HealthPathways will have a prominent presence at the Transitioning to Primary Care Conference in Australia, which will look at the success of Primary Health Networks one year on.

In fact, more than a quarter of the key speakers are people who’ve been involved in the HealthPathways community.

On July 19, the first day of the conference, International Business Development Manager Andy Froggatt will host a workshop titled “How to Maximise Relationships for Integrated Care”.

The next day, he will then be presenting a keynote speech about the potential for HealthPathways to bring whole of system change across Australia.

Andy won’t be alone thanks to fellow speakers such as Professor Frances Quirk, the chair of the HealthPathways Evaluation Advisory Group, who will be talking about her work.

“One year on, people want to look at the impact PHNs have had, how the landscape has changed, and what’s going to happen next – which makes the conference very relevant for us,” Andy says.

“Our key message will be that despite all these changes and upheavals in the Australian health system HealthPathways has not only remained robust but has expanded as well.”

In his workshop, Andy will leverage his years of experience working in integrated care to show others how to build important relationships. His keynote speech will focus specifically on HealthPathways and how significant system level change can occur when it’s effectively linked to redesign efforts.

“A lot of it is about forging relationships, not just using the product. It’s about connecting the redesign principles that are responsible for success in Canterbury back to HealthPathways.

“Australia is struggling to consistently make the wider system impact made in Canterbury, but if you look at what they’ve done in Canterbury you know the difference is that they connect the pathways back to the principles of redesign to create system change,” Andy says.

“It’s going to be really worthwhile working with people to help them understand the possibilities if they connect pathway development back to system redesign. HealthPathways can be a great catalyst for bringing people together.”

The Transitioning to Primary Care Conference will be held on 19 and 20 July in Melbourne. Key themes for the event include connecting multidisciplinary areas of primary care and measuring patient outcomes.