Dr Lance Emerson is the Chief Executive Officer of the Victorian Agency for Health Information (VAHI). Lance works with the VAHI team to drive improvements in safety and quality in Victorian health services through the provision of high quality health service performance information.
Lance has a passion for development and maintenance of information systems to improve consumer care, and has a PhD in the use of clinical indicators to guide better care and improve health outcomes. He has extensive experience in running specialist health organisations, having most recently been CEO of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) and prior to that, CEO of the Australian Research and Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY).
Lance is currently a Board Director of Australian Red Cross Lifeblood (formerly Red Cross Blood Service).
Adina Hamilton is the Director of Survey, Safety and Quality Insight unit, a role which oversees the delivery of timely and high-quality performance information to government, health services executives, clinical leaders and the public.
She has worked in policy and analytics roles in the Victorian Government for nearly two decades, most recently as the Director of Health Services Insight at VAHI.
Adina is passionate about using data and evidence to improve people’s healthcare outcomes, and also their experiences throughout their healthcare journeys. She has a Master of Public Health degree from Melbourne University.
Find out more about Adina and the work of the Health and System Performance Reporting Branch here.
Christy Milella is the Director, Corporate and Operations at the Victorian Agency for Health Information (VAHI). In this role, she is responsible for VAHI’s strategic and corporate planning, performance measurement and reporting, program and project management, audit and risk management, legislative compliance, governance and secretariat, communications and media engagement, and broader corporate service functions.
Prior to joining VAHI, Christy was the Manager, Business Partnering at the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.
Christy has over 15 years of experience working in healthcare and private hospital administration, particularly in finance and human resources roles. Having completed a Master of Business Administration with a focus on change management and leadership, she has a special interest in creating space for individuals to contribute to organisational outcomes.
As Director, Data and Digital, Steve is responsible for supporting electronic access to timely, high quality health service performance information.
This role will ensure that the data received by VAHI is managed and accessible so that meaningful information is returned to health organisations to inform better policy and services.
Prior to joining VAHI, Steve was the national information manager for the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from RMIT, is an Associate Fellow of the Institute of Managers and Leaders and is a certified Prince 2 Practitioner and Agile PM.
Conor Murphy is the Director of Health Services Data (HSD). HSD leads and supports the development, collection and use of Victoria’s health datasets, helping ensure Victoria meets its state and national reporting obligations, informing planning and policy development, and enabling monitoring of safety and quality.
Before joining VAHI, Conor worked in a diverse range of roles in health information management for a range of public, private and regional hospitals. He has also worked internationally, implementing activity-based funding arrangements in several Middle Eastern nations.
Conor is focused on delivering value to a broad stakeholder group and making a difference with data. He holds a bachelor’s degree with honours in Health Information Management from LaTrobe University and is currently completing his Juris Doctorate and Executive Master of Public Administration.
Find out more about Conor and the work of the HSD team here.