[Statsoc] SSAI Meeting - 9 November

Mon Nov 8 16:44:36 WST 2010

Dear Members

A reminder that this month's SSAI WA Branch meeting is tomorrow night (9
November 2010).  Below and attached are details of the seminar to be given
by Sharon Evans entitled 'Preventing the next Dr Death'.  Please note the
change of venue. 

The meeting will be held at 6pm in the Hew Roberts' lecture theatre at the
UWA School of Population Health.   Wine and cheese will commence at 5.30pm
in the area outside seminar rooms 3 & 5.  Note that the School of Population
Health is on the opposite side of Stirling Hwy to the School of Mathematics.
Please see the attached map for venue and parking details.

Also, a reminder to RSVP for the Christmas dinner by 15 November 2010.

Thanks
Prudence

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BRANCH

Announcing a meeting of the Statistical Society of Australia, W.A. Branch.

6:00 p.m. on Tuesday 9 November 2010 

HEW ROBERTS LECTURE THEATRE

SCHOOL OF POPULATION HEALTH

UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Preventing the next Dr Death

Sharon Evans

SMAHS Safety Quality & Performance

Royal Perth Hospital

ABSTRACT:

This talk will provide some examples of how this accountability works in
identifying hospitals, departments and individual doctors who are not
performing as expected.  The media have provided extensive coverage of the
problems for patients and hospitals when there is a Dr Death working in the
system as happened in Bundaberg, Queensland in 2005. WA Health has taken the
lessons from several such inquiries to heart and SMAHS is leading the way in
monitoring clinical outcomes identifying poorly performing clinicians before
they do too much damage to patients.  Central to these investigations is the
use of the VLAD technique (Variable Life Adjusted Display) as popularised by
Queensland Health after Bundaberg. This process also gives us the ability to
answer questions such as "Do I need to travel directly to Royal Perth if I
have my heart attack in Safety Bay or should I stop off at Rockingham
Hospital?" or "Who will give me the best outcome for my knee replacement?".
Examples of clinical governance techniques using this tool and other
statistical techniques to improve clinical outcomes will be presented.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Dr Sharon Evans is a biostatistician with over 20 years experience in
clinical research in New Zealand and at King Edward in Western Australia.
In 2003 she was asked to set up clinical governance systems at KEMH after
the Douglas Inquiry so that the Executive team at the hospital would "never
not know" again. In 2008 she was offered the position of Manager Clinical
Governance for the South Metropolitan Area Health Service (SMAHS)
encompassing Royal Perth, Fremantle, Bentley, Armadale and Rockingham
Hospitals. Clinical governance systems, designed in collaboration with
clinicians, link information from a range of sources to permit timely review
and assure the public that we are providing a safe and efficient service
that is continually under review and improvement. Thus a practice of
'defensible accountability' was born.

Members and guests are invited to mingle over wine and cheese from 5:30 p.m.
onwards in the Seminar Room 3-5 area, School of Population Health,
University of Western Australia.  Following the meeting you are invited to
dine with the speaker at a nearby restaurant.  Visitors are welcome.

The University of Western Australia

School of Population Health

Nedlands Campus Venues

Seminar Rooms 3, 4 & 5

For further information please contact the Branch Secretary, Prudence
Thompson, Data Analysis Australia, email: prudence at daa.com.au or phone 9386
3304.

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