Machine learning refers to a process whereby computerised methods are used for identifying patterns in large training datasets which are then encoded in a computer model which is tested and validated on new data. Recent progress in machine learning now enables the development of computer models which can automate the detection of low-yield diagnostic testing and other forms of low value care. This session will introduce participants to the promises and pitfalls of machine learning in identifying and reducing low value healthcare. Session Outcomes: Audience will come away with a better understanding of:
As healthcare professionals we are aware that climate change poses one of the greatest threats to human health in the 21st century, but what is the health care industry’s contribution to this? With millions of pathology tests being done every year in Australia alone it is more important than ever to consider the whole impact of low-value care.
Join Professor Alexandra Barratt in a discussion about how medicine contributes to our carbon emissions and how we can do better.
Tuesday, 15 June 2021 6pm-7pm (AEST) | 8pm-9pm (NZST) Register now
There have been considerable concerns in the field of addiction medicine in regard to inappropriate forms of treatment, and forms of treatment which claim to produce good results, but where the evidence simply does not stack up.
Join Professor Nicholas Lintzeris and Professor John Saunders as they discuss why the new Addiction Medicine Evolve recommendations are relevant and important for all physicians to be across.
Tuesday, 20 July 2021 6pm-7pm (AEST) | 8pm-9pm (NZST) Register now
We like to think our decision making is rational. That we make the most logical decision with the information available. However, behavioural science tells us this is not true. Our decision making is influenced by biases, and physicians are not immune to this.
Join Professor Ian Scott in a discussion about the cognitive biases that physicians experience in their clinical decision making and how this can play a role in the continued delivery of low-value care. Watch the recording here. Download the slides here (PDF).
As physicians act to reduce low-value care through implementing Evolve and Choosing Wisely recommendations they must take care that these recommendations do not increase existing inequities for Māori and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
Join Professor David Tipene-Leach and Dr Derek Sherwood as they discuss key findings from the Choosing Wisely Means Choosing Equity report, including why considering equity in this context is so important and messages for physicians on their role in reducing healthcare inequities.
Watch the recording here.
So, you’re familiar with your specialties’ Evolve ‘Top-5’ recommendations and now want to share them with your students, early career clinicians and even colleagues and Fellows. How will you engage others to drive high-value, high-quality care?
Join Dr Leung as he shares the innovative strategies he uses to engage his team, from hospital inductions to gamification. Dr Chris Leung has trialed multiple approaches to ensure patients are receiving the tests, treatments and procedures they need and not those they don’t.
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