Session 323: Who owns the patient data?
Track 4
| Wednesday, August 7, 2024 |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Room P1 |
Overview
Room P1
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2:00pm - 3:30pm PRESENTATIONS
Speaker
Danielle Bancroft
Chief Product Officer
Best Practice Software
Who owns the patient data?
Biography
Danielle is the Chief Product Officer at Best Practice Software.
Previously, she has worked on large-scale digital transformation projects including ePrescribing. She is a practising pharmacist with experience in community, hospital and defence. Danielle is passionate about delivering innovative software that delivers exceptional customer experiences and provides optimal patient-centred care.
Dr Elizabeth Deveny
CEO | GM | MD
Consumer Health Forum of Australia
Who owns the patient data?
Biography
Dr Deveny is an experienced and well-respected director and executive with a strong commitment to providing sustainable health outcomes for all Australians. She also has a demonstrated ability to build and maintain positive, productive partnerships with key stakeholders and the broader community.
Dr Elizabeth Deveny is currently the CEO of Consumers Health Forum of Australia, the national independent peak body for health consumers. Her recent roles include CEO of South Eastern Melbourne PHN, CEO of Bayside Medical Local and Chair of Southern Metropolitan Partnership.
She holds a masters in vocational health education and a PhD in Medicine (clinical decision support development), both from Melbourne University.
Emma Hossack
CEO | GM | MD
Medical Software Industry Association
Who owns the patient data?
Biography
Emma Hossack is the CEO of the Medical Software Industry Association (MSIA Ltd).
She is on a number of advisory Boards, Committees and Councils including the University of Melbourne Law School Foundation Board, the National Cyber Executive Council and Connected Care Council. Emma has acted as a Director of the Australian Digital Health Agency and been a member of the Council member of the National Aged Care Advisory Council.
Prior to her current role, Emma was the CEO of several software companies, a commercial lawyer, and Board member of several not for profit and advisory committees for health and privacy including being the
President of the International Association of Privacy Professionals ANZ.
Emma holds a B.A (Hons), LLB and LLM.
Emma is mother of triplet girls and enjoys marathon running.
Elizabeth Koff
Managing Director
Telstra Health
Who owns the patient data?
Biography
In April 2022 Elizabeth was appointed Managing Director of Telstra Health, Australia’s largest digital health company and a subsidiary of Telstra Group Limited.
Prior to this Elizabeth was Secretary, NSW Health for a six-year term. As Secretary, Elizabeth was responsible for the management of the NSW health system, the largest health system in Australia with a $30 billion budget and 124,000 FTE. Key strategy achievements include the implementation of value-based care across NSW, the progression of e-Health initiatives and a $2B/year capital infrastructure program. In 2020/2021 Eli’zabeth lead the NSW Health system through the COVID-19 pandemic and advised NSW crisis cabinet on the management of COVID-19 in NSW, and the subsequent vaccination roll out.
Elizabeth was chair of the Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council (AHMAC) and its subsequent iteration of Health Chief Executives Forum. She is also a member of Chief Executive Women.
Elizabeth was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday 2022 Honours. In September 2022 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Western Sydney University for her contribution to healthcare in Western Sydney and in May 2023 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Sydney in recognition ofexceptional service to healthcare and her significant role in shaping and guiding the future of health in NSW and across the nation.
In November 2023 Elizabeth was appointed to the Australian Government’s Executive Cyber Council, representing the health, aged care, and digital health sectors.
Prof Peter Leonard
Consultant
Data Synergies and UNSW Business School
Who owns the patient data?
Biography
Peter Leonard is a business consultant and lawyer advising data-driven businesses and government agencies.
Peter is principal of Data Synergies and Professor of Practice at UNSW Business School, working across the Schools of Information Systems and Technology Management, and Management and Governance. Peter serves on the NSW Government’s AI Review Committee, the NSW Government’s Information and Privacy Advisory Committee, and a number of corporate and advisory boards.
He is immediate past chair of the AI Ethics Technical Committee of the Australian Computer Society and the Privacy and Data Committee of the Law Society of New South Wales.
James Manners
Founder | Start-up
Pliny
Who owns the patient data?
Biography
James is the Co-Founder and CTO of Pliny, a cloud based clinical data platform. Pliny enables clinics to improve efficiency and reduce costs by integrating digital diagnostic equipment, with PMS/EMR and other systems. This allows clinicians and their teams to focus on patient care rather than data entry, filing of pdfs and other tedious manual tasks. An engineer by training, James has worked in many different industries, including manufacturing, mining and professional consulting.
Dan Stinton
CEO | GM | MD
Healthengine
Who owns the patient data?
Biography
Dan Stinton joined Healthengine as CEO in August 2023. He brings more than 20 years of experience working in startups, media and technology and has held executive roles in digital strategy and corporate development at Yahoo, Seven West Media and The Guardian. He previously co-founded and was Managing Director of the wholesale beverage marketplace, eBev. Dan is also an active tech startup investor and advisor across a range of industries, including healthtech, business productivity and online marketplaces. Dan holds an MBA from the University of Western Australia as well as a BA from Curtin University.

