Dear Ann, Will any proceeding be available after the forum, either text or perhaps a dvd of presentations? Or perhaps a web cast would be in keeping with the e- theme? Those who could potentially service remote areas but aren't there yet probably can't get onsite for what could be a very useful collection of experiences.
Regards Nigel (Queensland) > -----Original Message----- > From: Elizabeth Dodd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 16 January 2006 6:58 PM > To: General Practice Computing Group Talk; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [GPCG_TALK] Fwd: someone may be interested in this > trip to Geraldton > > > except for Iliya, as it is off the edge of the known world > > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > Dear Friends and Colleagues > > > ANNOUNCING THE RURAL e-HEALTH FORUM > 18 & 19 MAY 2006 > GERALDTON, WESTERN AUSTRALIA > > Will innovations in e-Health live up to their extraordinary > promise? It has been touted as a mechanism to dissolve > physical distance, bring the knowledge of the specialist > into rural surgeries, remote health clinics and multipurpose > services, and enable secure exchange of vital medical > information. Robots in district hospitals, data vaults of > important health information for transient populations, > remote specialist consults through email and > videoconferencing are all a reality. In many cases good care > is reaching people who in the past had to do without. > > But it is time to take stock. What works in rural and remote > settings? What are the barriers to greater adoption? What > technological advances are around the corner and what should > we be doing now? What should be our priorities? > > On 18 and 19 May there will be a Rural e-Health Forum in > Geraldton. This is your chance to talk with clinicians who > are using new technologies, with the inventors designing the > next big thing, with the industry and with policy makers. > The Forum is jointly organised by CUCRH, the Midwest Division > of General Practice and the Centre of Excellence in e-Medicine. > > Let us know that you plan to attend. Send the attached form, > circulate the flier and keep an eye on the forum website > www.cucrh.uwa.edu.au/eHealth < http://www.cucrh.uwa.edu.au/eHealth>. > > > <<e-Health Forum.pdf>> <<Rural e-Health EoI form.doc>> > > > > > > Ann Larson > Director > Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health > PO Box 109 > Geraldton WA 6531 > Phone: 08 9956 0200 > Fax: 08 9964 2096 > Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Check out www.cucrh.uwa.edu.au > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > In the beginning there was nothing. And the Lord said "Let > There Be Light!" And still there was nothing, but at least > now you could see it. > _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
