Council for Connected Care
Providing strategic advice on interoperability and supporting the implementation of the National Healthcare Interoperability Plan.
Role of Council
The Council for Connected Care will:
- identify opportunities to accelerate interoperability in various parts of the health system and ways to harness these opportunities
- facilitate and support the implementation of the Connecting Australian Healthcare – National Healthcare Interoperability Plan 2023-2028
- promote and garner support for digital health initiatives that drive connected healthcare
- identify barriers to achieving interoperability and ways to overcome them.
Members
The Council for Connected Care membership comprises of 38 leaders in digital health.
Member list
Member list
| Organisation | Representative | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Digital Health Agency | Ms Amanda Cattermole PSM | Chief Executive Officer |
| Australian Digital Health Agency | Mr Peter O’Halloran | Chief Digital Officer |
| Australian Digital Health Standards Advisory Group | Mr Christopher Radbone | Chair Standards Advisory Group |
| Advanced Pharmacy Australia | Ms Kristin Michaels | Chief Executive Officer |
| Ageing Australia | Mr Nicholas Elmitt | Head of Quality and Research |
| Allied Health Professions Australia | Ms Jackie O’Connor | Digital Health Program Manager |
| Australasian Institute of Digital Health | Ms Anja Nikolic | Chief Executive Officer |
| Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine | Dr Christopher Pearce | Chair Digital Health Committee |
| Australian Commission on Safety & Quality in Health Care | Conjoint Professor Anne Duggan (Chairperson) | Chief Executive Officer |
| Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care | Ms Gillian Giles | Executive Director Clinical Governance |
| Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO | Dr David Hansen | Chief Executive Officer |
| Australian Information Industry Association | Ms Elizabeth Whitelock | Chief Executive Officer |
| Australian Institute of Health & Welfare | Ms Louise Gates | Executive Director of the Health Insights Division |
| Australian Medical Association | Dr Danielle McMullen | President |
| Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation | Ms Alana Ginnivan | Assistant to the Federal Secretary (Strategy & Campaigns) |
| Australian Patients Association | Mr Richard Skimin | Digital Healthcare Ambassador |
| Australian Private Hospitals Association | Dr Neale Fong | Board member |
| Consumers Health Forum of Australia | Dr Elizabeth Deveny | Chief Executive Officer |
| Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (DHDA) | Mr Simon Cleverley | Assistant Secretary |
| Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia | Ms Priyanka Rai | Executive Director |
| Health Information Management Association of Australia Ltd. | Ms Sallyanne Wissmann | Chief Executive Officer |
| Healthdirect | Mr Prashan Malalasekera | General Manager National Digital Infrastructure |
| Medical Software Industry Association | Ms Emma Hossack | Chief Executive Officer |
| Medical Technology Association of Australia | Mr Andrew Wiltshire | Head of Digital Health |
| National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation | Ms Nicolle Marchant | Digital Health Director |
| National Disability Services | Mr Michael Perusco | Chief Executive Officer |
| National Mental Health Commission | Mr David McGrath | Chief Executive Officer |
| NT Health | Dr Andrew Bell | Chief Clinical Information Officer |
| Office of the National Rural Health Commissioner | Professor Jenny May | National Rural Health Commissioner |
| Pharmaceutical Society of Australia | Mr Chris Campbell | Head of Policy and Strategy |
| Pharmacy Guild of Australia | Mr Matthew Ryan | Digital Health Manager |
| PHN Cooperative | Ms Jacqueline Emery | Chief Executive Officer, Sydney North Health Network |
| Public Pathology Australia | Ms Jenny Sikorski | Chief Executive Officer |
| Royal Australian College of General Practitioners | Dr Rob Hosking | Chair Expert Committee on Practice Technology and Management |
| SANE Australia | Ms Rachel Green | Chief Executive Officer |
| Services Australia | Ms Robyn Shannon | Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Program Design |
| Tasmanian Department of Health | TBC | TBC |
| WA Health | Professor Peter Sprivulis (Deputy Chairperson) | Chief Clinical Information Officer |
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