The most influential gathering of health infrastructure leaders is back with a completely refreshed format built for today’s health infrastructure challenges. This October 15-16 (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne), whether you're deep into a major build or planning the next one, the Health Facilities Design & Development Summit is where you’ll find the ideas, conversations and connections that move projects forward.

Join 100+ senior attendees and 50+ expert speakers for 3 dedicated streams, 20+ hours of content, increased interactivity and Public, Private and Governmental perspectives.

Download the official agenda to find out more on:

• A tightly focused agenda built around Health Facilities Design & Development challenges and opportunities
• A premium new venue designed for high-quality networking and in-depth conversations
• 70% brand-new speakers including Clayton Smith, Senior Vice President Facilities Management for Childrens Health System of Texas and Adam Walczak, Director of Innovation for Hunter New England Local Health District
• 2 brand-new conference streams for mental health facility development and precinct development
• Increased interactivity including roundtables, interactive discussion groups, speed networking, post-event drinks reception and digital polling & Q&A

"Health Facilities Design & Development is packed with so much knowledge and great speakers, offering a unique opportunity to rub shoulders with builders, architects, designers and technology experts. In short, a great source of inspiration for digital hospitals."

Rod Sprenger, Director - Digital Health, New Women's and Children's Hospital Project, Women's and Children's Health Network (SA Health)

Victorian Healthcare Week has a new theme this year: Patient Experience!

The theme embraces the shift that is taking place across healthcare, where the industry is moving from a focus on patient outcomes and efficiency, to one that also tracks, measures and improves the overall user experience.

Learn from 100+ industry experts at the FREE EXPO held 23-24 July at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

For the past decade, Victorian Healthcare Week (VHW) has been the state’s only comprehensive gathering of healthcare professionals cutting across the health facilities, digital health, patient experience and nursing communities. VHW is back in Melbourne this October – bigger, bolder, and better.

With digital disruption breaking down siloes in the traditional health system, investment decisions in the healthcare sector will no longer be made the same way. Moving forward, leadership teams, consumers and frontline staff will all have a say in shaping the future of healthcare.We look forward to seeing you in October!

New Footscray Hospital and The Royal Adelaide Hospital: How New Care Models, Digital Innovation & Sustainability Are Influencing The Design & Operations of Hospitals

A key part of becoming a consumer-centred health system heading into 2023 means ensuring our health districts have the capacity and capability to meet the demands placed by the community.

Increasing population and a rise in rates of chronic illnesses demand of our hospitals and facilities to be ready for increased foot-traffic and bed demands that are inevitably coming the health system’s way. Moreover, environmental sustainability commitments are on the rise given the intent to align with global Net Zero commitments.

With Victoria’s recent record $2.9 billion investment towards health facilities redevelopments over 2022-23 alone, the commitment to modernise and expand our built environments for this changing healthcare landscape is clear.

Ahead of the Health Facilities Design and Development Summit running at the 10th Annual Victorian Healthcare Week 2022 (December 7-8, Melbourne Convention & Expo Centre), we sat down with two project leaders across VIC and SA - Robert Rothnie, Project Director, New Footscray and Melton Hospitals, Western Health and Di Mantell, Chief Executive, Celsus. This paper sees them offering an insight into how new care models, digital innovation and sustainable practices are paving the way for new ways to design, operate and run hospitals.

We hope you enjoy this interview spotlight.

Foreward 

The Victorian health sector’s 2022-23 State Budget commitment of $2.5 billion towards health infrastructure builds on the intent to support sustainable reform in the state.

Building on the objectives of system repair and reform tied to the goal of “Putting Patients First”, the intent is to not only create capacity for increasing current and future demands but also re-define design and role of hospitals for a digitizing health system and the evolving needs of consumers.

Co-designing with patients, flexible hospital design, enabling new care models, and environmental sustainability – these are among the key themes shaping the work led by health redevelopment teams and executives to modernize our built environments. Being in the redevelopment executive’s hotseat in such an environment is no easy task. As drivers of this change, these leaders must be prepared to paint a vision for a future-proof hospital and drive engagement from clinicians and staff who are busy dealing with COVID pressures. Most importantly, the delivered hospital designs and infrastructure must create the impact they promise for the staff and the community.

This report will identify and review the changing patterns, challenges and investment priorities for all professionals driving health redevelopment projects.

About This Report

Ahead of the 10th Annual Victorian Healthcare Week, this short report has been compiled by the Victorian Healthcare Week editorial team and will spotlight the key trends and investment priorities for Victorian and South Australian health services across the community, secondary and tertiary healthcare settings.

289 professionals across Victoria and South Australia were surveyed between May to July 2022. Job titles in surveys included professionals in clinical redesign, strategy and planning, infrastructure redevelopment and commissioning.

A Strategic Review of Victorian Digital Health Leaders’ 2022-23 Investments, Priorities & Challenges.

Ahead of the 10th Annual Victorian Healthcare Week, this whitepaper has been compiled by the Victorian Healthcare Week editorial team and will spotlight the key trends and investment priorities for Victorian and South Australian health services across the community, secondary and tertiary healthcare settings.

300 professionals across Victoria and South Australia were surveyed between May to July 2022 including during a webinar exploring examples of “Connected Care” in Victoria. Job titles in surveys included professionals in digital health, service delivery, ICT, patient experience and clinical roles.

Foreward 

The Victorian health sector’s 2022-23 State Budget commitment of $2.5 billion towards health infrastructure builds on the intent to support sustainable reform in the state.

Building on the objectives of system repair and reform tied to the goal of “Putting Patients First”, the intent is to not only create capacity for increasing current and future demands but also re-define design and role of hospitals for a digitizing health system and the evolving needs of consumers.

Co-designing with patients, flexible hospital design, enabling new care models, and environmental sustainability – these are among the key themes shaping the work led by health redevelopment teams and executives to modernize our built environments. Being in the redevelopment executive’s hotseat in such an environment is no easy task. As drivers of this change, these leaders must be prepared to paint a vision for a future-proof hospital and drive engagement from clinicians and staff who are busy dealing with COVID pressures. Most importantly, the delivered hospital designs and infrastructure must create the impact they promise for the staff and the community.

This report will identify and review the changing patterns, challenges and investment priorities for all professionals driving health redevelopment projects.

About This Report

Ahead of the 10th Annual Victorian Healthcare Week, this short report has been compiled by the Victorian Healthcare Week editorial team and will spotlight the key trends and investment priorities for Victorian and South Australian health services across the community, secondary and tertiary healthcare settings.

289 professionals across Victoria and South Australia were surveyed between May to July 2022. Job titles in surveys included professionals in clinical redesign, strategy and planning, infrastructure redevelopment and commissioning.