Clinical Quality Registries Framework Review Advisory Group

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care convened the Clinical Quality Registries (CQR) Framework Review Advisory Group (Advisory Group), comprising members with relevant expertise and experience in the CQR sector.

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The role of the Advisory Group is to provide high-level guidance and advice on the review and update of the Framework for Australian clinical quality registries.

List of Advisory Group members

Member name Role title and organisation Committee contribution Jurisdiction
Mr James Downie Chief Executive Officer, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) Chair National
Dr Adrian Webster Head, Health Systems Group, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) AIHW representative National
Ms Anne McKenzie AM Senior Manager, Community Engagement, Telethon Kids Instrument Consumer representative Western Australia
Dr Audrey Koay Executive Director, Patient Safety and Clinical Quality, Department of Health, Western Australia Jurisdictional representative Western Australia
Ms Catherine Katz Director, Intergovernment Relations, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) Commission representative National
Ms Chereta Daylight Director, Policy Development, IHPA IHPA representative National
Professor David Pilcher Chairman, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) Centre for Outcome and Resource Evaluation (CORE) CQR representative National
Ms Di O'Kane Director, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Service, Clinical Excellence Division, Queensland Health Jurisdictional representative Queensland
Dr Heather Buchan Senior Medical Advisor, the Commission Commission representative National
Professor Ian Harris Deputy Director, Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry (AOANJRR) CQR representative National
Dr Isuru Ranasinghe Cardiologist, the Prince Charles Hospital CQR representative Queensland
Dr Jodi Glading Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Health Professional Policy and Advisory Services Group, Department of Health, Tasmania Jurisdictional representative Tasmania
Professor John Beltrame AM Chair, CADOSA Registry; Professor of Medicine - Michell Chair, Adelaide Medical School

CQR representative

Clinician representative

 South Australia
Dr Jui Tham Medical Officer, Strategy and Development, Australian Health Service Alliance Private health insurance sector representative National
Ms Liz Hay Director, Economics and Analysis, Strategic Reform and Planning Branch, New South Wales Ministry of Health Jurisdictional representative New South Wales
Ms Margaret Williams Principal Policy Officer, Clinical Excellence and Patient Safety, Department of Health, Northern Territory Jurisdictional representative Northern Territory
Ms Nicola Ware CEO, Ramsay Hospital Research Foundation, Head of Innovation & Transformation, Ramsay Health Care Private hospital sector representative National
Ms Paula Wilton Director, Clinical Analytics and Outcomes Research, Victorian Agency for Health Information (VAHI) Jurisdictional representative Victoria
Ms Sally Rayner Director, Quality, Performance and Reporting Section, Health Economics and Modelling Branch, Australian Government Department of Health  Australian Government Department of Health representative National
Ms Sharon Smith A/ED System Information & Analytics Branch, New South Wales Ministry of Health Jurisdictional representative New South Wales
Professor Stephen McDonald Director, Dialysis and Senior Staff Nephrologist, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Clinical Director of Renal Services for the Country Health region of SA Health and Executive Officer, Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplantation Registry (ANZDATA)

CQR representative

Clinician representative

 National
Professor Susannah Ahern Member, Australasian Pelvic Floor Procedure Registry (APFPR) Steering Committee, Head, Registry Science and Research, Monash University CQR representative Victoria
Ms Tina Hardin Executive Director, Clinical Informatics, Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health, SA Health Jurisdictional representative South Australia
Ms Tracey Duffy First Assistant Secretary, Medical Devices and Product Quality Division, Therapeutic Goods Administration Therapeutic Goods Administration representative National
Ms Val Theisz Director, Regulatory Affairs, Medical Technology Association of Australia Medical devices industry representative  National
TBA TBA Australian Digital Health Agency representative National

If you have any questions about the Clinical Quality Registries Framework Review  please contact Dr Bernadette Aliprandi-Costa and the project team via email at CQR@safetyandquality.gov.au or phone 02 9126 3600.