Neville Board

Prior to being appointed the Chief Digital Officer at Victoria’s Department of Health and Human Services, Neville headed up the Commission eHealth and Medication Safety program, Neville and his team conducted clinical safety assurance of the My Health Record since its inception, conducting safety and incident reviews. The group developed a clinical incident management framework for clinical information systems, and has published literature reviews on medication safety, electronic medication management in hospitals, and health IT-related incident management.

Mr Board is a registered nurse and has worked in clinical, management, and informatics roles, including six years managing leprosy and primary care programs in the Brazilian Amazon. He also implemented radiotherapy information systems and Area-based clinical cancer registries in NSW, and has published on hospital in the home, day-only and short stay surgery and post acute care.