Future Solutions for Australian Healthcare White Paper - Launch
Innovative Ideas & Strategies for Sustainable Healthcare
Future of Medicare Summit 2014 Dr Avnesh Ratnanesan (Avi)
Founder & CEO, Energesse
Agenda
1. Current State of Australian Healthcare
2. Major Challenges and Need for Reform
3. Analysis – the Vicious Cycle in Healthcare
4. Opportunities for Solutions
5. Conclusions
Understanding the Healthcare ‘Ecosystem’
Federal Government State Government
& Public Hospitals
Patient/Consumer
Not-for-
profit
Aged Care
Research &
Academia
Private Sector – PC & Hospitals
‘Ecosystem’ is interdependent
Federal Government State Government
& Hospitals
Aged Care
Research &
Academia
Patient/Consumer
Private Sector – PC & Hospitals
Thought Leaders across the Health Ecosystem
The Current State of
Australian Healthcare
Australia - Health Outcomes
6th
OECD Health Expenditure
Health Growth Rate vs GDP
Major Challenges in Australian Healthcare
Epidemics of Modern Lifestyles
Rising costs of medical complexity
Grattan Institute Report, adapted from The Conversation 24 April 2013
Inequity of access to care
Challenges in health workforce
Analysis of Major Challenges
Opportunities for Solutions
Align funding with vision and measure outcomes
Rebalance and repurpose workforce
Integrate care, share best practice & resources
Enhance trust with stakeholders
5. Manage demand with disruptive approaches e.g. Personalised health
Reproduced with permission from Akumen
Comparative Cost-Effectiveness across healthcare
Focus on Prevention – Integrative Medicine
Health experts influence external environment and access to fast food
Change how success is measured Activities ≠ Outcomes
Most Important Reform by 2020
Conclusions
Australian Healthcare is an ‘Eco-System’
6 Major Challenges lead to an unsustainable Vicious Cycle
Need to transform the Vicious Cycle into a Virtuous Cycle
6 Categories of Solution Opportunities to Transform Cycle
No. 1 Reform with Measures of Success Outcomes
