Clinical Quality Registries Framework Review Advisory Group

A Clinical Quality Registries Framework Review Advisory Group has been convened, comprising members with relevant expertise and experience in the CQR sector.

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

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 Robert Herkes	Chief Medical Officer, the Commission	Deputy Chair	National
Dr Anne Duggan	Clinical Director, Healthcare Variation, the Commission	Commission representative	National
Ms Catherine Katz	Director, Intergovernmental Relations, the Commission	Commission representative	National
Dr Adrian Webster	Head, Hospitals and Expenditure Group, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)	AIHW representative	National
Ms Anna Flynn	Director, Policy Development, IHPA	IHPA representative	National
Ms Anne McKenzie AM	Head, Western Australia Consumer and Community Health Research Network	Consumer representative	Western Australia
Dr Audrey Koay	Executive Director, Patient Safety and Clinical Quality, Department of Health (Western Australia)	Jurisdictional representative (Western Australia)	Western Australia
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)	Queensland
Mr Ian Bertram	Managing Vice President, Gartner	Corporate governance and artificial intelligence technology expert	National
Professor Ian Harris	Deputy Director, Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry (AOANJRR)	CQR representative	National
Professor John Beltrame AM	Chair, CADOSA Registry; Professor of Medicine - Michell Chair, Adelaide Medical School	CQR representative Clinician representative	South Australia
Dr Jodi Glading	Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Health Professional Policy and Advisory Services Group, Department of Health (Tasmania)	Jurisdictional representative (Tasmania)	Tasmania
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, Ministry of Health (New South Wales)	Jurisdictional representative (New South Wales)	New South Wales
Professor Meredith Makeham	Chief Medical Adviser, Australian Digital Health Agency	Australian Digital Health Agency representative	National
Ms Nicola Ware	CEO, Ramsay Hospital Research Foundation	Private hospital sector representative	National
Ms Paula Wilton	Director, Clinical Analytics and Outcomes Research, Victorian Agency for Health Information (VAHI)	Jurisdictional representative (Victoria)	Victoria
Professor Paul Kelly	Chief Medical Adviser, Health Product Regulation Group	Health Products Regulation Group representative	National
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
Dr Sara Watson	A/Chief Medical Officer, Senior Director Clinical Excellence and Patient Safety, Department of Health (Northern Territory)	Jurisdictional representative (Northern Territory)	Northern Territory
Ms Sharon Smith	A/ED System Information & Analytics Branch, Ministry of Health (New South Wales)	Jurisdictional representative (New South Wales)	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
Associate 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)	South Australia
Ms Val Theisz	Director, Regulatory Affairs, Medical Technology Association of Australia	Medical devices industry 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.