Isobel Frean Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Volunteer Board member of HL7 Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

HL7 Australia supports the health informatics community byo Developing, coordinating, and championing standardso Facilitating good practice implementation and use of standardso Developing skills and knowledge amongst members and the wider informatics communityo Fostering a community of practiceHL7 AustraliaHL7 Australia Ltd is a not-for-profit, membership-based organisation that supports the creation and effective use of health informatics standards in Australia. It is the local affiliate of HL7 International. Members of HL7 Australia are representative of those using and benefiting from HL7 Standards in Australia. They make an important and significant contribution to the work of HL7 International and global health informatics standards development more generally.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Strategic advisor

Melbourne, Australia

This role existed to drive clinical capabilities across Bupa through the adoption of clinical information systems that support clinicians and carers to deliver reliable, safe and valued care to our customers. In addition to shaping Bupa’s digital clinical effectiveness journey, this role represented Bupa interests and helps shape the evolving digital health strategies in both Australia and New Zealand.

Australia And New Zealand

In January 2015 I returned to Australia with Bupa to take up a challenging new assignment to build eHealth capability across Australia and New Zealand businesses.Between May 2016 - January 2017 I acted in two additional roles of IS director, Security & Governance and IS director Bupa Health Services during a major organisation transformation and restructure.

Australia, Uk

I was the publishing editor for the HL7 Clinical Statement Working Group and whilst in the UK I delivered lectures on HL7 V3 and CDA as part of the UK University Outreach program.

London, United Kingdom

Formulated strategy across the global business to optimise the safe and clinically valid use of clinical data to deliver commercial benefit for Bupa. I was responsible for building an information culture in Bupa by providing informatics leadership across the group; addressing skills gaps in clinical information management and analytics, and driving global information governance standards.

Sydney, Australia

PhD research:• Secured prestigious Australian Research Council (ARC) industry linkage grant in partnership with three large non-government health and social care service provider organisations.• Publication of business requirements in HL7 international standard.• Submitted thesis March 2006, graduated Dec 2006.Visiting Fellow:• Raised awareness about and represented business requirements of health and social care providers in development of international healthcare standards development. • Represented Australia at HL7 and ISO healthcare standards working group meetings in USA.• Convenor of the inaugural Aged Care and Healthy Ageing Infomatics Special Interest Group, Health Infomatics Society of Australia. • Establishment of annual national aged care infomatics conference (now in 5th year).

Sydney Area, Australia

Clients included: Pen Computing Systems; Royal Australian College of GP's; Commonwealth Department of Health & Ageing; University of Wollongong

Sydney Area, Australia

Established national awareness of niche web based applications portal amongst social care providers within two months of joining company.Brokered consortia relationships for innovative web based primary care applications.

Sydney Area, Australia

I led the ASA, a peak employer body representing social care and housing service providers in the church and charitable sector, through significant regulatory, industrial and commercial change. I was influential in supporting and directing the national agenda of our national organisation, [then] Aged Care Australia. This included taking the lead role on national projects such as financial benchmarking, strategic planning and organisational reforms and adoption of information and communication technologies.

Canberra Area, Australia

During my time with the Australian Federal Government I held a range of roles:• Manager, State Office, Australian Capital Territory (ACT)• Acting Assistant Secretary, Family Services Branch• Director, Public Affairs Branch• Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Disability• Campaign Manager, Health Advancement Campaign Unit• Assistant Director, Health Advancement Campaign Unit• Special Project Manager, Alcohol Advertising & Labelling Project, Drugs Policy Section• Senior Project Manager, National Alcohol Campaign

Ph.D. In Health Infomatics, Ageing Informatics

Thesis: Modelling communication requirements in aged care using HL7 V3 methods. Supported by Australian Research Council grant.

Rn Aged Care Refresher Course

Master Of Science In Neuroscience Clinical Nurse Speciality, Nursing Science

Supported by Rotary International Scholarship

Bachelor Of Social Science & Nursing Studies, Nursing Practice

Activities and Societies: Third year University of Pennsylvania exchange scholarshipIncluded award of Registered General Nurse, Community.