Board Advisory Committees

The Agency is established under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Establishing the Australian Digital Health Agency) Rule 2016 which provides for the creation of Advisory Committees following consultation of proposed members with Health Ministers.

The Advisory Committees and members are:

Clinical and Technical - Download Clinical and Technical Advisory Committee Charter PDF (138 kB)

QLD Chair	Dr Eleanor Chew MBBS, FRACGP, MMed (GP), FAICD. Agency Board Member
SA	Dr Oliver Frank MBBS PhD FRACGP FACHI Senior Research Fellow, Discipline of General Practice, University of Adelaide Fellow, Australasian College of Health Informatics Fellow, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
VIC	Dr Kate Taylor MBBS MPH GAICD Chief Executive Officer, Oculo Visiting Fellow, Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne
NSW	Ms Cheryl McCullagh Director, Clinical Integration, Sydney Children’s Hospital Network, NSW Health
QLD	Dr David Hansen PhD MBA GAICD Chief Executive Officer Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health Informatics Society of Australia, Board Chair
WA	Mr Stephen Wragg Director, Western Australian Primary Health Alliance President Pharmacy Guild of Australia (WA Branch) Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (member)
NT	Dr Hugh Heggie Chief Health Officer, Northern Territory Department of Health Royal Australian College of General Practitioners National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation GP Network Member, Australian Indigenous Doctors Association Member, RACGP Member, N.A.C.C.H.O. G.P. Network Member, National Rural Health Alliance
NSW	Mr John Sutherland Chief Information Officer, Ramsay Health Care
QLD	Dr Clair Sullivan MBBS (Hons) MD FRACP CHIA Queensland Medical Lead, Digital Health Improvement Consultant Endocrinologist Co-Director, Clinical Service Improvement Co-Chair, Diabetes Statewide Clinical Network Member, Translational Research Institute (TRI) University of Queensland Princess Alexandra Hospital, Metro South Health QLD
VIC	Dr Simon P Nazaretian MB BS BMedSc(Hons) DipMan MISGyP FRCPA Anatomical Pathologist, Australian Clinical Labs Member, Royal College of Pathologists Australasia
WA	Associate Professor Helen Slater Clinical Researcher and Senior Lecturer School of Physiotherapy, Curtin University Member, Australian Physiotherapy Association Fellow, Australian College of Physiotherapists

Consumer - Download Consumer Advisory Committee Charter PDF (104 kB)

WA Chair	Ms Stephanie Newell Agency Board Member
NSW	Dr Alan Huynh General Practice Registrar, GP Synergy Lecturer, Office for Global Health, University of Sydney Conjoint Associate Lecturer, Western Sydney University, School of Medicine
ACT	Ms Darlene Cox Executive Director, Healthcare Consumers Association Inc
NSW	Mr Dean Martin Research Manager, Lifespan, Black Dog Institute Member, Health Informatics Society of Australia
NSW	Dr Karen Luxford Executive Director, Strategic Partnerships & Knowledge Exchange, Clinical Excellence Commission NSW Health Fellow, Australian Institute of Management, Fellow, Australian Association for Quality in Health Care Fellow, International Society for Quality in Health Care Member, Australasian Association for Quality in Health Care Council
NT	Ms Nicolle Marchant Senior Engagement Lead, Aboriginal Health AMSANT
SA	Ms Melissa Cadzow Health Consumer
VIC	Ms Pattie Beerens CEO, Australian Diagnostic Imaging
VIC	Ms Julie Anderson Manager, Consumer Participation Strategy, NEAMI
NSW	Ms Kerry Stubbs CEO, Northcott Disability Services Chair, The National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI Ltd) NSW Telstra Businesswoman of the Year Award, Community and Government Sector

Note: One position pending confirmation of appointment. Details to follow.

Privacy and Security - Download Privacy and Security Advisory Committee Charter PDF (105 kB)

ACT Chair	Mr Paul Madden Agency Board Member
NSW	Angelene Falk Deputy Commissioner Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
WA	Ms Robyn Daniels MA, LLB, B Ed Senior Solicitor, Department of Health WA
TAS	Ms Mary Downie Consumer Healthcare Advocate
SA	Dr Chris Moy MBBS FRACGP FAMA GP working in Parkside, SA Chair, Adelaide PHN Central Adelaide Clinical Council Member, Australian Medical Association (SA) Member, AMA Federal Council
QLD	Dr. Andrew J. M. Campbell-Lloyd BSc MBBS FRACS (Plast) Specialist Plastic Surgeon Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Member, Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons
VIC	Mr Bob Milstein Owner, Milstein & Associates
VIC	Dr Troy Browning Managing Director, Medical Indemnity Protection Society
NSW	Mr Graham Ingram CIO, Record Holdings Pty Ltd, Auscript Australasia
NSW	Ms Georgie Haysom Head of Advocacy, Avant Mutual Group Limited
NSW	Ms Lyn McGrath Executive General Manager, Retail Sales, Commonwealth Bank Agency Board Member

Audit and Risk - Download Audit and Risk Committee Charter PDF (116 kB)

Chair	Mr. Keith Skinner Company Director and previously COO Deloitte Australia Committee
	Ms. Valerie J Lyons BBus (Accounting), FAICD, FCPA, FGIA, MAIST, Non Executive Director (NED) Principal: Valerie Lyons
	Ms. Julie A Priest BEc (Economics, Accounting, Computer Science), MAICD, FCA, CISA, Registered Company Auditor Non Executive Director (NED) Principal: Julie Priest
	Mr. Rob Bransby Agency Board Member

NOTE: The establishment of the Audit and Risk Committee does not require consultation with Health Ministers. Members are appointed by the Board.

Digital Health Safety and Quality Governance - Download Digital Health Safety and Quality Committee Charter PDF (106 kB)

NSW Chair	Professor Johanna Westbrook Agency Board Member
NSW	Professor Anne Duggan Senior Medical Advisor, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care Conjoint Professor School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle
NSW	Dr Robert Herkes Clinical Director, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality
SA	Professor Libby Roughead School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences University of South Australia
NSW	Dr Linda Swan Chief Medical Officer Medibank Private
QLD	Associate Professor Nick Buckmaster Medical Director, Department of General Internal Medicine, Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service
ACT	Dr Paresh Dawda Primary and Aged Care practicing clinician Fellow, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, RACGP
NSW	Ms Maureen Robinson General Manager, Clinical Governance, Heath Direct Australia
VIC	Christopher Pearce PhD MFM MBBS FRACGP FACRRM FAICD FACHI President, Australasian College of Health Informatics Director Of Research, Outcome Health Adjunct Associate Professor in General Practice, Monash University Visiting Fellow, Australian National University Fellow, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, RACGP Fellow, Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine, ACRRM Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors, AICD Fellow, Australasian College of Health Informatics, ACHI
QLD	Kirstine Sketcher-Baker, Executive Director, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Service, Queensland Health

NOTE 1: Two positions pending confirmation of appointment. Details to follow.

NOTE 2: The establishment of the Digital Health Safety and Quality Governance Committee does not require consultation with Health Ministers. Members are appointed by the Board.

The Agency also has a Jurisdictional Advisory Committee (JAC). Members are nominated by the head of the Health Department in each jurisdiction.

Jurisdictional Advisory Committee (JAC) - [DOWNLOAD] Jurisdictional Advisory Committee Charter (JAC) - v1.2 PDF (107.27 kB)

QLD (CHAIR)	Mr Michael Walsh Director-General, Queensland Health Agency Board Member
Cwlth	Ms Penny Shakespeare First Assistant Secretary Pharmaceutical Benefits Division Department of Health
NSW	Dr Zoran Bolevich Chief Executive, Chief Information Officer eHealth NSW
VIC	Mr Andrew M Saunders Health Chief Information Officer Department of Health and Human Services
TAS	Mr Mitchell Knevett Executive Director, ICT Services Department of Health and Human Services
SA	Mr Bill le Blanc Chief Information Officer SA Health
WA	Ms Angela Kelly Assistant Director General Purchasing and System Performance Department of Health
ACT	Mr Peter O’Halloran Chief Information Officer Health
NT	Mr Stephen Moo Chief Information Officer Department of Health and Families

Business and travel expenses will be in accordance with the Agency Travel, Allowances and Business Expense Policy - Travel Policy PDF (834.95 kB)

Contact Details

Kathryn Dolan
Board Secretary Australian Digital Health Agency Phone: 02 8298 2112
kathryn.dolan@digitalhealth.gov.au

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