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Victorian Benchmarking Group Meeting - 20-21 October





Dates
Tuesday, 20 October 2009 - Wednesday, 21 October 2009

Meeting Code
HRT0918

Location
Novotel on Collins
270 Collins Street
Melbourne
VIC
Australia



Please Register your delegates by 6 October 2009.

Please select which sessions you will be attending including the Optional Dinner. The two workshops on 21 October will be run concurrently - please indicate whether you will be attending Stream 1 OR Stream 2.

Delegate Registrations may be cancelled up to 13 October 2009, 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. Hotel and airfare arrangements are separate, and may have different policies regarding cancellations and name changes. Please contact them directly.

NOTE: Delegates are responsible for making their own accommodation and travel/flight arrangements. Please print out and complete the Accommodation Reservations Form and return it to the Hotel before 25 September 2009.

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

Agenda Day 1 – Tuesday 20 October 2009
8.30 – 9.00am
Registration and Arrival Tea & Coffee
9.00 – 9.15am
Welcome & Introductions - Chris O’Gorman (Health Roundtable)
9.15 – 9.30am
Victorian Benchmarking Group Steering Committee – Linda Sorrell (Co-Chair)
Review and Update
9.30 – 10.30am
Showcase Project Presentations
Three presentations will be selected to showcase progress, lessons learnt and results to date.
10.30 – 11.00am
Morning Tea
11.00 – 12.30pm
Poster Presentations on Progress to Date by Each Health Service:
  • Using this Template – focusing on aim statements, baseline measures, early interventions, problems and lessons learnt to date. 
  • Participants will have the opportunity to provide insights and ideas to each other about their projects, as well as getting feedback from Health Roundtable staff.
12.30 – 1.30pm
Lunch
1.30 – 2.45pm
Project Streams Discussion:
Teams with projects addressing similar clinical streams will get together to discuss their projects and identify “take-home messages”:
  • Respiratory, Stroke, Obstetrics, Surgery, General
  • Health Roundtable staff will provide coaching to each team to suggest techniques to overcome obstacles.
2.45 – 3.15pm
Break
3.15 – 3.45pm
Focus on Variation Project - Bernadette McDonald – Dept of Health:
Project Update, with Treasury Feedback
3.45 – 4.15pm
Summary and Next Steps – Chris O’Gorman
  • Summary & Next Steps
  • Meeting Dates for 2010
4.15 – 4.30pm
Summary & Thanks – Linda Sorrell
4.30pm
Finish
6.30pm
Dinner (optional) – Bluestone Restaurant, 349 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Agenda Day 2 – Wednesday 21 October 2009
Improvement Project Skills Workshops
8.30 – 9.00am
Registration and Arrival Tea & Coffee
 
Stream One –
Applying Lean Healthcare Concepts to Your Project
(Pieter Walker and Michael Blatchford)
Stream Two –
Getting Traction with Health Roundtable Data Comparisons
(Chris O’Gorman and Fabian Chessell)
9.00 – 10.30am
Eliminating Waste
  • Eight sources of Waste – the “WORMPITS”
  • Planning your “5 S” Day
  • Practical Examples
How to Use Comparative Data
  • Identifying the “bed day gap”
  • Selecting high-potential opportunities
  • Selecting the right reports
  • Practical Examples
10.30 – 11.00am
Morning Tea Break
11.00 – 12.30pm
Mapping the Value Stream
  • How to identify waste and delay in the patient journey
  • Engaging key stakeholders
  • Practical examples
How to Engage Clinicians
  • Converting sceptics to champions
  • Creating “win-win” solutions
  • Identifying innovative practices
  • Practical examples
12.30 – 1.30pm
Lunch Break
1.30 – 3.00pm
Creating Daily Visual Displays
  • Advantages of daily charting at ward level
  • The “5 minute meeting”
  • Practical examples
How to Embed Comparative Data in your Management System
  • Setting targets
  • Building up the bed day budget
  • Using estimated discharge dates
  • Practical examples
3.00 – 3.15pm
Break
3.15 – 4.00pm
Action Planning:
Develop your plan using the techniques - combined session for teams with delegates in both streams
4.00pm
Meeting Closes
 

Template for Poster Presentations on Progress to Date


 
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 19 & 20 October 2009 for The Health Roundtable at the Conference rate of AUD$229.00 (room only including GST).
 
To receive this rate please print out and complete the Accommodation Reservations Form and return it to the Hotel.
 
To reserve one of these rooms please book before 25 September 2009.
 
Requests for accommodation after this date will depend on the Hotel’s availability.