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27-28 March - Maternity Benchmarking Workshop (06-07 data)




Dates
Thursday, 27 March 2008 - Friday, 28 March 2008

Meeting Code
HRT0805

Location
Novotel Melbourne on Collins
270 Collins Street
Melbourne
VIC
Australia



Please register your delegates no later than 11 March 2008. If you require accommodation at the Hotel, please make your reservations by 27 February 2008.

Delegate Registrations may be cancelled up to 20 March 2008, with a full credit of monies paid. After that date, no credits are possible. However, you may substitute a different person for those registered at any time.

Day 1 - Thursday, 27 March 2008 - Data Benchmarking

Day 2 - Friday, 28 March 2008 - Innovation Sharing

 
Day 1 – Data Benchmarking
Thursday 27 March 2008
12.00 – 1.00pm
Lunch on arrival + Registration
1.00 – 1.45pm
Welcome and Overview
  • Purpose of the Benchmarking Group
  • Linkages to the Women’s Hospital Association
  • Developing a leadership structure for the group
1.45 – 3.00pm
  • Service Volume
  • Demographics
  • Service Mix
  • Length of Stay
3.00 – 3.30pm
Break
3.30 – 4.30pm
Maternity Service Performance and Quality Indicators (Identifying interesting differences and data issues)
  • Vaginal Birth After Caesarean
  • Delivery Characteristics
  • Co-morbidities
  • Complications of Care
  • Neonatal Indicators
4.30 – 5.00pm
Next Steps for Data Collection
5.00pm
Close of Day 1
6.30pm
Optional Dinner – Bluestone Restaurant
349 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Day 2 – Innovation Sharing
Friday 28 March 2008
8.30 – 9.00am
Arrival Tea & Coffee
9.00 – 10.00am
Poster Presentations: Each organisation is to display its most innovative/successful examples of operational improvement implemented at your maternity service since 2006 in any area of:
  • Pre-natal care
  • Peri-natal care
  • Post-natal care

10.00–10.30am
Break
10.30–11.30am
Specific Poster Discussions: Posters selected by participants will be discussed in depth in small groups
11.30–12.30pm
Hot Issues Open Market Place: 
Each delegation is to list their 1 key maternity issue that they would like some input on from other participants. All participants then have an opportunity to view and comment on all the hot issues.
12.30 – 1.30pm
Lunch
1.30 – 2.30pm
Hot Issues Forum – Small Group Discussions: 
Key hot issues selected by participants will be discussed in more detail in small groups.
2.30 – 3.00pm
Action Planning In Health Service Teams
What ideas can we begin to implement in our hospital?
3.00 – 3.30pm
Review of Benchmarking Group next steps and timeline for the year:
  • Next Steps, including choosing the next special interest topic
  • Inclusion of supplementary indicators & their definitions
  • Timeline for the year
3.30pm
Close of Meeting
 
 

Accommodation & Flight Arrangements

Delegates are responsible for making their own accommodation and travel/flight arrangements.

The Novotel on Collins, Melbourne has set aside rooms for the nights of 26 & 27 March 2008 for The Health Roundtable at the Conference rate of AUD$240.00 (room only including GST).

 

To receive this rate please download the Accommodation Reservations Form here and return it to the Hotel.

 

To reserve one of these rooms please book before 27 February 2008

Requests for accommodation after this date will depend on the Hotel’s availability.