HRICS 2024-25 Annual Forum “Supporting Value Based Health Care – Improving Cancer Services”

Hume Regional Integrated Cancer Service (HRICS) welcomes you to join us for our upcoming 2024-25 Annual Forum.

“Supporting Value Based Health Care –Improving Cancer Services”

We welcome key note speaker Liz Hay to present on “Delivering impact within resource restrictions – an evidenced approach”

Liz Hay is the Director, Economics and Evaluation Unit at the NSW Ministry of Health. Prior to that Liz was the Manager of Health Economics and Evaluation at the NSW Health Agency for Clinical Innovation. With nearly 30 years’ experience in health, Liz has expertise in economics, evaluation of patient and staff experience, measurement health policy and reform, and value based health care.

Further presentations will include:

  • National Lung Cancer Screening Program – the rural and regional perspective – Associate Professor Craig Underhill
  • HRICS Service Improvement Grants Program and Panel discussion with Clinicians across our region sharing their experiences of collaboration and partnerships

In alignment with the forum keynote presentation an interactive workshop will follow: Value based healthcare in action – Practical application for evaluation, clinician and patient experience – will take you through:

Real-world strategies for cancer service redesign
Understand economic pillars that drive better cancer care delivery
Virtual care models, including rural vs metro insights and value measures
Hands-on how to design a virtual care service
Practical frameworks to measure both patient and clinician experience
Build skills in evaluating and demonstrating impact within multi-disciplinary teams

  • Event details:

Date: Wednesday 20th August 2025

Time: 9:45am – 2:30pm

  • Registrations from 9.15am
  • Annual Forum 9:45am – 11:45am
  • Lunch and Networking 11:45am – 12:30pm
  • Forum Workshop 12:30pm – 2:30pm

Location: Quality Hotel Gateway, 27 Ryley Street Wangaratta VIC, 3677

https://www.google.com/maps?daddr=29-37+Ryley+Street+Wangaratta+Victoria+3677

Join us for this in-person event – a valuable opportunity to connect and network with fellow healthcare professionals while exploring local innovations and improvement initiatives. Gain insights into the growing importance of value-based healthcare, with a focus on incorporating clinician and patient experiences in codesign, economic evaluation, and system improvement.

Please register via the MS forms link.

Any questions or issues please contact HRICS Service Improvement Coordinator, Ms Joanne Mason: Joanne.Mason@humerics.humehealth.org.au

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