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Future Health Podcast
Future Health is a podcast about the way we work the work we do and how technology will influence the future of NSW Health. In each episode of the series Dr Amith Shetty is joined by professionals in the health industry (and beyond) as they explore the developments in the future of work and how it relates to work, workplaces and patient care now and in the future. Future Health is created as an initiative of NSW Health."
It’s a stark reality, some of us are likely to be working well into our 70s. To run a work marathon and run it well, workers will have to stay physically and holistically well. So, what does the latest research tell us we need to start doing TODAY so we can “work well” right to the end of our careers? What adjustments does the system need to make NOW when it considers harnessing a workforce aged between 18 and 75. In this episode we focus on some of the tools we may need to help us navigate the marathon that is work – especially if the finish line is not as close as we thought.
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health YouTube Channel.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this content are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the position of NSW Health. Any content provided is for informational purposes only and should not be interpreted as endorsement or approval by the organisation.
Over a decade ago, a regional hospital, with a struggling emergency department, reliant on FIFO locums, with unfilled junior shifts and stretched nursing staff, took a gamble on a group of young consultants with a plan. When a “squad” of clinicians with a ready-made culture of trust, accountability and camaraderie came to town, they transformed the service in under two years and many of them have become permanent fixtures in the hospital and the regional community.
Does our current model of recruiting individuals miss the opportunity derived from a BYO squad model? What if recruitment took more of a team approach? What if spouse employment was also considered a critical part of the recruitment strategy? Let’s talk about what happened and if it should happen again in a town near you?
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health YouTube Channel.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this content are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the position of NSW Health. Any content provided is for informational purposes only and should not be interpreted as endorsement or approval by the organisation.
Universities are busily preparing to prepare students for an uncertain future. The futurists of higher education are not only grappling with a series of challenging questions about what employers will need but also an emerging set of expectations from future students about what they will want from a university degree. COVID-19 gave us an insight into one version of what tertiary education could look like, but it also provided visionaries with the chance to design something better.
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health YouTube Channel.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this content are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the position of NSW Health. Any content provided is for informational purposes only and should not be interpreted as endorsement or approval by the organisation.
Technology, nanotechnology, precision medicine, a focus on patient empowerment and the rise of the consumer, will put far more control of the patient’s health in the patient’s hands, but is the health system prepared to job-share care?
Should we aim for a future that is more about partnership and less about power struggle? Is there any impact on healthcare careers, job satisfaction or meaning and purpose, when the patient is the leader?
Government policy is increasingly driven by the impetus to give patient’s autonomy and control but not all community members are equipped to access or harness the potential benefits of this transition. So, as we explore the evolving relationship between clinicians and patients, we also need to consider the risks and benefits of any shift in the leadership of the care team.
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health YouTube Channel.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this content are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the position of NSW Health. Any content provided is for informational purposes only and should not be interpreted as endorsement or approval by the organisation.
We know that the health sector is facing major transitions in changing skills and roles for its workforce. We all understand some roles will become redundant and some jobs, requiring entirely new skills, will emerge. This will require a lifelong learning culture, identified career pathways, skills planning, clear communication about the future from organisational leadership and employee engagement.
But how do we know what skills we will need in 2-, 5- and 10-years’ time?
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health YouTube Channel.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this content are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the position of NSW Health. Any content provided is for informational purposes only and should not be interpreted as endorsement or approval by the organisation.
In response to unprecedented demand for acute health services during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a relaxation of regulatory and funding blocks and a subsequent explosion of hospital avoidance models around the world.
As parts of the healthcare industry were able to utilise technology to normalise the delivery of hospital level care in the home, the Hospital at Home model was able to garner the support of published evidence of improved outcomes, increased patient satisfaction, and decreased resource utilisation.
So, will innovation and technology increasingly give us the tools to deliver hospital level care in non-hospital environments here in Australia, and are we are prepared to invest the effort, governance, and workforce to help people heal at home?
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health YouTube Channel.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this content are those of the author(s) anddo not necessarily reflect the position of NSW Health. Any content provided isfor informational purposes only and should not be interpreted as endorsement orapproval by the organisation.
If Taylor Swift wears a new belt to lunch with Travis Kelce today, it is sold out tomorrow. If we could motivate that same level of reliably responsive behaviour in our community around healthy behaviours, surely, we could significantly impact the creation of a healthier population.
Personal devices and social media platforms are creating new channels for public and population health communications, but what health issues are we tackling? And who are our trusted messengers? No matter how technologically advanced health care becomes, prevention will always be more impactful and cost effective than cure – so what is the future of public health and population health campaigns?
At a moment in time when it feels like people have never been so influenceable how can we influence people to do the right thing for a healthier future?
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health YouTube Channel.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this content are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the position of NSW Health. Any content provided is for informational purposes only and should not be interpreted as endorsement or approval by the organisation.
Lots of smart people spend a lot of time discussing the relative value of different models of leadership. But does the future of work and the emerging role of workforce wellbeing, as a movement, call out for a new wellness focussed leadership model? Or will future health leaders simply prioritise decisions and behaviours that promote workforce engagement and professional fulfilment?
In this episode we examine some of the organisational and individual capabilities our health leaders will need to cultivate to establish a well workforce, and explore what it might be like, and feel like, to work in that future.
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health YouTube Channel.
After four popular seasons, our host Dr Louise Messara is back for Series 5 and is joined by a fantastic line-up of guests to discuss the future of work in healthcare, exploring topics with “What if…”.
Each episode will increase the listeners exposure to the research, analysis and insights, generated locally and from across the world, that will challenge us to consider where we are and where we could be going.
The narrative-based, relatable content will resonate with the curious listener looking to learn from others and be inspired and open-minded in a fast-changing world.
Episode 1 of the new season will be released on the 15th of May 2024.
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health YouTube Channel.
What are the lessons we can learn from the way others are forecasting the future of work in their sectors? We talk to Dr Michael Guihot about Artificial Intelligence, robots, and the law.
Future Health is a podcast from NSW Health about the future ways we will work, the work we will do and the impact of technology and scientific innovation on the future of healthcare. Each week, Dr Louise Messara is joined by professionals in the health industry (and beyond) as they explore the future of work in healthcare.
The Future Health Podcast is a creation of NSW Health.
For more info on NSW Health visit: health.nsw.gov.au
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health Youtube Channel.
Today we talk to Dr Shannon Nott, a front-line leader in virtual health care, about the issues raised by this growing trend and his long-term vision for health care delivery in the virtual space.
Future Health is a podcast from NSW Health about the future ways we will work, the work we will do and the impact of technology and scientific innovation on the future of healthcare. Each week, Dr Louise Messara is joined by professionals in the health industry (and beyond) as they explore the future of work in healthcare.
The Future Health Podcast is a creation of NSW Health.
For more info on NSW Health visit: health.nsw.gov.au
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health Youtube Channel.
Today those entering their senior years are the first generation who have engaged with technology in almost every aspect of their daily lives. This presents some big opportunities. We talk to the team from the RMIT Health Transformation Lab who are prototyping, trialling, and exploring how to make a real impact in aged care settings, for the first generation of tech savvy aged care users.
Future Health is a podcast from NSW Health about the future ways we will work, the work we will do and the impact of technology and scientific innovation on the future of healthcare. Each week, Dr Louise Messara is joined by professionals in the health industry (and beyond) as they explore the future of work in healthcare.
The Future Health Podcast is a creation of NSW Health.
For more info on NSW Health visit: health.nsw.gov.au
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health Youtube Channel.
There is a general acknowledgement that some human work will be lost to technology but technologymay also have a role to play in job creation for certain sectors of the community. Today we talk to Dr Phillippa Carnemolla about the doors that the future of work could open, as we place an inclusion lens on the future of work discussion and consider the ways in which global trends may shape the growth of workplace inclusion into the future.
Future Health is a podcast from NSW Health about the future ways we will work, the work we will do and the impact of technology and scientific innovation on the future of healthcare. Each week, Dr Louise Messara is joined by professionals in the health industry (and beyond) as they explore the future of work in healthcare.
The Future Health Podcast is a creation of NSW Health.
For more info on NSW Health visit: health.nsw.gov.au
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health Youtube Channel.
Bonus Episode with Dr Brian Burns
Imagine a world where after an accident, the car could alert ambulance and emergency services and provide its precise location, describe the forces on impact predicting the likely injuries sustained by the occupants, advise how many passengers are in the car, their medical histories and blood types and even transmit the passenger’s vitals in real time to the arriving trauma team.
Today we talk to Dr Brian Burns about a vision for trauma management using vehicle technology, biosensors, predictive algorithms, and decision-making assistance to enable a new data driven response to trauma resuscitation.
Future Health is a podcast from NSW Health about the future ways we will work, the work we will do and the impact of technology and scientific innovation on the future of healthcare. Each week, Dr Louise Messara is joined by professionals in the health industry (and beyond) as they explore the future of work in healthcare.
The Future Health Podcast is a creation of NSW Health.
For more info on NSW Health visit: health.nsw.gov.au
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health Youtube Channel.
Imagine a world where after an accident, the car could alert ambulance and emergency services and provide its precise location, describe the forces on impact predicting the likely injuries sustained by the occupants, advise how many passengers are in the car, their medical histories and blood types and even transmit the passenger’s vitals in real time to the arriving trauma team.
Today we talk to Dr Brian Burns about a vision for trauma management using vehicle technology, biosensors, predictive algorithms, and decision-making assistance to enable a new data driven response to trauma resuscitation.
Future Health is a podcast from NSW Health about the future ways we will work, the work we will do and the impact of technology and scientific innovation on the future of healthcare. Each week, Dr Louise Messara is joined by professionals in the health industry (and beyond) as they explore the future of work in healthcare.
The Future Health Podcast is a creation of NSW Health.
For more info on NSW Health visit: health.nsw.gov.au
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health Youtube Channel.
Most of us are comfortable asking a chatbot for help when we are struggling to log in to our online banking account but would you share your feelings of anxiety with a clever piece of software? And even if you would….would you take advice from an AI psychologist? Some people are and it’s a trend that’s on the rise.
We talk to clinical psychologist Dr Charlotte Keating about the role for psychology chatbots in the health system today.
Future Health is a podcast from NSW Health about the future ways we will work, the work we will do and the impact of technology and scientific innovation on the future of healthcare. Each week, Dr Louise Messara is joined by professionals in the health industry (and beyond) as they explore the future of work in healthcare.
The Future Health Podcast is a creation of NSW Health.
For more info on NSW Health visit: health.nsw.gov.au
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health Youtube Channel.
A group of NSW Health clinicians have changed the face of medical learning and information sharing forever, and they started the revolution right in our backyard. We talk to Dr Roger Harris about the motivation for change, the relationship between leadership and followership in building a movement and how it feels to sell out and deliver a medical conference in true rockstar fashion.
Future Health is a podcast from NSW Health about the future ways we will work, the work we will do and the impact of technology and scientific innovation on the future of healthcare. Each week, Dr Louise Messara is joined by professionals in the health industry (and beyond) as they explore the future of work in healthcare.
The Future Health Podcast is a creation of NSW Health.
For more info on NSW Health visit: health.nsw.gov.au
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health Youtube Channel.
What will it mean to be a doctor in 20 or 30 years? What role will patients want for their doctors and what care will they accept from a robot? Today we talk to Dr Ben Bravery, a zoologist who made the decision to train as a doctor, after his own experience with the health system as a patient.
Future Health is a podcast from NSW Health about the future ways we will work, the work we will do and the impact of technology and scientific innovation on the future of healthcare. Each week, Dr Louise Messara is joined by professionals in the health industry (and beyond) as they explore the future of work in healthcare.
The Future Health Podcast is a creation of NSW Health.
For more info on NSW Health visit: health.nsw.gov.au
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health Youtube Channel.
What is the changing role of wearable technology? Are we two, ten or twenty years from wearing everyday devices that will detect disease? Dr Nasiri, a leading researcher in nanotechnology shares her insights about the impact her field will have on the way we detect and manage illness in the very near future.
Future Health is a podcast from NSW Health about the future ways we will work, the work we will do and the impact of technology and scientific innovation on the future of healthcare. Each week, Dr Louise Messara is joined by professionals in the health industry (and beyond) as they explore the future of work in healthcare.
The Future Health Podcast is a creation of NSW Health.
For more info on NSW Health visit: health.nsw.gov.au
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health Youtube Channel.
New season starting on the 20th of June. In season 4 we will continue to explore the future of work with leading experts.
In the last episode of Series 3 we welcome Dr Raj Behal. He is currently the Chief Quality Officer at One Medical. He has had an extensive career working with healthcare data. His passion for data relates to utilising it to its fullest potential; improving patient outcomes. Raj discusses how important data is in healthcare and where it is heading into the future.
The Future Health Podcast is a creation of NSW Health.
For more info on NSW Health visit: health.nsw.gov.au
For our seventh episode we are introduced to Professor Tim Shaw. He is currently the Professor of eHealth and Director of the Research in Implementation Science and eHealth Group (RISe) in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney. He has a strong passion for data driven improvement of health outcomes. Join us as he takes us on a journey in how new technologies can improve patient outcomes and deliver new models of care for the future.
The Future Health Podcast is a creation of NSW Health.
For more info on NSW Health visit: health.nsw.gov.au
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health Youtube Channel.
Our guest for this episode is Ms Samara Dobbins. She is currently the Deputy Secretary of People & Operations at the Department of Premier and Cabinet. She has an extensive career within the public sector including both the Commonwealth and NSW Government. She provides us with her strategic thinking around leading high performing teams to deliver these strategic goals.
The Future Health Podcast is a creation of NSW Health.
For more info on NSW Health visit: health.nsw.gov.au
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health Youtube Channel.
In Episode 5 we are introduced to Dr Ben Hamer, Lead for the Future of Work at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. We took the opportunity to explore his specialty area and gain insights into what the future holds for the workforce, how we work and the positive impact the pandemic has on the Future of Work.
The Future Health Podcast is a creation of NSW Health.
For more info on NSW Health visit: health.nsw.gov.au
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health Youtube Channel.
In episode 3 we have a yarn with Belinda Field, CEO of Yerin Eleanor Duncan Aboriginal Health Services. Belinda has an extensive leadership career in health and within Aboriginal communities providing strategic direction and managing operations for several associations and services. Belinda discusses her work and how we can all contribute to improving Aboriginal health outcomes and participation and how society can break down barriers.
The Future Health Podcast is a creation of NSW Health.
For more info on NSW Health visit: health.nsw.gov.au
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health Youtube Channel.
Meet Dr Rae Cooper. She is an Australian professor, researcher and women’s employment specialist. She is a professor of gender, work and employment relations at the University of Sydney Business School. She takes us on a journey of diversity, inclusion and female workforce participation and leadership and what her research shows us for the future.
The Future Health Podcast is a creation of NSW Health.
For more info on NSW Health visit: health.nsw.gov.au
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health Youtube Channel.
In this episode, we dive into the Future of Work with Jeff Schwartz, Retired Partner at Deloitte and US leader of Future of work. He will take us through the impact of the pandemic on the Future of Work and what this means for business transformation, the workforce and the workplace.
The Future Health Podcast is a creation of NSW Health.
For more info on NSW Health visit: health.nsw.gov.au
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health Youtube Channel.
In our first episode of Series 3 we meet Dr Fatima Cody Stanford. She is an award-winning obesity medicine physician scientist, educator and policy maker at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Fatima showcases her expertise in obesity and nutrition, discussing the potential impact of our new future ways of working on our health. She will also discuss another important topic of diversity and inclusion within healthcare and what more as a society we should do.
Harvard Implicit Association Test: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatouchtest.html
Article: Superhuman, but never enough: Black women in medicine: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02217-0/fulltext
The Future Health Podcast is a creation of NSW Health. For more info on NSW Health visit: health.nsw.gov.au You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health Youtube Channel.
In the final episode for Series 2 we meet Susan Pearce, the Deputy Secretary of the Patient Experience and System Performance Division. Since March 2020 Susan has taken a role within the state’s COVID response as the State Health Emergency Operations Centre Controller. In this episode, Susan explains operational delivery in a crisis and how we make sure to bring a humanised lens to healthcare delivery.
In our seventh episode we are introduced to Arif Jetha, a Scientist at the Institute for Work and Health, and an assistant professor at the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana University Toronto. In this episode Arif discusses the intersections between the work environment and health and how the future of work will affect those living with disabilities.
For our sixth episode we meet Dr. Nik Dawson, a Labour Economist and Data Scientist specialising in labour economics and the 'future of work'. Nik currently works with Faethm AI as a Senior Research Associate and completed his PHD in Computational Economics from UTS. Nik explains what computational economics actually is and how the way we use data will influence the future of work.
In our fifth episode we are introduced to Dr Simon Kos, a Health Industry Executive at Microsoft and Medical Advisor for Next Practice. Simon was previously the Chief Medical Officer for Microsoft Health and started his career as a Medical Officer in NSW Health. In this episode Simon touches on digital transformation (you can hear more from Simon on that here), how the cloud can be used for healthcare and what digital can do for the future of work.
On the fourth episode we meet Dr. Karen Eggleston, a Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and the Director of the Stanford Asia Health Policy Program. Karen and her colleagues from the University of Tokyo and Stanford University have been conducting research on robots and labour in the service sector in Japan and recently published this paper. In this episode Karen explains how robotics will influence the future of work and the considerations that need to be made for the workforce.
Our third episode introduces Cynthia Mahoney, a facilitator, coach, mentor, speaker and author with a passion for personal disruption, positive psychology, high-performance and wellbeing. In this episode Cynthia discuss how teams and leaders can help to cultivate high performing environments and what we can take from the pandemic into the future to support the future of leadership.
In our second episode we meet Dr. Rob Grenfell, the Director of the Health and Biosecurity Business Unit at CSIRO. Rob’s unit released the ‘Future of Work’ report and this episode Rob discusses the challenges we currently face and how we enable a shift from illness treatment to health and wellbeing management.
In our first episode we meet Dr. Celso Cardona, Principal Dentist at Maven Dental Inner West Sydney. With a father and brother who are both dentists, Celso has been in touch with dentistry since childhood and has over 12 years’ experience in all forms of general dentistry, with an interest in cosmetic dentistry and expertise in root canal. Celso discusses how he sees the future of Dentistry being more about care co-ordination, how technology can improve the patient experience, and how his clinical training in other specialty areas assists in delivering holistic patient care.
We are back with Series 2 of the Future Health Podcast.
A look into the way we work, the work we do and how technology will influence the future of work in NSW Health and the healthcare industry.
We have an incredible line up of guests this series and we’re looking forward to sharing their discussions with you each Tuesday starting 1st June 2021.
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Dr McLennan is an anthropology researcher at 3ai (part of the Australian National University) tasked with guiding and accelerating a new branch of engineering centred on cyber-physical systems and artificial intelligence. Hear Dr McLennan discuss her work from around the world and her vision of a safe, sustainable and responsible future with explicit values at the core. Learn about a new type of health care provision in the future and what we need to think about to be ready for this.
Jacqui is the Director of Allied Health at Western Sydney Local Health District. With more than 946,000 residents and projections that this will be over 1.3m by 2031 learn about how Jacqui and her team of professionals are using technology to better meet the needs of our communities, but especially some of our vulnerable and disadvantaged consumers. Hear how enthusiastic Jacqui is about driving positive change and her vision of a digitally enabled Allied Health workforce for the future.
Have you ever wondered about how NSW Health delivers meals, linen, security, cleaning, patient transport, patient aids and a myriad of other services to hundreds of thousands of patients and their families 24/7, 365 days a year? Meet Garth Worboys who unlocks these mysteries for us and thinks about how technology is an enabler for these services and why this matters to patients and the health workforce.
Lachlan discusses his role at eHealth and explores some of the adaptive ways that NSW Health’s workforce is embracing new technology. Lachlan explains that technology supporting clinicians is vital for better patient care, but so too are the humanistic skills about how clinicians continue to incorporate technology into their practice. The importance of the empathic ‘human touch’ is explored as Lachlan helps us discover more.
Mick shares his career story and helps take the audience on a journey about the types of roles that NSW Health workforce will need now and in the future. Hear Mick’s account of the sepsis prevention project and how technology is helping to make faster diagnoses and prevent sepsis in patients which may be a more important issue than we realise. Hear Mick explain why.
Meet Mark Simpson, eHealth NSW’s very first Clinical Chief Information Officer. Learn about the work of Dr Simpson and his team and hear about why the ‘clinical voice’ is important to think about when rolling out technological products to help clinicians deliver better patient care.
Dr Lisa Dive has a deep research and academic career as a bioethicist. In Episode 2 we learned about some of the potential that genomics and individual precision medicine can offer consumers. Dr Dive joins us to answer the big and complex moral and ethical questions around this rapidly evolving field and address the question of ‘Just because we could, does this mean we should’.
For more info on NSW Health visit: health.nsw.gov.au
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health Youtube Channel.
In this episode we dive into the world of genomics with two leading experts in the field Dr Alan Ma and Professor Ian Alexander. Both give their reflections of how practice has changed in this space and some of the opportunities for patients in the future.The Future Health Podcast is a creation of NSW Health.
For more info on NSW Health visit: health.nsw.gov.au
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health Youtube Channel.
In our first episode we meet Bianca Jordaan, Chief Information Officer at SDS Pathology. Bianca has an extensive career history working with technology in healthcare including change manager roles for MyHealth Record and e-Medical Record products. Bianca explains the importance of technology being an enabler for better care in the health industry and some of the considerations faced about designing appropriate systems to enable consumer access and usage.
The Future Health Podcast is a creation of NSW Health.
For more info on NSW Health visit: health.nsw.gov.au
You can also watch the podcast at the NSW Health Youtube Channel.
Future Health is a podcast about the way we work the work we do and how technology will influence the future of NSW Health.
In each episode of the series Dr Amith Shetty is joined by professionals throughout the health industry as they explore the developments in research and technology and the impact it is having on the healthcare industry.
Future Health is created as an initiative of NSW Health.
For more information on NSW Health visit: www.health.nsw.gov.au