HIM-Interchange
ISSN: 1838-8620 (Print) 1838-8639 (Online)
Health Information Management Journal
ISSN: 1833-3583 (Print) 1833-3575 (Online)

EDITORIAL BOARD & HIMJ INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY PANEL
As at 18 February 2011

CHAIRPERSON

Kay Bonello
La Trobe Private Hospital
Bundoora, Victoria.

SECRETARIAT TO EDITORIAL BOARD

Irene Kearsey
Formerly: Health Information Management Advisor, Victorian Department of Human Services.

EDITOR Barbara Postle
South Perth Hospital, South Perth, Western Australia.

MANAGING EDITOR Liz Morrison
School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences,
La Trobe University, Bundoora 3086, Victoria.

ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Joanne Callen
Senior Lecturer, School of Health Information Management, 
Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, New South Wales.

Jennie Shepheard 
Health Information Funding and Health Information Policy, Metropolitan Health and Aged Care Services, Department of Human Services, Victoria.

Kerin Robinson
Head, Health Information Management Department
School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora 3086, Victoria.

Sue Walker
Member
Associate Director, National Centre for Health Information Research and Training (NCHIRT) School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland.

Joan Henderson
Member
The Family Medicine Research Centre, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, NSW.

Dianne Williamson
Member
Department of Health Information Management, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University,
Bundoora 3086, Victoria.

MEMBERS

HIMAA BOARD OF DIRECTORS' REPRESENTATIVE Vicki Bennett
Head, Health Care Safety and Quality Unit,
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA Bob Blue
Executive Officer
Health Information Management Association of Australia,
North Ryde, New South Wales.

STATE BRANCH REPRESENTATIVES
ACT Vicki Bennett
Head, Health Care Safety and Quality Unit,
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
NSW Cassandra Jordan
The Sydney Clinic, Bronte NSW; 
The Wolper Jewish Hospital, Woollahra NSW
QLD Maryann Wood
Queensland Univeristy of Technology, Queensland.
SA Erin Holmes
SLO
 
Medical Record Advisory Unit, SA Health, South Australia.
TAS Mark Upton
Mark Upton, Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania.
VIC Darryl O'Bryan
SLO
Castlemaine Health, Castlemaine, Victoria.
WA Barbara Postle
SLO
South Perth Hospital, South Perth, Western Australia.

HIMJ INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY PANEL

Professor Kathy Eagar MA, PhD, FAFRM(Hons)
Professor of Health Services Research
Director, Centre for Health Services Development, University of Wollongong, Australia

Dr Mervat Abdelhak Phd RHIA FAHIMA
Department Chairman and Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Department of Health Information Management, Pittsburgh, USA.

Ms Carla AbouZahr Bsc, MSc
Coordinator, Statistics, Monitoring and Analysis, Department of Health Statistics and Informatics, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland. 

Dr Saman Gamage MBBS, MSc
National Institute of Health Sciences, Kalutara, Sri Lanka 

Professor Jane Grimson BA, BAI, MSc, PhD, FTCD, FIEI, FRAMI, FICS, FIAE, FREng, CEng 
Director of Health Information, Health Information and Quality Authority, Ireland; Professor of Health Informatics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Dr Terri Jackson BA, MA, PhD 
Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta; Adjunct Professor, Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Canada.

Dr Lene Mikkelsen MA, PhD 
Consultant, Health Information Systems Knowledge Hub, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Australia.

Ms Deirdre Murphy BA, MA 
Manager, Health Research and Information Division, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin, Ireland.

Dr Wansa Paoin MD 
Chief Knowledge Officer, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Thailand.

Professor Beth Reid BA, MHA, PhD 
Senior Consultant, Pavilion Health, Australia.

Professor Margaret A Skurka MS, RHIA, CCS, FAHIMA 
Professor and Director, Health Information Management Programs, Indiana University Northwest, Indiana, USA.

Professor Johanna Westbrook BAppSc(MRA), GradDipAppEpid, MHA, PhD, FACHI, FACMI 
Health Informatics Research & Evaluation Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Australia.

Ms Mary-Ellen Wetherspoon 
Senior Advisor Clinical Coding, Ministry of Health, New Zealand

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