Australian Self Medication Industry National Conference “Bringing Self Care to Life”
The delivery of next-generation online health services that help facilitate patient self-care will be a central focus of the Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) national conference to be held in Sydney in November.
Bob Gann, the Head of Strategy & Engagement for NHS Choices,
the online 'front door' to the United Kingdom National Health
Service (NHS), will be a keynote speaker.
The service saves the U.K. system £44 million ($74 million) a year
by reducing avoidable and unnecessary GP consultations. It holds
some 80,000 pages of information and recorded 100 million visits
over the past year.
"The U.K. health system has been transformed to make best use of
its GP workforce by
promoting health literacy and providing patients with essential
information to encourage
preventative health and self-care," said the Executive Director of
ASMI, Ms Juliet Seifert.
"There are clear lessons for Australia as to how we can empower
consumers to make good health choices, and how we make better use
of our front line health workforce including pharmacists".
The ASMI conference will hear the latest on government health
reform together with
debate about regulation of medicines including complementary
medicines, the issue of
advertising of over-the-counter (OTC medicines), and trends
surrounding switches of
prescription to OTC medicines.
When: Thursday 18 November 2010
Where: Australian Technology Park, Redfern,
Sydney
Time: 11.00 am -6.00 pm followed by Awards Dinner
at 7.00 pm
Other speakers and panelists include:
- Nicola Roxon, Minister for Health & Ageing, (invited)
- Julian Henderson, Health Call Centre Network
- Carol Bennett, Consumers' Health Forum of Australia
- Dr Lesley Braun, Monash University
- Nicholas Hall, Nicholas Hall & Company
- Brendan O'Loughlin, Pharmacy 4U
- Brett Clark, Chemist's Warehouse e-pharmacy
- Bill Curtis, CJB Advertising
- Dr Norman Swan, ABC Radio National, The Health Report
For the full conference program, click here or go to www.asmi.com.au
Media contact: Bob Bowden, Foresight
Communications (02) 9241 2811, 0412 753 298
bbowden@bowmac.com.au