Learning at your desk: upcoming sector webinars

Support for home care providers to prioritise innovation

Home Care Today is hosting a free webinar this month on service innovation in a competitive home care market.

Dale Renner, a strategy and innovation consultant to the social services sector and founder of YouLead, will guide service providers through the online session.

He will discuss how organisations can learn to get started and how to use innovation to attract or retain customers.

The webinar will take place on 21 November 2:00-3:00pm. For more information or to register, click here.

Update on digital health strategy

The Australian Digital Health Agency is hosting a national webcast as part of its consultations on the development of a national digital health strategy.

Findings from the national consultation with consumers, clinicians, healthcare providers will be used to develop a national strategy to be delivered to government in 2017.

The webcast will be facilitated by SBS presenter Anton Enus and will hear from a panel of agency staff including CEO Tim Kelsey and chief medical adviser Associate Professor Meredith Makeham, among others.

Joining the panel will be Melissa Cadzow, a long-time consumer care advocate with a special interest in digital health.

The webinar will take place 14 November at 11.00am-noon AEDT.

For more information, click here.

Understanding the future of work

The Community Care Smart Assistive Technology Collaborative is hosting a webinar next month on preparing for a digitally-enabled workforce.

Dr Claire Mason, who leads the Digital Society initiative at CSIRO, will present on the future of work in 2035.

The Community Care Smart AT Collaborative is a free online platform that focuses on incorporating smart assistive technology into community care service provision.

The webinar takes place on 2 December at 1:00pm-2:00pm AEST. For more information and to register, click here.

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