News & Events
2nd Annual Clinical Training & Workforce Planning Summit
March 18, 2011 at 1:43 pm
28-29 August 2011, Rendezvous Hotel Melbourne
IIR Conferences 2nd Annual Clinical Training & Workforce Planning Summit will bring together the key stakeholders and senior decision makers from your sector to discuss how to ensure Australia’s future nursing workforce can meet the increasing demand.
View full details at: www.iir.com.au/clinicaltraining
4th Annual Preventive Health Summit
February 15, 2011 at 11:22 am
26 - 27 May 2011 | Sydney Harbour Marriott at Circular Quay
Now in its fourth year, Australia’s annual Preventive Health Summit will once again offer the most up-to-date information & approaches to prevention by examining chronic disease prevention and strategies to improve population health.
The prevention of chronic disease in Australia requires collaborative interventions by multiple agencies and sectors. The Summit will examine the challenges and opportunities to reorient the health system toward prevention.
Each year the summit is committed to bringing you the latest in population education and intervention strategies. Hear the latest policy decisions directly from government decision makers, as well as crucial strategies aimed at improving the health of the nation from an outstanding Speaker line-up.
View full details at: www.iir.com.au/preventhealth
2nd Annual Managing Ward Finances & Budgets Conference
February 15, 2011 at 11:19 am
23 - 24 May 2011 | Brisbane Marriott Hotel
At the ward level, over-worked Nurse Unit Managers struggle to balance patient care and ward finances. The current Health Reform Agenda promises to increase this pressure by focusing attention on the per episode costs of healthcare delivery.
By attending IIR’s 2nd Annual Managing Ward Finances & Budgets Conference you’ll have the opportunity to gain practical advice for driving operational effectiveness so your ward will deliver high-quality health care and perform more cost efficiently.
Full program details available at: www.iir.com.au/wardfinances
20th Anniversary Medico Legal Congress
February 15, 2011 at 11:17 am
28 - 29 March 2011 | Parkroyal Darling Harbour, Sydney
IIR’s 20th Anniversary Medico Legal Congress 2011 will look at the current issues and major changes impacting public health today. Benefit from key case studies and presentations delivered by professionals at the forefront of both the medical and legal industries.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to network and discuss practical strategies and solutions with Australia’s leading Medico Legal professionals.
For more information visit: www.medicolegalcongress.com.au
Developing the Role of the Nurse Practitioner
February 15, 2011 at 11:15 am
28 - 29 March 2011 | Rendezvous Hotel Melbourne
With serious workforce shortages and gaps in services continually emerging in health care around the country, never has the need for nurse practitioners been more acute.
Unfortunately the nurse practitioner role to date has been somewhat undervalued and widely misunderstood by the greater health workforce.
The upcoming Developing the Role of the Nurse Practitioner Conference is an opportunity for you and your organization to gain a better understanding of the role of the nurse practitioner, and to effectively implement the role in your health service.
View full details at: www.iir.com.au/nursing
Hospital Patient Costing Conference
February 15, 2011 at 11:12 am
24 - 25 March 2011 | Brisbane Marriott Hotel
Activity Based Funding and the National Health Reform agenda are bringing the cost of service delivery in Australian hospitals to the forefront, integrating the cost and quality of service delivery.
Focusing on the development and implementation of patient costing methodologies to reflect Activity Based Funding allocations, the Hospital Patient Costing Conference will bring together key representatives from all levels of the health system.
View full programme details at: www.iir.com.au/patientcosting
3rd Annual National Telemedicine Summit
February 15, 2011 at 11:11 am
21 - 22 March 2011 | Sydney Harbour Marriott at Circular Quay
Telemedicine is increasingly being recognised as a feasible and necessary alternative to traditional face-to-face healthcare practice as a way enhancing the capacity of Australia’s stretched healthcare system. IIR’s 3rd Annual National Telemedicine Summit offers a unique opportunity to gain practical advice for how to plan, implement and manage telemedicine programs from key case studies across the country.
View full details at: www.iir.com.au/telemedicine
The 3rd International Conference on Fixed Combination
March 3, 2010 at 10:01 am
Brisbane, Australia - November 18-20 2010
The 3rd International Conference on Fixed Combination in the Treatment of Hypertension, Dyslipidemia and Diabetes Mellitus will take place in Brisbane, Australia on November 18-20th , 2010.
This will be the 3rd meeting of this kind, following the successful 1st Conference on Fixed Combination in the Treatment of Hypertension and Dyslipidemia, which took place in Budapest, Hungary from February 7 – 10, 2008 and attracted over 800 participants, and the 2nd International Conference on Fixed Combination in the Treatment of Hypertension, Dyslipidemia and Diabetes Mellitus which will take place in Valencia, Spain on December 10-12, 2009 this year and is expected to have over 1000 delegates.
