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Program

About the Program

The first PHN Cooperative Data and Digital Showcase will bring together primary health networks from across Australia for an inspiring three-day event. Running from 5-7 August 2025 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Sydney, this showcase is a unique opportunity for professionals to share successes, learn from each other, and network in person.

The event will feature a combination of plenary sessions with external speakers and concurrent sessions presented by PHN staff. With a focus on three key themes – Data, Digital, and Insights – the showcase will explore innovative approaches to healthcare technology, data analysis, and digital transformation.

Tuesday 5 August 2025

8.00 am

Registrations

Tea and coffee available.

9.30 am

Conference welcome

9.35 am

Welcome to Country

9.45 am

Opening Address

10.00 am

Keynote Address

10.30 am

Plenary session 1

The forefront of health informatics

Morning tea

12.00 pm

Plenary session 2

Data integration and interoperability

Lunch

2.00 pm

Concurrent sessions

Design of the national Primary and Acute Care Data Linkage Project
Jane Miller, national project

eReferral Implementation – Enhancing Digital Health Pathways in Gippsland
Jarrod Slater, Gippsland PHN

Codename Gary – Adelaide PHN’s data processing agent
Nick Rechten, Adelaide PHN

2.30 pm

Concurrent sessions

Applying Johns Hopkins ACG risk stratification system to patient-level data to improve regional population health management
Brandon Ibbotson & Jerneja Sveticic, Gold Coast PHN

How Polylith can streamline code development and reduce duplications
Brendan Wickham, North West Melbourne PHN

Improving PHN Efficiency and Compliance with AI-Assisted Workflows
Western Sydney PHN

3.00 pm

Concurrent sessions

A machine learning model for evidenced based detection of General Practices at risk of closure
Jarred Muller, North Queensland PHN

PMHC Data Transformations with Azure Synapse
David Wales, South Western Sydney PHN

CoNexus Primary and Acute Care Data Linkage
Christina Read, WA Primary Health Alliance

Afternoon tea

3.50 pm

Interactive presentation

Telling an engaging story with data

4.20 pm

Closing remarks

Networking drinks

6.00 pm

Day closes

Wednesday 6 August 2025

9.00 am

Poster presentations session

9.30 am

Introduction to the day

9.40 am

Plenary session 3

International perspectives in the data, digital and insights space

Morning tea

11.10 am

Concurrent sessions

Measuring Progress and/or Outcomes of all PHN Activities
Abhijheet Ghosh, South East NSW PHN

PHN Exchange – GP Data report: adapting the PHN Exchange standardised General Practice report across PAT Delta and Primary Sense data extraction data models
Junior Borelli, Murray PHN

Same Data, New Insights: A data-driven approach to general practice segmentation
Josh Meyers, East Melbourne PHN

11.40 am

Concurrent sessions

Gold Coast PHN’s Primary Sense Benefits Realisation Plan and Benefits Reporting
Jerneja Sveticic, Gold Coast PHN

Uncovering Insights in Mental Health Services: A Data-Driven Exploration with Heat Maps and Social Network Analysis
Morshad Rahman & Fateme Zabetiantarghi, Tasmania PHN

Secure File Uploader – Generic Use Case
Akshaya Kumar & Jamie Swann, Western Victoria PHN

12.10 pm

Concurrent sessions

Self-Serve Tool for Selecting General Practices for Primary Care Programs
Darshi Wanniarachchi & Brooke Williams, WA Primary Health Alliance

Qld-Commonwealth Partnership Jurisdiction Level Data Collaboration and Reform “Enhancing Collaboration and Innovation in Healthcare”
Brian Kurth, Peter Boffey & Janine Cox

Enhancing Immunisation Reporting Efficiency with Automated Row-Level Security Reporting
Milo Joronen, Central and Eastern Sydney PHN

Lunch

1.30 pm

Concurrent sessions

Introduction to Azure CLI
David Wales, South Western Sydney PHN

Reviewing the use of Generative AI and Machine Learning
Olivia Brunton and Daniel Morris, Brisbane North and North West Melbourne PHNs

Introduction to VisiData (for WSL/Linux Users)
Alexander Toland, South Western Sydney PHN

Afternoon tea

2.50 pm

Concurrent sessions

Power Apps workshop
Murray PHN

Cardiovascular disease prevention and intervention powered by smart digital health tools
Tim Garden, Country to Coast Queensland

3.30 pm

Concurrent sessions

Create a Data Wiki with MkDocs
Linh Nguyen, South Western Sydney PHN

Introduction to QGIS – a spatial visualisation tool
Alexander Toland, South Western Sydney PHN

4.20 pm

Closing remarks

4.30pm

Day closes

6.30pm

Showcase dinner

Thursday 7 August 2025

9.00 am

Introduction to the day

9.10 am

Plenary session 4

PHN National Data Projects

Morning tea

10.40 am

Concurrent sessions

Prevalence and Incidence Analysis with General Practice Demand Forecasting for South Eastern Melbourne
Jason Grealey, South East Melbourne PHN

Visualise your journey an interactive approach to GP training
Philippa Gately & Kia Wang, Capital Health Network

Data Storytelling and Literacy – Building PHN-wide data maturity
Olivia Brunton & Peter Boffey, North Brisbane PHN

11.10 am

Concurrent sessions

Development of the POLAR Hepatitis C Report and Its Use in the Beyond the C Case Study
Phoebe Chomley, Central and Eastern Sydney PHN

Collaborative Commissioning Monitoring Dashboard
Caroline Holtby & Qudratullah Azimy, Murrumbidgee PHN

Digital Wayfinding/ Service Directories
Tom Foster, Healthy North Coast

11.40 am

Concurrent sessions

Architecting for robust Power BI development
Daniel Morris, North West Melbourne

Head 2 Health – Digitally enabled Centralised Intake & Assessment
Marie Kelly & Tim Garden, Country to Coast

Leveraging the flexible PHI infrastructure to manage Power BI report and Azure object access
Sree Nayakineni & David Hall, Brisbane South PHN

12.10 pm

Closing remarks

Lunch

1.30 pm

Day closes