Staff

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^{George Cozaris}

^{ACACI Co-Director / Director of Information Technology}

^{A Prof Graeme Hart}

^{ACACI Co-Director / Deputy Director ICU}

Associate Professor Graeme Hart , [MB BS, FJFICM, FANZCA] is the Deputy Director of Intensive Care and Clinical Co-Director of ACACI. Graeme is also Deputy Chair, Health Smart Clinical Systems Steering Committee, Department of Human services, Victoria.  

In addition to his clinical responsibilities, Graeme undertakes a range of management and research activities which focus on: Epidemiology of Critical Illness, Resource availability impact on Quality of Care and Health systems enhancement.  

Heather Grain

Acting ACACI Executive Director

^{Sofie Ioannidis}

^{ACACI Executive Director (on leave)}

^{Jan Staehr}

^{Clinical Projects Coordinator}

Jan has a Batchelor of Applied Science (Adv Nurs) and a Post Graduate Diploma of Information Technology. With a clinical background in acute and community health nursing, Jan has gained informatics experience working in the public and private sectors as an informatics nurse and a project manager.

^{Anthea Ward}

^{Clinical Projects Coordinator}

Anthea has Bachelor of Health Information Management and Graduate Certificate in Health Service Management. Anthea and has worked in the public health sector in Melbourne and Canberra. Prior to joining ACACI in 2006, Anthea was working at NHS Connecting for Health in the UK.

^{Caitlyn Green}

^{Clinical Project Officer / Dietician}

Caitlyn is an accredited practicing dietitian who has worked at Austin Health for the past 4 years. She has a special interest in nutrition research and its application in clinical settings.

^{Sean Conley}

^{Clinical Project Officer}

Sean has a Bachelor of Nursing and a Graduate Diploma in Critical Care Nursing Emergency . Sean has a clinical background in acute and sub-acute in Victoria and Queensland.  Sean gained an interest in clinical informatics whilst the project officer of Victorian State Trauma and Outcomes Registry. He has worked as an Associate Nurse Unit Manager in Emergency Nursing over the past 7 years

^{Andrew Chong}

^{Training Manager}

Andrew has a Bachelor of Technology (Information Technology) and a Post Graduate in Education and Training. Joining Austin and ACACI in August 2003 as the IT Training Manager, he has been in the IT Training industry for 10 years and has trained in previous organisations such as Royal Children’s Hospital, Royal Women’s Hospital, Bendigo Health, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Carlton and United Breweries, Kraft Foods Ltd and Henkel.

^{Anna Brazzale}

^{Trainer & Training Coordinator}

Anna is the IT Trainer/Co-ordinator with the ACACI group. Anna has been training for approximately 5 years but has 25 years of experience and knowledge in the health sector. At ACACI, her main focus has been training medical staff and ensuring that the required training has been conducted to assist them in their day-to-day role.  Outside of ACACI, Anna also conducts training to all Allied Health and Nursing staff at Austin Health on the use of Medtrak and PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System).

^{Janette Gogler}

^{Nursing Informatics}

Janette Gogler brings to ACACI a strong background in clinical informatics in tertiary health services.  A Registered Nurse with  post graduate qualifications in Health Informatics and many years experience in education and training.   

Janette has several roles within Austin – managing telehealth innovation for home monitoring of patients with chronic disease; administrator and trainer for e-rostering; research in nursing data elements in order to prepare the organisation for electronic documentation.  Her passion for nursing informatics 2008 is to bring the 21^st Century to nursing at Austin health with the right tools at point of care and reducing duplication of data entry.

Evelyn Hovenga

Honorary Academic Fellow

Evelyn [RN PhD FRCNA FCHSE FACHI FACS] is a distinguished Australian health informaticist. She has made major contributions to the discipline for over 30 years. Evelyn is the Director of EJSH Consulting. She has been appointed as a consultant to the openEHR Foundation and is an Honorary Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Health Informatics & Multiprofessional Education, University College London.