The Medication Safety and Efficiency Conference will return to the Hilton Sydney on April 2-3, 2025.
For the past 14 years, this event has served as a vital platform for key decision-makers and executives to explore advancements in EMRs, digital health, medication safety, AI, eMeds, electronic prescribing, and eHealth records across Australia’s healthcare landscape.
As the digital health sector continues to evolve, keeping pace with the latest developments can be challenging. What innovations are essential, and which should we reconsider in our practices? What were the road-bumps to getting here? And how could we implement this into our site?
The upcoming agenda will delve into these topics, covering everything from prescribing dispensing practices in both private and public settings. Innovative solutions in community administration in primary, tertiary, and aged care. Participants can expect insights into specific medication errors and how healthcare organizations are leveraging various digital health systems to mitigate these issues. We’ll also explore the future trajectory of eMedication in EMRs within Australia.
Join pharmacists and prescribers, allied health professionals, government representatives and software providers from across the country as we address questions from a diverse and engaged audience. This is an opportunity to connect, network, and reflect on the dynamic landscape of our industry.
The Medication Safety & Efficiency Conference is a focused event where you can engage with peers and ensure your pressing questions are answered!
Topics to be addressed:
- De-mystifying Private Health: Achieving Levels of Safety & Balancing Resources
- Building Workforce Legacy: How can we Support Clinicans and Their Time?
- Innovative Solutions for Efficient Medication Management
- Beyond the Gap: Continuity of Medicines Management for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
- Understanding New Errors, Incidents and Usability
- Debunking Transitions of Care: Where Should Our Focuses Lie?
- Nursing Workflows and Clinical Incidents
- Overcoming Connectivity and Managing Multiple Systems in Clinical Trial Pharmacy
- Digital Tools Used to Connect Hospital with Aged Care
- Case Studies
- Overcoming Medication Safety and Efficiency from Coast to Bush
- From Data to Wisdom: The Role of Nursing Informatics Leadership in Digital Meds Management
- Transferring Big EMRs to Other/Smaller Facilities: What Does This Mean for Rollouts?
- Improving Patient Identification to Reduce Errors
- Advancing Patient Safety and the Continuity of Care within Paediatrics
- Upgrading EMRs: Clinical Paint Points
- Adoption of AI into the Hospital
Connect Virtual Care
The event will take place as part of 2025’s CONNECT VIRTUAL CARE event. We’re bringing together three related, but distinct events which will be co-located at the Hilton Sydney. One pass gives access to all three conferences.
2025 Speakers
Dr Angus Ritchie
Clinical Director, SDPR Program, Sydney LHD, Clinical Associate Professor, Sydney Medical School, Senior Staff Specialist Nephrologist, Concord Repatriation General Hospital
Michael Bakker
Chief Pharmacy Information Officer, SA Pharmacy, SA Health
Professor Mel Baysari
Professor of Health Research, The University of Sydney
Melissa Fodera
Clinical Excellence Lead (Standard 4 Medication Safety), Austin Health
Geeta Sandhu
Deputy Director of Clinical Trials, St Vincent’s Sydney Public Hospital
Michael Quach
Chief Pharmacist, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District
Kate Renzenbrink
Digital Health Adviser, Australian Digital Health Agency, Chief Clinical Informatics Officer, The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
Brett Chambers
Director of Virtual Pharmacy, Western NSW LHD
Jillian Campbell
Lead Subject Matter Expert, VMM ePrescribing Project, Virtual Care, Program Delivery, eHealth NSW
Kendra Hagedorn
Chief Nursing Information Officer, Ramsay Health Care
Mike Stephens
Director, Medicines Policy & Programs, NACCHO
Cheyne Sullivan
Aboriginal Health Lead, SA Pharmacy, SA Health
Alicia Simpson
Chief Pharmacy and Psychology Information Officer, Ramsay Health Care
Daisy Lu
Clinical Operations Manager and Clinical Pharmacist, Eucalyptus
Brenton Jones
Senior Digital Health Officer, Western NSW PHN
Jo Hunter
Assistant Deputy Director of Pharmacy – Informatics, Supply Chain, Monash Health
Michelle Dobie
Principal Advisor Digital Health Systems & Projects, Royal Flying Doctor Service (SA/NT)
Mohanrao Ramarao
Senior Pharmacist,
Alfred Health
Peter Guthery
Senior Pharmacist – Strategic Policy,
PSA
Daniel Trajkov
Chief Pharmacy Information Officer, South Eastern Sydney LHD, Senior Program Manager, UnitingCare Queensland
Venue
Hilton Sydney
488 George St
Sydney NSW 2000
Event Code of Conduct
We want everyone who comes to our events to have a great experience. This code explains our expectations and rules, which includes general good practice behaviour, and how to report anything witnessed or experienced that goes against them. Read our Event Code of Conduct here.
ConnectMe + Streamly
ConnectMe • Networking enhanced
All of our events utilise a bespoke dynamic smartphone app, ConnectMe – which guarantees attendees a premium event experience. Logins are sent prior to the conference commencement allowing you to check who’s attending, schedule in meetings and catch ups, participate in live Q+A and interactive polls, and much more. ConnectMe ensures you never miss a beat prior, during and post event.
Streamly • On-Demand video vault
Streamly is a new video platform from Informa Connect – hosting hours of session recordings from our events and more. Select the Streamly add-on at the checkout to receive an annual subscription to exclusive On-Demand session recordings from all of our related healthcare events*. Login information will be sent post event.
* Note: In a minority of cases, speakers may request their sessions to be excluded from Streamly access.