The AIHW is proud to bring together an independent expert panel to lead the development of a National Health Information Strategy, on behalf of the Health Services Principal Committee of the Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council (AHMAC).
The National Health Information Strategy will fill a gap–a lack of a national, targeted health data and information strategy. The Strategy aims to achieve integrated, effective and timely health data and information. The outcome will be a 10–15 year vision, and an enduring framework that will support the information needs of all who use, work in and manage Australia’s health system. The Strategy will be provided to AHMAC and the CoAG Health Council in late 2020 and then published.
The Strategy will be able to support a series of 3–4 year National Health Information Investment Plans to shape strategic investment in health information.
This comprehensive approach will focus on developing a co-ordinated, more patient-centred health information system.
The expert panel is made up of individuals who are independent and well respected in areas such as public administration, health research, clinical practice, consumer perspectives and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing. The members will lead the development of the Strategy with support of an AIHW team.
The panel members are:
Chair:
- Emeritus Professor Mike Daube AO – Curtin University. Previously Professor of Health Policy, Curtin University and Director General of Health for Western Australia. A leader in public administration
Members:
- Professor Michael Kidd AM – Director of the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre on Family Medicine and Primary Care, University of Toronto, and Honorary Professor of Global Primary Care with the Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity, Flinders University, An experienced general practitioner and researcher
- Leanne Wells – CEO, Consumers Health Forum of Australia, A health advocate and consumer representative
- Professor Sandra Eades – Associate Dean (Indigenous), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, An accomplished epidemiologist and leader of Indigenous health research
- Professor Louisa Jorm – Foundation Director, Centre for Big Data Research in Health, University of NSW, A leader in policy-relevant research and using big data
The AIHW looks forward to working with the panel to deliver the Strategy for improved national health data and information.
For more infomation vist our National Health Information Strategy Independent Expert Panel committee page here.