Chris Boyd-Skinner is Director of Clinical Governance at the Australian Digital Health Agency. He is a practicing registered nurse with over 15 years clinical experience in neuro and trauma intensive care. His current work at the Agency focuses on stewarding the Agency’s Clinical Governance Framework and leading national and international clinical governance in digital health initiatives.
Chris is a consultant to the World Health Organization’s Quality of Care and Patient Safety Office in Athens, Greece and a founding member of the Ethical Assurance of Data-Driven Technologies for Mental Healthcare sub-committee hosted by the IEEE Standards Association and the Alan Turing Institute, London.
Chris holds a Bachelor of Nursing from ACU, post-graduate qualifications in Intensive Care Nursing from the UTAS, a dual Master of International Public Health and Health Management from UNSW and was the recipient of a distinguished Winston Churchill Trust Fellowship in 2022.
His other interests include international public health, mental health policy and legislation, safe and responsible use of AI and patient safety in the delivery of health technologies and digital therapeutics.
Chris has previously led national digital health transformation projects for the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care including implementation of the National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health Standards.
