Projects and Programs

2019-Present

• Chairman, Healea Life (Global):

        www.healea.life: Healea Life is a revolutionary healthcare technology company specializing in preventative health. 

2018-2023

• Founder/Chairman, Medi-AI (Global):

        www.medi-ai.com: Leading a business focused on delivering AI technology to address medical and healthcare delivery issues.

2019-2023

• Expert, World Health Organisation Digital Health Roster (Global)
• Member, Focus Group on AI in Healthcare, World Health Organisation
  
  

2019

• Member, Special Interest Group, AI in Healthcare, Faculty of Clinical Informatics, UK

2016-Present

• Digital Health and Health Evaluation Consultancy (Global):

         Provision of advice for organisations and individuals about the application of Artificial Intelligence and Evaluation Methodologies in Healthcare.

2018-Present

• Founder , Evalitica (Evaluation and Audit Software) (Global):

         Development of a high-quality software to assist program evaluators and compliance auditors in their  professional work.

2017-2018

• Formative Evaluation of a primary care quality intervention program (Australia):
  Assessment of an IT intervention to improve screening of CVD patients.
  
  

2015-2016

• Impact Evaluation of a suite of primary health care clinical guidelines (Australia):
  Assessment of the accessibility, acceptability and compliance with a suite of clinical guidelines in remote Australia.
  
  Review and set-up of a component content management system (Australia):
  Working with an IT provider to configure the design and architecture of a component content management system to publish clinical guidelines.
  
  

2014-2016:

• Development of clinical manuals and guidelines for primary health care practice (Australia):
  Leadership and participation in a team coordinating the revision and production of electronic and paper-based versions of Primary Health Care Manuals.

2013-2014:

• Development of Key Hospital Policies (Australia):
  I led the development of a policy defining public hospital beds that could inform hospital bed counts and bed occupancy calculations.
  
  
• Coordination of information relating to National Agreements and Funding issues (Australia):
  I led the coordination and collation of information in relation to all health funding provided by the Federal Government to a jurisdiction in Australia.

2012-2013:

• Development of advanced Hospital Performance Indicators (Australia):
  I led projects that involved development of complex and sophisticated data-sets to monitor hospital performance and patient safety.
  
  Hospital Pharmacy Information System (Australia):
  I led a successful application to obtain funding to set up a new hospital pharmacy information system.
  
  

2011-2012:

• Acute Care Policy and Program Management (Australia):
  This period involved formulating several policies for regional hospitals in an Australian jurisdiction. It also involved developing implementation plans for the introduction of major hospital programs in the jurisdiction.

2010-2011:

• Public Health Analysis and Business Planning (New Zealand):
  I led the business planning for a major public health organisation in the capital of New Zealand. I was also involved in public health data analysis and program management during this period.
  
  

 2009-2010:

• Population Health Program Management (New Zealand):
  I project managed the implementation of a major population health plan in largely a very urban area of New Zealand.

2007-2009:

• Population Health Program Management (New Zealand):
  During this period, I was involved with the introduction of major population health programs such as Before School Check program and HPV Immunisation Program in a very rural and remote part of New Zealand.
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2006:

• Surveillance Capacity Assessment (Europe):
  I worked with WHO-Europe to prepare a questionnaire to assess the surveillance capacity of various countries in the European region.
  
  

2003-2005:

• Primary Care Practice Manager (New Zealand):
  Assisted in the management of a urban primary medicine practice in New Zealand. This experience including conducting clinical Diabetes Audits and setting up the Information Management System for the practice.
  
  

2001-2002:

• Primary Health Care and Specialist Outreach Campaign (India):

I was responsible for organising outreach programs to rural and remote parts of the Kolar District, Karnataka State, India. This was undertaken through a Community Medicine Framework.

• Mass Immunisation Program (India):

I led teams to provide pulse polio mass immunisation programs in urban areas of Kolar District, Karnataka State, India.