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.
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.
| Member name | Role title and organisation | Committee contribution | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Sandy Middleton | Director, Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and Australian Catholic University | Chair | National |
| Ms Bernice Cropper | Head, Health Systems Group, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) | AIHW representative | National |
| Ms Catherine Katz | Director, Intergovernment Relations, the Commission | Commission representative | National |
| Ms Chereta Daylight | Director, Policy Development, Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) | IHACPA representative | National |
| Mr Chris Boyd Skinner | Assistant Director Clinical Governance, Clinical Governance and Assurance Branch, Policy, Programs and Engagement Division, Australian Digital Health Agency | Australian Digital Health Agency representative | National |
| Dr David Gill | Assistant Deputy, Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry (AOANJRR) | CQR 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 Emily Kuzich | Senior Medical Advisor, Healthcare Quality Intelligence Unit, Clinical Excellence Division, Department of Health, Western Australia | Jurisdictional representative | Western Australia |
| Ms Fiona Wake | Executive Director, Clinical Excellence and Patient Safety, Commissioning and System Improvement, Northern Territory Health | Jurisdictional representative | Northern Territory |
| Dr Heather Buchan | Senior Medical Advisor, the Commission | Commission representative | National |
| Ms Helen Mees | Consumer advocate | Consumer representative | Western Australia |
| Dr Isuru Ranasinghe | Senior Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane Associate Professor in Cardiology, Northside Clinical Unit, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland |
CQR representative | Queensland |
| 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 Linda Brown | Director, Translational Research, Clinical Trials, Strategic Projects and Response, Clinical and Professional Leadership Unit, Safer Care Victoria | Jurisdictional representative | Victoria |
| Ms Maureen Woodward | Consumer advocate | Consumer representative | Queensland |
| Ms Nicola Ware | CEO, Ramsay Hospital Research Foundation; Head of Research, Innovation and Integrated Care, Ramsay Health Care | Private hospital sector representative | National |
| Ms Sally Rayner | Director, Quality, Performance and Reporting Section, Health Economics and Modelling Branch, Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing | Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing representative | National |
| Ms Sharon Smith | Executive Director, System Information & Analytics Branch, New South Wales Ministry of Health | Jurisdictional representative | New South Wales |
| Professor Stephen McDonald | Executive Officer, Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplantation (ANZDATA) Registry Director, Adelaide Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, University of Adelaide and Senior Staff Nephrologist, Royal Adelaide Hospital |
CQR representative Clinician representative |
National |
| Professor Susannah Ahern | Chair, Australian Breast Device and Australasian Pelvic Floor Procedure Registry (APFPR) Head, Clinical Outcomes Reporting 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 |
| TBC | Department of Health, Tasmania | Jurisdictional representative | Tasmania |
If you have any questions about the Clinical Quality Registries Framework Review please contact the project team via email at CQR@safetyandquality.gov.au or phone 02 9126 3600.