Team Meeting

Meet the PDG Team Driving PHASES Forward

As the PHASES with Primary Sense initiative progresses, a dynamic team of dedicated professionals is working behind the scenes to bring the vision to life: early intervention and better management of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk across Queensland.

This team, known as the PHASES Project Delivery Group (PDG), represents a collaboration between all seven Queensland Primary Health Networks (PHNs). Their collective mission? To support general practice and primary care providers with fit-for-purpose digital tools that enable early identification, prevention, and management of CVD risk in communities right across the state.

The PHASES project aims to showcase how digital health innovation and strong clinical partnerships can make meaningful strides in preventive care. At the heart of its success is the PDG, a multidisciplinary group bringing diverse expertise in data, quality improvement, digital health and clinical engagement.

Let’s meet the members of the PDG and learn what inspires them about being part of this important statewide initiative:

 

Meet the PDG Team

Ashleigh Nelson

Ashleigh Nelson

Quality Improvement Coordinator
Darling Downs West Moreton
PHN
PHASES leverages data in a way that’s practical, scalable, and actually helps GPs intervene earlier before patients hit crisis point. That’s the kind of work I want to be part of.
Bianca Cross

Bianca
Cross

Data and Intelligence Lead
Northern Queensland
PHN
Support general practice in preventive health through fit for purpose digital tools.

Ellen McDermott

Primary Health Coordinator
Country to Coast
Queensland
Support General Practice in prevention and management of cardiovascular disease.
Harry Howell

Harry
Howell

Primary Care Data and Planning Coordinator
Gold Coast PHN
Raise awareness about the preventability of cardiovascular disease.
Jen Roush

Jennifer
Roush

Primary Care
Brisbane North PHN

Raise awareness about heart health and help practices identify at-risk patients.
Jenaya Price

Jenaya
Price

Digital Health Program Manager
Brisbane South PHN

If our work can help even one person to live longer, it’s a job well done.
Julie Hall

Julie
Hall-Brown

Senior Digital Health Program Coordinator
Brisbane South PHN
The opportunity to bridge patient care with the power of predictive analytics, transforming raw data into life-saving insights and empowering general practitioners to act proactively to identify cardiovascular disease risk earlier, leading to better health outcomes for their patients.

Kimberley Charnock

Lead, Primary Care Initiatives
Brisbane North PHN

To help people understand that heart disease can often be avoided, and assist general practices in offering better preventive care using simple, effective digital tools.
Megan McLean

Megan
McLean

Primary Care Liaison Officer
Darling Downs West
Moreton PHN
Exciting to be be able to promote this activity to General Practice and raise awareness about CVD. Raise awareness about cardiac health and promote self-management of preventative risk factors to lessen the burden to our hospital system.
Michelle Everington

Michelle Everington

Senior Project Officer
Change Management and Quality Improvement, Gold Coast PHN
Excited about enhancing both my own and general practice teams' understanding of CVD, with a focus on supporting early identification of at-risk patients to improve health outcomes.
Patricia Taylor

Patricia
Taylor

Senior Primary Care Engagement Officer
Northern Queensland PHN
Championing prevention. Saving lives. Transforming heart health across our region.
Robb Taylor

Robb
Major

Team Leader, Multi-Disciplinary Sector Development
Western Queensland PHN
I'm excited that PHASES will bring the power of the Primary Sense tool to Western Queensland, enabling earlier detection of cardiovascular risk in communities with some of the highest disease burdens in the state.

Funded by the Queensland Health Clinical Research Fellowship, the PHASES Linkage project connects general practice cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk data with hospitalisation and mortality data. This study aims to better understand how CVD risk impacts hospitalisation rates and assess the accuracy of the new CVD risk prediction equation in identifying high-risk individuals within Queensland’s population. 

The project will: 

  • Estimate the number of heart attacks and strokes that could be prevented with improved treatment for high CVD risk. 
  • Identify gaps in CVD prevention to inform future care strategies. 

Running in parallel with the PHASES project, PHASES Linkage highlights the power of data-driven insights to improve cardiovascular outcomes and reduce hospitalisations.