Former Queensland public servant takes senior role at Australian Digital Health Agency
By Shannon Jenkins
Thursday January 21, 2021
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Dr Malcolm Thatcher will commence in his new role as chief technology officer of the Australian Digital Health Agency next month.
Most recently, Thatcher was Professor of Digital Practice in the QUT Graduate School of Business with a focus on digital transformation, risk and governance.
He has previously worked as chief health information officer for the Queensland government’s health department, as well as senior roles at Mater Healthcare Group in Brisbane, and eHealth Queensland.
Thatcher was also named one of the top 50 CIOs in Australia by CIO Magazine Australia in 2016.
Mal Thatcher named as Australian Digital Health Agency CTO Written by Kate McDonald on
19 January 2021.
Former Queensland Health chief health information officer and Mater Health CIO Mal Thatcher has been named as the Australian Digital Health Agency’s (ADHA) new chief technology officer.
Dr Thatcher was CIO of Mater Health in Brisbane for almost 11 years, where he led the development of its Smart Hospital strategy, and was an adjunct professor at QUT before taking on the inaugural role of chief health information officer with Queensland Health in September 2014.
The CHIO office was merged into eHealth Queensland in 2015 and Mr Thatcher left to do his PhD on IT governance in acute healthcare.