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Australian Digital Health Standards Advisory Group

Providing specialist advice on digital health standards to the Australian Digital Health Agency and Council for Connected Care

About the Australian Digital Health Standards Advisory Group

The Group provides strategic and technical advice to the Council for Connected Care and the Agency regarding the development, implementation and use of digital health standards. The group is pivotal in ensuring that Australia can achieve a more connected healthcare system through the use of standards that support safe, secure and seamless sharing of information to improve healthcare experiences and patient outcomes.

Role of the Standards Advisory Group

The Standards Advisory Group will:

  • Provide advice to the Council for Connected Care on digital health standards
  • Facilitate and support the implementation of the Connecting Australian Healthcare – National Healthcare Interoperability Plan 2023-2028
  • Identify priority areas for future standards use, development and implementation to support digital health in Australia
  • Provide advice on the National Digital Health Standards Catalogue

Members

The Standards Advisory Group membership comprises of a broad representation of digital health stakeholders and standards development organisations.

Member list

Name Nominating entity / representative of
Professor Wendy Chapman - ChairAssociate Dean of Digital Health and InformaticsUniversity of Melbourne
Ms Danielle BancroftChief Product Owner, Best Practice SoftwareMedical Software Industry Association
Dr Andrew BellSpecialist Clinical InformaticsNT Health
Ms Vicki BennettUnit Head, Metadata, Information Management and ClassificationsAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare
Mr John BorchiChief Technology OfficerAustralian Digital Health Agency
Mr Gary CampbellSenior Business AnalystAustralian Digital Health Agency
Mr Paul CreesLead Enterprise ArchitecteHealth NSW
Mr Reuben DanielsBoard DirectorHL7™ Australia
Ms Kate EbrillInteroperability LeadAustralian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO
Associate Professor Berne GibbonsStandards Stakeholder Engagement AdvisorAustralian Digital Health Agency
Dr Toby HodgsonDigital Health Senior ManagerMedical Technology Association of Australia
Mr Philip HoyleNational Manager, Digital Health BranchServices Australia
Ms Julia HumeExecutive Director, Costing and Data InfrastructureIndependent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority
Mr Holger KaufmannChief Information Officer and Executive Group ManagerACT Health
Dr Vineesh KhannaDirector, Connecting CareDepartment of Health, Victoria
Ms Cath KoetzDirector, Standards AdoptionAustralian Digital Health Agency
Ms Anne LivingstoneDirector of Projects and ResearchGlobal Community Resourcing
Dr Vince McCauleyChair, IHE AustraliaIntegrating the Healthcare Enterprise
Mr Ryan MavinBranch Manager, Connected CareAustralian Digital Health Agency
Dr Paul MilesDirector, Digital Health and Chief Information OfficerAustralian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Ms Lisa MurphyDirector StandardsAustralian Digital Health Agency
Mr Peter O’HalloranChief Digital OfficerAustralian Digital Health Agency
Ms Jo RootPolicy DirectorConsumers Health Forum of Australia
Mr Ben RussellEngagement Manager – Health SectorStandards Australia
Ms Sue SchmidGeneral Manager, Global Programs and StandardsGS1 Australia
Mr Jeremy SullivanDirector, Digital Connectivity and StandardsDepartment of Health and Aged Care
Mr Mark UptonDirector, Strategy Information Management and GovernanceTasmanian Department of Health
Mr Peter WilliamsExecutive Director Healthcare Industry, Oracle Japan and Asia PacificAustralian Industry Information Association
Mr David VicigSenior Director, Digital ArchitectureeHealth Queensland
Date last updated: 13 November 2024