National Clinical Governance Committee for Digital Health
The National Clinical Governance Committee for Digital Health (NCGC-DH) is an ongoing committee established to provide enduring clinical governance and stewardship. The NCGC-DH replaces and will build on the Clinical Reference Group (CRG) that was instrumental in the successful delivery of strategic clinical and consumer advice for the Better and Faster Access program, including advice that informed the development of the Modernising My Health Record (Sharing by Default) Act 2024.
The NCGC-DH aims to provide national clinical governance for digital health, system safety and quality, lived experience perspectives and expert clinical advice.
Role of the National Clinical Governance Committee for Digital Health
In its role as an advisory body the NCGC-DH will:
- Ensure the upload of health information including pathology and diagnostic imaging results is consumer-centred and focused on delivering high quality information to consumers in line with their preferences, goals and consent and is clinically safe, accessible and inclusive
- Advise on additional types of health information that could be safely shared by default to My Health Record in the future
- Provide strategic advice and recommendations on measures to ensure the safe and responsible use of emerging digital health models including virtual care and telehealth, and artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare settings.
Expert Advisory Groups
Reporting to the NCGC-DH are three expert advisory groups that will explore key topics in greater depth:
- Better and Faster Access Expert Advisory Group advising on safe health information sharing to My Health Record
- Virtual Care and Telehealth Expert Advisory Group advising on patient safety issues concerning emerging care models
- Artificial Intelligence Enabled Care Expert Advisory Group advising on approaches for clinically safe implementation.
NCGC-DH membership list
The NCGC-DH membership comprises representatives from Commonwealth and state and territory governments, peak bodies, professional associations, consumer groups (including consumers with lived experience) and other stakeholders.
Members list
| Organisation | Representative | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Digital Health Agency | Dr Amandeep Hansra (Chair) | Chief Clinical Advisor (Medicine) |
| Australian Digital Health Agency | Karen Booth | Chief Clinical Advisor (Nursing) |
| Australian Digital Health Agency | Alex Powell | Branch Manager, Clinical Governance and Assurance Branch |
| Australian Digital Health Agency | Dr Steve Hambleton | Chair, Better and Faster Access Expert Advisory Group |
| eHealth Queensland | Dr Rae Donovan | Chair, Artificial Intelligence Enabled Care Expert Advisory Group, and A/Chief Clinical Information Officer, eHealth QLD |
| Health Intelligence | Dr Louise Schaper | Chair, Virtual Care and Telehealth Expert Advisory Group |
| Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) | Michael Bakker | Member |
| Allied Health Professions Australia (AHPA) | Jackie O'Connor | Digital Health Program Manager |
| Australian College of Nursing (ACN) | Adj/Prof Naomi Dobroff | Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Faculty |
| Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) | A/Prof Chris Pearce | Research Committee Member, Quality and Safety Council Member |
| Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) | Dr Paul Miles | Director, Digital Health and Chief Information Officer |
| Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) | Rachel Griffiths | National Director, Policy and Accreditation |
| Australian Medical Association (AMA) | A/Prof Magdalena Simonis | Member |
| Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) | Alice Kett | Strategic Lead – Education |
| Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) | Denise Lyons | President |
| Canberra Health Services | TBC | TBC |
| College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (CICM) | Dr Kiran Deol | Specialist Intensivist |
| Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF) | Dr Elizabeth Deveny | Chief Executive Officer |
| Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (DHDA) | Simon Cleverley | Assistant Secretary |
| Department of Health, Victoria | Dr Sharon Hakkennes | Chief Digital Health Officer |
| Health Care Consumers Association (HCCA) | Jessica Lamb | Manager of Policy and Advocacy |
| Human Genetics Society of Australasia (HGSA) | Julia Mansour | Chief Executive Officer |
| LGBTIQ+ Health Australia (LHA) | Terence Humphreys | Director |
| Medical Software Industry Association (MSIA) | Emma Hossack | Chief Executive Officer |
| National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) | Mike Stephens | Director, Medicines Policy and Programs |
| NSW Health | A/Prof Amanda Walker | Clinical Advisor, Clinical Safety, Quality and Governance |
| NT Health | Dr Jeremy Chin | Chief Medical Officer |
| People with Disability Australia (PWD) | Kit Walsh | Project Manager |
| Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) | Jarrod McMaugh | State Manager, VIC |
| Public Pathology Australia (PPA) | Dr Indy Sandaradura | Chief Medical Information Officer |
| Queensland Health | Dr Rajesh Nair | Director of Medical Services |
| Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) | A/Prof Daniel Capurro | Member |
| Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) | Dr Helen Mohan | Fellowship Elected Councillor |
| Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) | Dr Talat Uppal | Fellow |
| Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) | Dr Michael Wright | President |
| SA Health | Rhys Parker | Chief Clinical Information Officer |
| Services Australia | TBC | TBC |
| Tasmanian Department of Health | Dr Dinesh Arya | Deputy Secretary for Clinical Quality, Regulation and Accreditation |
| The Pharmacy Guild of Australia | Ravneet Dhillon | Pharmacist Advisor |
| The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) | Dr Nick Ferris | Member |
| The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) | Dr Helen Wordsworth | Chair, Haematology Advisory Committee |
| Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) | Prof Robyn Langham | Chief Medical Adviser |
| WA Health | Dr Peter Sprivulis | Chief Clinical Information Officer |