



Dinner Sponsor

Care Innovations

Care Innovations™ creates technology-based solutions that give people confidence to live independently wherever they are.

Care Innovations is a unique joint venture between Intel and GE Healthcare. Each have a long history of driving innovation, solving hard problems, and creating new markets. And now they've combined forces-GE's expertise in healthcare and Intel's expertise in technology - to change the way care and solutions are delivered.

Care Innovations markets remote patient monitoring, independent living concepts and assistive technologies, such as the Care Innovations™ Guide, Intel Reader® and Care Innovations™ QuietCare. The company is also continuing to develop healthcare IT innovations which will help enable healthcare providers to drive toward lower costs and a higher quality of life for patients worldwide.

For further information www.careinnovations.com.

 


Exhibitors

Telehealth Enabled
Telehealth Enabled is a secure Australian-based video conference service platform. It provides cost effective ‘on-boarding’ of Australian health service providers to national telehealth initiatives and related regional digital economy programs. Designed to leverage national investment in the NBN, Telehealth Enabled supports all major video conference platforms and employs next generation technology to deliver the most secure, highest quality and cost effective service to the furthest reaches of the internet and beyond.
For more information see www.telehealthenabled.com.au and www.cyber-net.com.au

Tunstall Healthcare
With over 2.5 million users globally, Tunstall is the market leading provider of telecare and telehealth solutions. Across Australia and New Zealand Tunstall's solutions support older people and those with long term needs to live independently, by effectively managing their health and wellbeing. Tunstall provides technology, expertise and advice to millions of people enabling them to lead independent more fulfilling lives.

 

Sponsorship

International and national experts and leaders will converge in Melbourne for the Australian Telehealth Conference.

The conference is an important opportunity for senior level executives and managers both clinical and non-clinical, health policy makers, clinicians and healthcare professionals, health informaticians and academics who research and teach in the field of telehealth, healthcare, rural and remote health.

From a content and a networking perspective, the Australian Telehealth Conference is a not-to-be-missed opportunity.

The conference will:

Provide policy relevant to government: With telehealth a major focus of the Australian Government's health and communications agenda, this event will address the national impact and future direction of telehealth in Australia and provide key policy-relevant input to Federal Government (DOHA and DBCDE), the National E-Health Transition Authority and the National Broadband Network.

Articulate the strategic and operational attributes of telehealth: This conference will explore the strategic and operational attributes of telehealth and the transformational change in health policy and practice that is required to create an environment for telehealth to effectively support health consumers and clinicians.

Demonstrate operational key success protocols and practices: This forum will be an important opportunity for attendees to share the successes and challenges of telehealth and to discuss the issues and trends in healthcare delivery via telehealth nationally and internationally.