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e-Health Workshop: Introduction of the presenterAssociate Professor Oliver Burmeister, SCM.I lead the FOBJBS Health Services research area (HSRA), together with Associate Professor Zahid Islam. The HSRA is focused on non-medical services in health (health stats, data mining, HRM, nursing practice, healthy ageing, and more). There are some overlaps with the CML ehealth focus.
Recent eHealth related projects • 2017-2018 $890,000 Global Innovation Linkages (under review). • Title: Digital Health Solution to monitor and diagnose Alzheimer’s and dementia, supporting patients, carer-givers and clinicians to improve patient outcomes, implement interventions and delay institutionalisation. • 2016-2017 $14,020 CSU FOBJBS Compact Grant (no 122). • Title: SPADE (dementia game). • 2015-2017 $655,000 Department of Social Services. • Title: Social and community links - a driver of healthy and active ageing. • 2015-2017 $250,000 NSW Kids and Families. • Title: Health system navigation in the digital age. • 2015 $15,000 Carewest Pty Ltd. • Title: Evaluation of Tele-Health Equipment (Older people with disabilities). • 2014-2015 $15,000 Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre. • Title: Identifying the medico-legal and ethical challenges in Synergy (web portal for youth with mental health issues). • 2014-2015 106,563€ German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. • Title: Situation adaptive navigation assistance for dementia patients on the basis of causal models.
Expertise applicable to eHealth • Mental health (last 12 months) • The ethics of eMental Health in Australia's Western Murray Darling Basin, The Australian Community Psychologist • Rural and remote communities, technology and mental health recovery, Journal of Information, Communication & Ethics in Society • Service and infrastructure needs to support recovery programs for Indigenous community mental health consumers, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing • Brokering community engagement: Proactive strategies for supporting Indigenous Australians with mental health problems, Issues in Mental Health Nursing • The role of the mental health worker in a Housing and Accommodation Support Initiative (HASI) for Indigenous Australians, Perspectives in Psychiatric Care • Ageing, including mental health (last 12 months) • The development of assistive dementia technology that accounts for the values of those affected by its use, Ethics and Information Technology • Enhancing connectedness through peer training for community dwelling older people: A person centred approach, Issues in Mental Health Nursing • The impact of a participatory care model on work satisfaction of care workers and the functionality, connectedness and mental health of community-dwelling older people, Issues in Mental Health Nursing • Information and communication technology solutions for outdoor navigation in dementia, Alzheimer's & Dementia
Current eHealth related issues (maximum 3) to work • Ageing • Healthy ageing in the community • Telehealth for older people with disabilities • The disabilities need not be age-related (eg diabetes, heart disease, etc.). • Dementia • Suicide • High youth, including Indigenous, suicide in rural NSW • High suicide rate among older men, internationally, including Australia.