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New report on consumer health leadership – from #ShiftingGearsSummit. Download your free copy

Melissa Sweet
Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Consumer health matters, Health reform, #ShiftingGearsSummit

Please download, read and share this 62-page report compiling our coverage from the first Australian and New Zealand conference on consumer leadership and experience in healthcare: The Shifting Gears summit, hosted by the Consumers Health Forum of Australia.

It covers:

Shifting Gears: success stories and way-points on the road to consumer-centred healthcare
Using social media to engage consumers in health service design and quality improvement
Navigating the road to consumer leadership in health: Shifting Gears day two
CroakeyVOICES examines Shifting Gears to drive consumer leadership and experience in healthcare
Shifting Gears Summit: a user’s manual in ten parts
Health consumers of today, partners of tomorrow
CroakeyVOICES joins consumers Shifting Gears on the road to improved quality in healthcare
Health Voices.

Jennifer Doggett and Cate Carrigan reported on the #ShiftingGearsSummit for the Croakey Conference News Service, and Nicole MacKee contributed to live-tweeting of the event, with Dr Ruth Armstrong as editor. Warm thanks to all who contributed to the coverage with their presentations, interviews, tweeting and engagement.

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New report on consumer health leadership – from #ShiftingGearsSummit. Download your free copy

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