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.