Chief Digital Officer, Department of Health, Victoria; Australia

Neville Board is Victoria’s Chief Digital Health Officer and heads the Digital Health Branch. The Team is implementing unique patient identification across Victorian health services, connecting health services to the My Health Record system, and operates a series of applications for health services. The Branch also leads the Victorian health service cyber security and ICT operational assurance programs, applying Australia’s only Digital Health Maturity Model. The Branch conducts health sector planning and assurance, sets standards for clinical systems, and is supported by a clinical advisory council and the Victorian Health CIO Forum.

Prior to coming to Victoria in 2018, Mr Board headed the eHealth and Medication Safety program at the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. He also convened the WHO clinical practice working group for the Global Patient Safety Challenge Medication without Harm.

Mr Board is a registered nurse and has worked in clinical, management, and informatics roles. He has published on hospital in the home, use of data in health care, short stay surgery and post-acute care.