Program Governance

Board of Health Information Systems

The Board of Health Information Systems provides governance to the implementation and development of the Whole of Health Information and Communications Technology Strategic Plan, including HealthSMART. It meets every two months to ensure the strategy achieves:

• optimal business benefit,
• effective commercial arrangements and
• robust technical outcomes.

Membership

The Board of Health Information Systems comprises personnel from the health sector and government representing the various interests of stakeholders and interested parties.

Secretary Department of Health (Chair)	Independent Chair HealthSMART Services Council
ED Hospital & Health Service Performance, Department of Health (Deputy Chair)	CEO ISIS Primary Care; Chair CMS Product Planning Group
CEO Eastern Health; Chair Clinical Systems Steering Committee	CEO Peninsula Health
Director Budget & Financial Management, Department of Treasury & Finance	ED Mental Health, Drugs & Regions, Department of Health
CEO Barwon Health	ED Finance & Corporate Services, Western Health
ED Nursing Services, Melbourne Health	ED Medical Services & Quality, Southern Health
CIO Southern Health	ED Wellbeing, Integrated Care & Aged, Department of Health
Director Social Policy Branch, Department of Premier & Cabinet

Governance

HealthSMART governance structure - October 2010 (PDF,18kb) - groups, including steering committees and product planning groups, report through to the Board, which in turn reports to ministers and Government.

The program governance for the HealthSMART program has evolved since the Project’s inception and reflects the closure of the Resource Management Systems and Patient and Client Management Systems portfolios.

Original HealthSMART governance structure (PDF, 53kb)

Governing bodies - meeting summaries

• Clinical Systems
• Patient and Client Management Systems
• Resource Management Systems
• HealthSMART Services Council
• Common Technology Infrastructure Initiative