George Cozaris is the new chief information officer at Melbourne Health in a newly created role. A Melbourne Health spokesperson told CIO Australia that Cozaris will focus on ensuring the appropriate infrastructure, systems and expertise are in place to support the successful implementation of the Connecting Care electronic medical record (EMR) for Parkville Precinct. The Victorian government in its May budget allocated $124 million to the Parkville EMR which will be rolled out at Melbourne Health (Royal Melbourne Hospital, North Western Mental Health and the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory), the Royal Women’s Hospital and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe According to a recent report in Pulse+IT, these facilities missed out on the funding last year after a successful roll out at the Royal Children’s Hospital in April 2016 and the bid was re-scoped. “George’s extensive experience in executive management, strategic leadership and oversight of major transformational change programs, including implementing an EMR at Austin Health, means he will play a critical role in the successful implementation of the Parkville EMR,” the spokesperson said. Cozaris is also chair of the Victorian health Chief Information Officers Committee and the Parkville Precinct Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Technology Committee. He is continuing his role as the executive director, information management and technology at the Royal Women’s Hospital, the spokesperson said. He has been in this role since October 2015. During this time, Cozaris created and led the implementation of the Women’s Clinical Information Technology Strategy as well as a governance framework.The Melbourne Health spokesperson said Cozaris will spend half his week working at Melbourne Health and the other half at The Royal Women’s Hospital.Cozaris previously spent 7 years as the chief information at Austin Health. He also held various roles at Alfred Health between 2000 and 2008 and was national IT manager at the CSIRO between 1998 and 2000. Follow CIO Australia on Twitter and Like us on Facebookhellip;Twitter: @CIO_Australia,Facebook: CIO Australia, or take part in the CIO conversation onLinkedIn: CIO Australia Follow Byron Connolly on Twitter:@ByronConnolly Related content opinion Why all IT talent should be irreplaceable Forget the conventional wisdom about firing irreplaceable employees. Because if your employees aren’t irreplaceable, you’re doing something wrong. By Bob Lewis Oct 03, 2023 5 mins Hiring IT Skills Staff Management case study ConocoPhillips goes global with digital twins Initial forays into using digital twins across its major fields has inspired the multinational hydrocarbon exploration and production company to further adopt the technology across its entire portfolio. By Thor Olavsrud Oct 03, 2023 8 mins CIO Mining, Oil, and Gas Digital Transformation brandpost ST Engineering showcases applications of new technologies to stay ahead of disruption By Jane Chan Oct 03, 2023 7 mins Generative AI Digital Transformation Innovation news Nominations extended for CIO100 ASEAN Awards 2023 By Shirin Robert Oct 02, 2023 2 mins IDG Events IT Leadership Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe