Clinical Leaders
Clinical Leaders are a select group of practicing clinicians with diverse clinical backgrounds led by Melbourne GP and former Australian Medical Association President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal AO. The Clinical Leaders team has been assigned to various areas of our work program to provide an important sounding board for the development of our work in real world contexts and to advise on likely issues and appropriate mechanisms for engaging with clinical stakeholders.
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 NEHTA Clinical e-newsletter June 2010 | | 24/06/2010 | 1254 |
| NEHTA Clinical eNewsletter May 2010 | | 20/05/2010 | 1280 |
| NEHTA Clinical eNewsletter April 2010 | | 20/04/2010 | 1303 |
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Clinical Leaders Biographies
Dr Mukesh Haikerwal AO, National Clinical Lead
Dr Mukesh Haikerwal AO is the National Clinical Lead with the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) leading a team of clinicians providing input into the NEHTA work program to deliver eHealth for Australia. In January 2011 Dr Haikerwal was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to medical administration, to the promotion of public health through leadership roles with professional organisations, particularly the Australian Medical Association (AMA), to the reform of the Australian health system through the optimisation of information technology, and as a general practitioner. In April 2011, Dr Haikerwal was appointed Chair of the World Medical Association (WMA).
Dr Nathan Pinskier, Deputy Head, NEHTA Clinical Unit
Dr Nathan Pinskier is a Melbourne General Practitioner with an extensive involvement in primary health care, eHealth and information technology. He specialises in practice management systems, information technology, change management and general practice accreditation. He is a director and co-owner of a Melbourne based group of general practices, Medi7, a director of the Berwick Casey Superclinic Ltd and is also Medical Director of the Australian Locum Medical Service. Nathan is a NEHTA clinical lead, a member of the RACGP eHealth National Standing Committee and has represented the RACGP on the Medicare stakeholder consultative committee and the DoHA Point of Care Diagnostics Working Group. Nathan holds a diploma in Practice Management from the University of New England Partnerships and fellowships with the RACGP (Hon), Australian Association of Practice Managers and the Australian Association for Quality in Healthcare.
Dr David Allen
Dr David Allen graduated in medicine from the University of New South Wales in 1985 and completed a Diploma in Public Health in 1988. He is a Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Royal Australasian College of Physicians and works in his multidisciplinary occupational health practice in western Sydney. David provides primary care and specialist telemedicine services across Australia. He is a member of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians eHealth Expert Advisory Group and the Standards Committee for Telehealth. David is interested in telehealth, international ehealth/telehealth initiatives, mHealth and home telehealth remote monitoring.
Yvonne Allinson
Yvonne Allinson is a pharmacist with a background in hospital pharmacy practice, in both clinical and management roles in Australia and overseas. Yvonne has also worked on the change management aspects of the information technology and telecommunications strategy for Victorian public hospitals. She has been a member of key government bodies on national medicines policy and eHealth initiatives. Her current role is CEO of The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA), the peak professional membership organisation for continuing professional development and practice standards for Australian hospital pharmacists. Her current professional interests include continuity in medication management to bridge the gap between hospital and community, both before admission and at discharge; facilitating consumer empowerment as part of eHealth developments via a shared current medication list that both consumers and health professionals can use to improve the use of medicines; the role of pharmacists, working in multidisciplinary teams, to improve the safe and effective use of medicines; using the medicines management pathway and an understanding of the interdependency of the nine key steps and three background processes to improve medicines use and the design of eHealth systems; facilitating change in health care so as to maximise the efficiency, effectiveness, safety and quality of health care delivery, especially via eHealth programs.
Dr John Aloizos, AM
Dr John Aloizos AM is a graduate of the University of Queensland and has worked as a General Practitioner at Upper Mt Gravatt, Brisbane since 1977. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. John is currently the Chairman of Inala Primary Care Ltd and a Non-executive Board member Attune Hearing Pty Ltd. He is also a member of the Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Health Advisory Committee and the AMA Therapeutics Committee. John is the Program Clinical Lead NEHTA Implementations where he provides clinical advice to the NEHTA Implementations Division for the twelve PCEHR eHealth trial sites. His previous involvement in ICT includes: member of the Australian Health Information Council (AHIC, 2003-2006), Chair of AHIC’s Electronic Decision Support Steering Committee (2003 -2006), Australian Medicines Terminology working party (2004-2005), MediConnect Development Group (1999-2004) and the General Practice Computing Group (1998-2003). He has served on numerous national advisory committees for general practice, primary care and health services. In January 2003, he was honoured as a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia by the Australian Government for services to medicine, particularly medical administration, and the Australian Divisions of General Practice.
Julianne Badenoch
Julianne Badenoch is a Registered Nurse and Midwife and has been a rural general practice nurse for 15 years and currently is the Practice Nurse Advisor for her local Division of General Practice in SA. Julianne has been a board director of the APNA since 2003 and recently elected for a second term as President. She is a current member of the RACGP National Standing Committee for Standards in General Practice since 2007, and a current committee member of Cancer Australia National Lung Cancer Advisory Group and the National Prescribing Service (NPS) Prescribing Intervention Expert Advisory Group.
Dr Jenny Bartlett
Dr Jenny Bartlett has extensive experience in clinical practice improvement, clinical governance, the management of complex projects and operational management in health care. She has over 30 years of sector experience, including key roles in senior hospital management at major teaching hospitals. She spent five years as the Director of Quality and Safety and Chief Clinical Advisor in the Department of Human Services in Victoria, immediately prior to commencing work as an independent health care consultant. Her consultancy practice has involved work with a number of jurisdictions and organisations across the spectrum of healthcare, from the community to tertiary referral teaching hospitals. She has directed jurisdictional and national projects and contributed to the development of national health policy. She has had a career long interest in improving health care outcomes.
Dr Ashley Bennett
Dr Ashley Bennett completed a Bachelor of Medical Science in 1996 with a project involving the design and implementation of a computer-assisted diagnostic decision program, then completed his undergraduate medical training at the University of Western Australia in 2000. Having completed postgraduate training in radiology and becoming a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists, he now works for Perth Radiological Clinic and Fremantle Hospital. Ashley has also been the webmaster for the Australian Medical Association (WA) since 1999 and has developed a state-wide online radiology teaching archive in Western Australia.
Dr Sharmila Biswas
Dr Sharmila Biswas started her General Practice career in Birmingham in the UK and has been working in General Practice, Community Controlled Indigenous Health, and Emergency Medicine in regional Queensland in Cairns for 15 years. She is acutely aware - on a daily basis - of the need, in Australia, for a reduction of duplication and of the potential for occurrence of adverse events, by the effective use of accessible Summary Health Records.
Jan Caffey
Jan Caffey is the executive officer at Camp Hill Healthcare. She is a Fellow of the Australian Association of Practice Managers (AAPM).
Beginning her career as a physiotherapist Jan later moved into practice management. As a practice manager she has comprehensive experience in many areas of the healthcare industry. With over 25 years experience Jan has been integrally involved in the primary healthcare journey over the past two decades in areas such as: the development of the practice team, general practice accreditation, the Australian Primary Care Collaborative, systemisation of practices to improve efficiency and the patient journey, and e-health development and implementation. Jan is a past national president and board director of AAPM, a current board director of Australian General Practice Accreditation Ltd (AGPAL) and Quality in Practice (QIP), a current committee member of AAPM Qld and an honorary life member of the Australasian Society of Aerospace Medicine (ASAM).
Dr Pasqualina Coffey
Dr Pasqualina Coffey graduated from the University of Melbourne medical school in 2008, also completing a B. MedSci with Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin. In 2006 she undertook the role of Vice President for the Australian Medical Students' Association, largely being involved with issues surrounding medical education, training, and rural health. Completing her internship with Barwon Health in 2009, she is now a junior medical officer with the Royal Darwin Hospital, and continues to be involved in advocacy for pre-vocational doctors' training, development and welfare.
Dr Ben Connell
After completing undergraduate training at Flinders University in 1994, Ben then undertook ophthalmology training in Melbourne. Ben worked in the NHS for four years (Manchester and London) between 2003 and 2006 where he did advanced training in corneal, cataract and refractive surgery and worked as a consultant at the Manchester Eye and Royal Oldham Hospitals. He has just completed a MPH from Manchester University. Ben holds a public appointment at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital and work in a three-site group private practice.
Dr Peter Del Fante
Dr Peter Del Fante has a degree in Science (Physics and Neuroscience) and Computing Science and started his career as a computer programmer. He then moved into medicine, completing a medical degree at the University of Adelaide, followed by postgraduate training in Public Health Medicine, a Masters degree in Public Health Medicine and a postgraduate Certificate in Management from LaTrobe University. Peter works in private practice in Adelaide and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of practice management. He also works on strategic management and governance as CEO for a Division of General Practice.
Gail Easterbrook
Gail Easterbrook is a specialist clinical pharmacist in drug information at a South Australian public hospital. She teaches pharmacology to medical, pharmacy and nurse practitioner students and in 2007 achieved a Carrick Australian Award for university teaching of safe and effective medication management via an innovative e-learning platform, to all areas of Australasia. Gail has extensive experience with Pharmacy Dispensing Systems in hospital and community pharmacy, and has been involved in programs of ADR Prevention and Management research. In particular, she is interested in the development of ‘trigger tools’ to prevent patient re-exposure to previously encountered situations of drug-related harm, and has developed and maintained hospital-based systems of antibiotic stewardship.
Susan Emerson
Susan Emerson has extensive experience in the aged care sector in South Australia as clinician and Director of Nursing and senior manager. A former national President of Geriaction Inc and member of the National Aged Care Alliance (NACA), she is a speaker at national seminars and conferences, has been a visiting lecturer for the Primary Health Promotion and Nursing Courses at Flinders University and is a member of SA Health’s Quality Use of Medicines Working Group. In 2007 she was awarded, from a national field, an aged-care scholarship to investigate contemporary care practice in Europe, and in 2009 she was named Citizen of the Year by the City of Salisbury in recognition of her extensive intergenerational initiatives and service development activities over the preceding decade. Susan has a particular interest in the social and built-form influences on the wellbeing of older people.
Dr David Evans
Dr David Evans is Director of Medical Services at the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital in Brisbane and has specialist qualifications in medical administration and information technology. He has been published, presented and been involved in health informatics for over 20 years having contributed to the National Electronic Health Record Taskforce, the Better Medication Management System, Queensland Health’s Electronic Discharge Summary, the IHTDSO, the National Classification and Terminology Working Group, the Health Connect Clinical Advisory Committee and a number of other committees.
Dr Gary Frydman
Gary is a graduate of Monash University and vascular surgeon who is in practice in the Western Suburbs of Melbourne, where he runs a vascular laboratory. Gary has been interested in computing in Medicine since his PhD days in the mid eighties. Since commencing in private practice in 13 years ago he has been actively finding ways to communicate rapidly and effectively with his referring general practitioners as well as patients. He is currently exploring new methods of online patient information and informed consent over the internet.
Marina Fulcher
Marina Fulcher is a Practice Management Consultant with over 30 years experience managing many different practices including dental, radiology, allied health, community mental health and specialist practices. A Fellow of the Australian Association of Practice Managers (AAPM), she is past National President and current Vice President, a member of the General Practice Data Governance Council and a director of Australian Medical Benchmarks. Marina is Co-chair of IAARG and the Co-Chairs of Reference Groups as well as representing AAPM on the NEHTA Stakeholder Reference Forum. Marina has a Diploma in Practice Management, Diploma in Management and Leadership, OND Business Studies and Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
Dr Trina Gregory
Dr Trina Gregory studied medicine in London at Charing Cross Hospital Medical School and did postgraduate training in oncology at Royal Marsden; and psychiatry at St Thomas’s Hospital. Trina has over 20 years experience in general practice in Australia and has been deeply involved in her local Division of General Practice, especially in chronic disease, IT HIV, Hep C and aged-care initiatives.
Dr Ralph Hanson
Ralph Hanson is a Paediatrician and was the Director of Information Services at the Children’s Hospital (CHW) at Westmead. He joined the Hospital in 1982. He has had extensive clinical experience over the last 30 years which he has applied to casemix development and the deployment of clinical information systems. As Director of Information Services at CHW he has been in the position of guiding the development of the Electronic Medical Record at the Hospital, piloting the NSW EHR as a partner in the Western Sydney Health-e-Link trial and pursuing innovative new technologies to enhance patient care. He has also worked in other senior roles including Acting CIO for NSW Health.
Dr Neil Hewson
Neil has been involved in Australian Dental Association Inc (ADA) affairs for nearly 30 years. He was Victorian Branch President in 1995/96, has chaired and served on most Branch Committees, was the Honorary Secretary from 1997 until 2008. Neil was elected an Honorary Life Member of the Branch in 2001 and was awarded its Dentistry Achievement Award in 2008. He is a Federal Councillor (since 1996) and was the Federal President in 2008/10. Neil has represented the ADA on many occasions at meetings and on other organisations’ committees and was elected an Honorary Life Member of the ADA in 2010. His activities for the University of Melbourne include being a part time Senior Clinical Demonstrator, a member of several committees for the Melbourne Dental School and Faculty and the University Convocation as well as being a Victorian Centre of Oral Health Science, Board Member. Neil’s contribution to the Melbourne Dental School and the University of Melbourne was recognised when he was appointed a Clinical Associate Professor.
Dr Rob Hosking
Dr Rob Hosking has been interested in e-Health since commencing practice in Bacchus Marsh in Victoria in 1990. He gained his Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics from Monash University in 2000. Rob was chair of the Privacy and Security working group of the General Practice Computing Group from 2002 until 2006 and saw a number of initiatives implemented during this time. He is a GP principal of an eight doctor semi-rural (procedural- including obstetrics) practice. He has been a member of the RACGP National Standing Committee for e-Health since 2008. Rob is also a Senior Clinical Lecturer with Deakin University with his practice taking full time 3rd year students from Deakin under the IMMERSE program. He is also a GP supervisor and Clinical Teacher with Beyond Medical Education and has overseen the education of over 50 GP registrars in his practice. Work within NEHTA is as a Program Clinical Lead with the Diagnostics Services Reference Group as well as demonstrating the Model Healthcare Community.
Dr Malcolm Ireland
Malcolm graduated in medicine in 1976, MBBS (Syd), and a BAppSc (computing) from Charles Sturt University in 1991. He has worked in General Practice in a large regional centre (Maitland) since 1991, and as an academic GP at Newcastle University since 1992. From 1998 to 2004 he was the Program Director, Information Technology, at the Hunter Urban Division of General Practice. He has served on a number of eHealth working parties and committees, including: member of GP expert panel, IBM GP Desktop consultancy; member of working party, Stakeholder Reference Group and Steering Committee for NSW Health EHR project (HealtheLink), and GP member of NSW Health IM&T Health Priority Taskforce.
Dr Shane Jackson
Dr Shane Jackson is currently a practicing community and consultant pharmacist. For a number of years, he has operated two community pharmacy practices in rural areas of Tasmania and provided medication review services to a number of aged care facilities in Tasmania. In 2004, Shane completed a doctorate in pharmacy practice from the University of Tasmania. In 2006, he completed a fellowship with the National Institute of Clinical Studies (NICS) on translational research. He is currently the Tasmanian Branch President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia and was a National Board member of the Society until 2011. He is also a board member of the Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy. His interests lie in integration of pharmacists into primary healthcare, evidence-based pharmacy services and translational research.
Dr Leonie Katekar
Dr Leonie Katekar has 20 years of health sector experience and is an accomplished and experienced health leadership executive, consultant, project manager, educator and practitioner in the health services field with proven expertise and a track record of success. Dr Katekar previously was CEO of Top End Division of General Practice where she was the project director for the implementation of a broad range of eHealth initiatives including secure electronic messaging, electronic transfer of prescriptions, advanced medication management in aged care, shared electronic health records and clinical audit tools for general practices. Dr Katekar was Director of NEHTA's Clinical Unit in May 2009. She is currently a Chief Rural Medical Practitioner in the Northern Territory.
Jonathon Kruger
Jonathon Kruger is a physiotherapist who has worked for over fifteen years in the Australian public health system in senior management roles, lobbying, formulating advocacy campaigns and developing policy and programs aimed at enhancing the health and wellbeing of all Australians. He has substantial expertise and achievement in analysing and developing public health policy and programs in areas as diverse as climate change, men’s health, primary health care and the health workforce. He is currently the General Manager of the Advocacy and International Relations Division at the Australian Physiotherapy Association. In this role he has responsibility for coordinating the policy and advocacy activities of the association.
Dr Tony Lembke
Dr Tony Lembke has been a partner at the Alstonville Clinic in Northern NSW since 1993. He is Clinical Director of the Australian Primary Care Collaborative Program, and chair of the Northern Rivers General Practice Network. He is also a director of the AGPN and a member of the NSW GP Advisory Council. Tony has a special interest in chronic disease management, open source software, and e-Health, having been Sydney University Medical Society Donkey Kong champion in 1983.
Dr Stephen Lew
Stephen Lew is a general practitioner in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. Previously a tutor/lecturer at the University of Melbourne, Stephen held a number of positions at the RACGP, leading to his tenure as the Director of Assessment at the RACGP from 1999-2003. After joining Western Health as the General Practice Liaison Officer in 2003, Stephen has worked on improving the timeliness and manner with which clinical information is transmitted between general practice and acute hospital. The major focus of this work has been directed at the possible improvements which better communication can bring, by using technology such as electronic messaging.
Dr Kean-Seng Lim
Dr Kean-Seng Lim is a graduate of Sydney University, and Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. He is a full time General Practitioner, working as a partner in a small group practice in Mt Druitt for the last 15 years, and is the Secretary of the Mt Druitt Medical Practitioners Association. He has previously served on the local Divisional Board and RACGP NSW Faculty Board. He has been extensively involved in eHealth programs through the local Association and Division, and currently has a strong involvement in schools based obesity prevention programs although he would rather be out riding his bike more often.
Tim Logan
Tim Logan is a community pharmacist of nearly 30 years experience, currently based in Nambour, near Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. After graduating in Pharmacy from UQ, he practiced as a pharmacist in Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Toowoomba, Atherton and Townsville. He is the President of the Queensland Branch, and Senior National Vice-President, of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, the Guild's nominee for, and Deputy Chair of, the Queensland Pharmacist’s Board, and Chair of the Pharmacy Guild’s IT committee and Constitution committee. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and of the Australian College of Pharmacy Practice and Management.
Dr Trevor Lord
Dr Trevor Lord specialises in industrial medicine, workers compensation, and electronic medical records in General Practice. He has been a medical computing writer for Australian Doctor. Trevor has been a member of numerous committees: among them the RACGP Practice Management Committee, National Medical Computing Committee, IBM Expert Panel, Management Committee General Practice Computing Group, National Electronic Health Record Taskforce, and AMA IT Expert Advisory Group 2000.
Sue McIndoe
Sue McIndoe has 32 years experience as a Registered Nurse and Midwife in hospital and community health settings in Queensland, Victoria and the Northern Territory. Sue developed an interest in informatics in the 1988 when she completed a ‘Computing for Nurses’ subject as part of a nursing degree. She has since done post graduate studies in Health Administration and Information Systems. Sue is currently employed by Royal District Nursing Service in Melbourne where she manages the Informatics department. Sue is also on the executive committees of Nursing Informatics Australia and the Victorian Branch of the Health Informatics Society Australia.
Dr Christopher Mitchel Dr Christopher Mitchell is a general practitioner in Lennox Head New South Wales, working for over 20 years as a rural GP where he has an appointment at the Ballina District Hospital. Chris is the immediate Past President of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and is a board member of the RACGP, the National Prescribing Service, the Therapeutic Guidelines Limited, North Coast GP Training and the Northern Rivers GP Network. Chris is a Clinical Professor with the University of Wollongong and holds a Fellowship of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Dr Stewart Morrison
Dr Morrison is a surgical resident at Western Hospital Melbourne, as well as being heavily involved in the Australian Medical Association Victoria's (AMAVic) Doctor in Training (DiT) Subdivision, currenly being Vice President and Communications Officer.
Dr Craig Nelson
Dr Craig Nelson is Head of Unit of the Department of Nephrology at Western Health in Victoria. He completed his university training in Medicine and Surgery at The University of Sydney in NSW with 1st Class Honours and his specialist training in Nephrology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Victoria and The Prince of Wales Hospital in NSW through the Royal Australian College of Physicians - SAC: Nephrology. His PhD was completed at The University of Melbourne through St Vincent's Hospital in Victoria on the Novel Markers of Cardiovascular risk in Early Chronic Kidney Disease. His present interest is in using eHealth to improve the detection and management of Early Chronic Kidney Disease to prevent the associated cardiovascular complications and End Stage Renal Failure.
Trish O’Hara
Trish O’Hara has extensive experience in senior nurse management and leadership positions in public and private hospitals throughout Australia. She has post graduate qualifications in cardio-thoracic nursing, a Bachelor’s degree in Health Science and a Master’s degree in Business Administration. Her clinical expertise covers intensive care, coronary care, emergency department, operating theatres, short stay units and medical / surgical wards. Trish was a member of the Advisory Council to the Royal College of Nursing, Australia and Chair of the Victoria Chapter of the RCNA. She helped frame recommendations to Government on the National Health and Hospital Reform, National Registration, health legislation and policy. As a Professional Officer with the ANF (Victoria Branch) Trish is responsible for portfolios which require her expertise in health reform initiatives, national and state professional nursing and health industry issues.
Dr Christopher Pearce
Dr Christopher Pearce has trained in both General Practice and Rural & Remote Medicine. He currently works in general practice, anaesthetics and emergency medicine in Melbourne. A fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Christopher has been active in health informatics for many years, commencing with the federal government's Information Management Strategy Group, and then the General Practice Computing Group. He has a PhD on the impact of computers in general practice, and researches and publishes in the areas of social aspects of computing, data quality and knowledge creation, and ethics.
Professor Bernard Pearn-Rowe
Professor Bernard Pearn-Rowe has been a GP for over 30 years. He is a former Chair of the RACGP, President of the AMA, and Chair of WAGPET – the Western Australian GP Training Consortium. He has a long involvement in ethics in medicine and in medico-legal medicine. His current appointments are Foundation Professor and Head of Discipline of General Practice at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Convenor of the Federal AMA Council of General Practice, and member of the Commonwealth Professional Services Review. For many years a solo, full time GP, he now practices half time in a large group practice in Applecross, WA.
Dr Peter Rischbieth
Dr Peter Rischbieth is a rural doctor in Murray Bridge in South Australia and has been a partner in the Bridge Clinic for the last 23 years. The immediate past President of the Rural Doctors Association of Australia, he is a GP obstetrician and anesthetist and currently is RDASA Vice president (Industrial) and has been involved in formulating a state wide industrial agreement for rural general practitioners. He has also been active in the formulation of health reforms involving maternity services and the increased role of midwives and is a member of the SA Clinical Network in Maternity and Neonatal services. Peter has been the Principal Medical Officer involved in hospital administration at the Murray Bridge Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital for 15 years. With a keen interest in accreditation and clinical standards Peter has been actively involved in the teaching of medical students, interns and registrars. Peter has also represented RDASA on numerous committees involved in planning of rural health services, clinical privileging, clinical standards, and workforce issues with the South Australian Department of Health.
Malcolm Sandow
Malcolm Sandow is an Orthopaedic Surgeon working at Royal Adelaide Hospital, and in private practice at Wakefield Orthopaedic Clinic in Adelaide. He has had an interest in 3D imaging and virtual surgery, and is involved in development of software to aid computer image modelling. His background in the technical aspects of sofware development provided the skills to assist in the creation of guidelines and recommendations on the appropriate access of diagnostic images to clincians through the RACS.
Gary Smith
Gary Smith is an eminent practice manager of a very progressive general practice in western Sydney. He has had extensive experience in the management of healthcare practices. He has been the National President along with NSW State President of the Australian Association of Practice Managers Ltd (AAPM). He is a Fellow and a Life Member of AAPM. He holds Directorships on Boards of The Australian General Practice Accreditation Ltd (AGPAL), University of New England Partnerships (UNEP) and is Chair of Quality in Practice P/l (QIP). He represents the AAPM on a number of advisory and tasks groups to Government. He is also a sought after public speaker due his knowledge on practice management along with being an Academic Director for UNEPartnerships.
Elizabeth Stanick
Elizabeth Stanick is a Fellow of the Australian Association of Practice Managers and has over 20 years experience as a Practice Manager. She commenced her career as a student nurse, before working at a large Pathology Institute. Her current work involves the financial management, quality improvement, clinical governance and operational management of a large private Specialist Anaesthetic practice in Hobart. Elizabeth has been on the Executive of AAPM at State level for the duration of her working life, and has also been on the National Board. She is passionate about educating managers to strive for improvement in their practices. Elizabeth is also a member of the Australian Institute of Management, and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
David Stokes
David Stokes has been involved in the health system in a number of roles over the years. While working as a Director of Psychology in a Victorian hospital, he also became involved in allied health matters, including chairing the National Allied Health Classification Committee which developed standard data items for allied health practitioners in all health settings. David has also been a practicing clinical neuropsychologist for over 30 years in both hospital and private practice settings. For the past seven years, as Senior Manager of Professional Practice at the Australian Psychological Society, David has been lobbying the Government on major issues affecting not only psychologists but other allied health care professionals. David was involved in negotiating Medicare rebates for psychologists and other allied health as well as access to electronic billing. So both his professional practice role and his allied health involvement have led to his interest in such issues as patient privacy, shared electronic health records, practice software, and researching the efficacy of “self help” eHealth websites.
Dr Rowan Thomas
Dr Rowan Thomas is the Deputy Director of Anaesthesia at St. Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne. He has a Masters of Public Health and a Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics. He is a past Chair and current member of the Victorian Regional Committee of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and is a member of the Fellowship Affairs Committee of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists. He is very involved in continuing medical education, having convened national and local conferences. His interest in eHealth centres around large scale audit for improvements in the safety of medical care as well as the collection of perioperative health information and the implementation of decision support systems. He has expertise in computer programming, experience in user interface design and an interest in clinical data standards.
Dr Jeff Urquhart
Dr Jeff Urquhart has trained in both General Practice and Sports Medicine as well as undertaking undergraduate studies in computer science. He currently is working in Geelong as the GP Liaison Officer for Barwon Health and has a part-time position as clinical assistant in the Orthopaedic Department Jeff is also a part-time GP in a group practice in Geelong West. He has been involved in Health Informatics for 10 years with a previous position in the ITIM program for the local division of General Practice. Jeff has presented at several health informatic conferences in the area of encrypted health messaging. He is involved in regional health projects promoting the use of eHealth messaging, electronic health records in a hospital environment, a statewide service provider index and electronic referral guidelines for GPs.
Dr Chris Wagner
Dr Chris Wagner is the General Practitioner and Medical Educator working in the southern metropolitan area of Adelaide. He is also a Senior Lecturer at the Department of General Practice at Flinders University in South Australia. Chris has worked in metropolitan and rural practices and community where he was involved with the development of telemedicine and computing services within rural health education and training. He has been involved with health informatics since the mid-70s as well as health delivery, management and education through the Colleges, Divisions of General Practice, Australian Council of Healthcare Standards, and member of the AMA Council of General Practice, SA Branch.
Dr Peter Garcia-Webb
Dr Peter Garcia-Webb is a graduate from Guy’s Hospital Medical School and emigrated to Australia in 1970. As a Chemical Pathologist he acquired extensive experience in research, teaching, public sector, private sector and to a lesser extent international Chemical Pathology. Later in his career he was involved with senior management. He was a member for some years and later Chair of the AMA Committee on E-Health.
Associate Professor Peter Woodruff
President of the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS), Peter is a vascular surgeon based in Brisbane. He is the immediate past President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Vascular Surgery. Following surgical training in the UK and USA he returned to Australia as a Senior Lecturer at the Royal Brisbane Hospital. He became involved with renal transplantation and moved to Princess Alexandra Hospital to participate in the newly developed specialised vascular unit and subsequently became the Director. He was elected to the Council of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in l997, and was Vice President in 2002-2003. He is a Fellow of the AMA and a past President of the Australian Association of Surgeons. He is a member of the Medical Board of Queensland, a consultant to the HQCC and is on the Private Practice Committee of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare. He was recently elected to the Board of ISQua.
Dr John Zorbas
Dr John Zorbas graduated from the University of Western Australia in 2009 with both an MBBS and a BMedSc with honours (in conjunction with the McComb Foundation). John has been extensively involved with pre-vocational representation at both State and Federal levels. He currently represents junior doctors on both the Australian Medical Association WA Doctors in Training Committee and the WA Junior Doctors in Health IT. Completing his internship at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in 2010, John now works as a resident medical officer at Joondalup Health Campus, with ongoing involvement in clinical redesign and point of care solutions.