Dean Athan - Peninsula Health

Dean is the Management Information Services Manager (MIS) at Peninsula Health. His tertiary qualifications include Bachelors Degrees in Science (BSc) and Economics/Accounting (BEc). He also has a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration and he is a Certified Practicing Accountant.

His prior hospital experience was at the Royal Women's Hospital where he developed and implemented clinical costing systems. His past experience also include appointments as Management Accountant with the Email Group and Territory Manager with Mobil Oil Australia.

Dean is responsible for initiating and currently chairing the CCSAA - Clinical Costing Standards Committee. He has presented widely in Australia and internationally and, in May of 1997, he won an International award for applying decision support technology in Financial Management and Clinical Service Delivery. In his current role as MIS Manager, Dean’s passion is to continue the development of Peninsula Health’s Business Intelligence Systems.

GiGi Chan - Eastern Health

GiGi is currently employed at Eastern Health as the Casemix Analyst and is responsible in the management of the Power Cost Manager (PCM) System and reporting of casemix and costing data.

GiGi has over twelve years of experience in the Health Industry in the areas of Finance, Decision Support, Costing and Human Resource. Her work had involved her in Consultancy, Project Management, Administration, Training, Sales and Marketing.

GiGi holds the a Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Science, Bachelor of Business in Accountancy and a Graduate Certificate in Health Economics. She is also a Certified Practicing Accountant.

David Debono - Austin Health

David is the Manager of the Clinical Information Unit at Austin Health. His responsibilities include overseeing the Power Cost Manager (PCM) System, and the processing and reporting of costing data.

David commenced his career within the Acute Health Division of the Department of Human Services. His primary role was as the Victorian Representative for the National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC). In this role David was introduced to costing, coordinating Victoria's submission and actively cost modelling some Victorian rural hospitals.

Prior to joining Austin Health, David worked as a Health Industry Analyst and Casemix Adviser at Medibank Private. David worked on a number of projects including Hospital Purchaser Provider Agreement (HPPA) audits, funding model development for future HPPA negotiations and wellbeing product development.

He holds a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) from La Trobe University and a Graduate Diploma in Health Economics & Evaluation from Monash University.

Kerryn Healy - Goulburn Valley Health

Kerryn is the Director of Finance and Information Services at Goulburn Valley Health. Prior to this she held various administrative and finance positions at the Maldon Hospital, the former Bendigo Hospital and the Bendigo Health Care Group. Whilst in these positions, Kerryn has had a very strong interest in clinical costings.

Kerryn has a Bachelor of Business from La Trobe University and is a former President and current Committee Member of the Australian Health Services Financial Management Association.

Tracey Hewitt - Southern Health

Tracey is the Cost Analyst at Southern Health responsible for the costing system - PCM (Power Cost Manager). Tracey is responsible for the maintenance and processing of the costing system as well as the development of reports.

Tracey has worked in various areas within health including Budgeting, Financial Reporting and Clinical Reporting before moving into Clinical Costing about eight years ago.

 Sofie Ioannidis - Mercy Hospital for Women

Sofie is currently employed as the Manager of Decision Support Unit and her responsibilities include reporting of casemix and costing data, business analysis and provision of information to support the executive and management staff at Health Services, Mercy Health & Aged Care.   Sofie is primarily based at Mercy Hospital for Women and is currently Chair of the Health Informatics Committee.

Sofie has approximately twelve years of experience in the Health Industry in the areas of Health Information Management, Staff Management, Decision Support, Project Management, Costing and Consultancy including auditing both nationally and internationally.  While in the UK, Sofie was employed by the NHS on the Outpatient Waiting List Project.   

Sofie holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Medical Record Administration from La Trobe University and currently acts as a guest lecturer in the school of Public Health.   Sofie is currently a member of VACCDI (Victorian Advisory Committee on Casemix Data Integrity). 

Malathi Jeremiah - Royal Children’s Hospital

Malathi has been the Clinical Costing Analyst at Royal Children’s Hospital for past four years. Her responsibilities include overseeing the Power Cost Manager (PCM) system and the processing and reporting of casemix and costing data.

Malathi has over 15years experience in the health industry. She started her career at St.Vincent’s Hospital where she was working in Finance and had various experience. With those experiences she moved to Clinical Costing that was in Transition.

Maura McSweeney - The Royal Melbourne Hospital

Maura McSweeney is currently employed at The Royal Melbourne Hospital. As The Royal Melbourne is a shared service, Maura is responsible for the clinical costing and reporting of casemix data for both The Royal Melbourne Hospital and The Northern Hospital.

Maura started working in health in 1991 in the Finance Department of The Royal Women’s Hospital before joining their clinical costing team working with Transition.

Maura has an Advanced Diploma in Business (Accounting) from the University of Swinburne.

Jane O'Connell - The Alfred

Jane has worked within the Clinical Costing area for over five years. Currently Jane holds the position of Performance Analyst at The Alfred and is responsible for the implementation of a new costing product.

Jane commenced her career at Women's and Children's Health in the Hospital Support Unit and later in the Clinical Analysis and Development Unit.

Jane holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Health Promotion and has completed a Graduate Certificate of Health Science from the University of Sydney.

 Karen Reidy - The Royal Women’s Hospital

Karen Reidy is the Clinical Casemix Analyst for the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne. She has a clinical background in nursing and post graduate tertiary qualifications in adult education and management. Karen has had more than 12 years experience in Clinical Costing

Karen has been involved with the implementation of Clinical Costing Systems ‘Power Performance Manager’ and its predecessor ‘Power Cost Manager’ at both Women’s and Children’s Health and The Royal Women’s Hospital. She has been instrumental in developing casemix education programs and reporting for clinical and other hospital staff.

Prior to her involvement with Clinical Costing, Karen had a broad clinical background including Manager Outpatient Services at the Royal Women’s Hospital and Project Officer for The Study Of Professional Issues Nursing.

Joanne Siviloglou - Austin Health

Joanne has been the Financial Analyst at Austin Health for the past eight years. During this time she has assisted in the re-implementation of the costing systems, which includes Transition, and recently the implementation of the Power Cost Manager system.

Her role not only involves maintenance and review of both the inputs and outputs of the costing system but she is also responsible for providing project reports at various levels of management, both internally and externally. She holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting).

Her career in Clinical Costing began at St. Vincent's Hospital in 1990 where she was working partly as a Management Accountant in Finance and partly as a Costing Analyst for the Clinical Costing Department. Prior to commencing at the Austin, Joanne worked at Women's and Children's Hospital as a Management Accountant in the Finance Department.

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Jane Widdison - Western Health

Jane is currently employed at Western Health as The Manager, Health and Performance Informatics. Prior to this she worked at Women's and Children's Health for over eight years, initially in the Medical Administration area and finally in the Clinical Analysis and Development Unit as Programme Manager - Casemix and Clinical Costing.

Prior to commencing at Women's and Children's Health, Jane worked at the then Health Department of Victoria in the Hospitals Division and at the Royal Women's Hospital as Budget Officer in the Finance Department. Jane has a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the University of Melbourne, a Post Graduate Diploma in Health from La Trobe University and a Masters of Health Administration from the University of New South Wales.