View Health – chemo@home Directors Julie Adams and Lorna Cook, along with Loretta Zanella recently presented three posters at the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia, Winter Congress 2019. View Heatlh – chemo@home is at the cutting edge of home chemotherapy and immunotherapy services. The three posters presented were: It Feels Like Home – The Chemo Day-Unit […]
View Health – chemo@home Director, Julie Adams, was invited to be a part of a panel discussion at the Australian Women’s Leadership Symposium in Perth, WA. Women face a variety of unique challenges in business and Julie’s somewhat different way of looking at these challenges provided a interesting perspective and counterpoint to the panel discussion.
View Health – chemo@home Director, Julie Adams, gave invaluable insight into alternate models of healthcare at the Morgan Stanley Australia Private Health Forum in Melbourne, VIC. The panel discussion focused on “out of hospital” models of care, a topic which Julie is both passioinate and knowledable about. The audience wa prompted to think about the […]
Recently View Health – chemo@home Director, Julie Adams, was an invited to discuss “Customer power” at the CEO Summit in Perth, WA. The lively panel discussion revolved around the policies which unleash the customer as key in aged care and health sectors.
Lorna Cook, Co-Founder and Director of chemo@home, stimulated the audience of health executives when she addressed the Australasian College of Health Services Management in Darwin. The Federal Governments health reform agenda is encouraging patients to receive their chemotherapy in their community rather than in hospital. Chemo@home is at the forefront of this safe convenient treatment […]
To provide our patients with the most advanced and safest care possible, it is important to embrace technological advances. To see what we have been up to behind the scenes to deliver the best possible patient experience click here. #chemoathome, #chemotherapy, #digitalhealth, #cancer, #chronicillness, #Episoft, #Illuminance, #adaptbydesign, #patientexperience, #medicationmanagement, #patientchoice, #empoweringpatients
Last night we hosted an event with our colleagues from Solaris Care, Breast Cancer Care WA, Melanoma WA and the Cancer Wellness Centre. Thank you so much to Dr Ru-Wen Teh who spoke about patient choice and to the beautiful Claudia Van Dijk who shared her story. Diagnosed with breast cancer within weeks of giving […]
The Zonta Club of Bunbury where very appreciative to Julie Adams, co-founder of Chemo@home who was guest speaker at their International Women’s Day breakfast. An inspiring speaker, the audience was very grateful to Julie for sharing her story on life, growth and leadership.
Today Julie Adams had the absolute pleasure of celebrating International Women’s Day with the AFA Association of Financial Advisers Inspire community. Julie who was the Western Australian 2016 Telstra Business Woman of the Year, shared the incredible story that led to starting her own health service. During the event AFA Association of Financial Advisers Inspire community raised money for a […]
Many Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patients need ongoing treatment with immunotherapy medications given by infusion at regualr intervals. Traditionally these infusions have only been given in hospital. However, ground-breaking research presented at the Gastroenterological Society of Australia’s Annual meeting on the Gold Coast in August has highlighted the beneifts and safety of chemo@home for patients […]
A world first presentation at the 2017 Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists Annual Conference “Establishment of the First Home Administered Natalizumab Infusion Service for the Treatment of Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS)”. S Vijayan1, J Adams2, L Cook2, Z Haskins2, A Kermode1 1Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, The Perron Institute, Nedlands, Perth, WA 2chemo@home, […]
The story of Julie Adams and Lorna Cook has been published along with 33 other inspiring business women. The book, Extra. Ordinary. Businesswomen was launched at the East Perth Yacht Club on the 30th March 2017, where the women celebrated their achievements.
Here are a few photos from Business Women Australia’s lunch to celebrate International Women’s Day on the 8th March 2017… Julie Adams was lucky enough to be invited to be the keynote speaker!!
Presenting at the National Australian Pharmacy Students’ Association (NAPSA) Congress in Perth with the Hon Ken Wyatt. Chemo@home challenging young “soon-to-be” pharmacists to CHange the way they think about where health care services are delivered, Engage with their patients and MOtivate yourself to explore career opportunities in this space. Really great to meet so many […]
Delighted to be presenting at the amazing hospital pharmacy conference, Medication Management Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Perth 2016. #mm2016shpa on #chemoathome…. #itsallaboutthepatient!
Delighted to be able to present our work in the area of brain cancer treatments at the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Annual Conference, Gold Coast 2017. View our poster here
Julie Adams gave the opening presentation at the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (WA) annual seminar on what motivated her in her career as a pharmacist. Many inspirational pharmacists providing fantastic professional health services in the community in attendance. More information on the PSA Annual Seminar can be found here.
Leukaemia Foundation – National Myeloma Day 2016. Julie Adams was very excited to talk about new medications in the treatment of myeloma that work on the immune system at the annual patient seminar in WA. More information on National Myeloma Day can be found here. If you would like to see Julie’s informative presentation on immune […]
Rogers L, Wilkes J, Haskins Z and McGreal S. The establishment of chemo@home: An integrated model of patient centred service delivery for chemotherapy patients. Cancer Nurses Society of Australia – Winter Congress, Melbourne, 2014. Poster.
Haematology Association of Australasia
Julie Wilkes and Sharni Wilkes presented at a recent Leukaemia Foundation Patient Study day. Chemotherapy delivery in the home Vital signs monitoring app trial
National Research Program, Swan Valley Community New Investigators grant for Western Australians.
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Published publications
Wilkes J, Herrmann R, Chandler S and Haskins Z. A one-year pilot study to establish and assess the safety, cost and impact on quality of life (QOL) of a home cancer care service (HCCS), Clinical Oncological Society of Australia, Sydney, 2002. Poster.
Wilkes J, Herrmann R, Chandler S and Haskins Z. Updated data on a pilot study to establish and assess the safety, cost and impact on quality of life (QOL) of a Home Cancer Care Service (HCCS), American Society of Haematology, Philadelphia, USA, 2002. Abstract 3435.
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