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.
List of Advisory Group members
| 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 |
| Dr Adrian Webster | Head, Health Systems Group, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) | AIHW representative | National |
| Ms Anne McKenzie AM | Consumer advocate and consultant | Consumer representative | Western Australia |
| Dr Audrey Koay | Executive Director, Patient Safety and Clinical Quality, Department of Health, Western Australia | Jurisdictional representative | Western Australia |
| Associate Professor Bhavini Patel | Executive Director, Medicines Management Research, Northern Territory Health | Jurisdictional representative | Northern Territory |
| Ms Catherine Katz | Director, Intergovernment Relations, the Commission | Commission representative | |
| Ms Chereta Daylight | Director, Policy Development, Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) | IHACPA 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 | 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 |
| Dr Jodi Glading | Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Quality, Regulation and Accreditation 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 Kate Riley Sandler | Manager Linked Data Projects, A/Manager, Clinical Quality Registries & Patient Reported Outcomes, Victorian Agency for Health Information (VAHI), Department of Health | Jurisdictional representative | Victoria |
| Ms Liz Hay | Director, Economics and Analysis, Strategic Reform and Planning Branch, New South Wales Ministry of Health | Jurisdictional representative | New South Wales |
| Ms Liz Keen | Director, Clinical Governance - Clinical and Digital Health Standards Governance, Digital Strategy, Australian Digital Health Agency | Australian Digital Health Agency representative | National |
| 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 and Aged Care | Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care 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 | 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 |
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.