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- Ian A Scott1,2
- Jason Soon3
- Adam G Elshaug4
- Robyn Lindner5
- 1 Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD
- 2 University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD
- 3 Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Sydney, NSW
- 4 Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
- 5 NPS MedicineWise, Sydney, NSW
Ian Scott is a member of the Australian Government Department of Health’s Medicare Benefits Schedule Review Taskforce and is a clinical lead for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) EVOLVE program. Jason Soon is Senior Policy Officer at the RACP and is the Lead Policy Officer for the EVOLVE program. Adam Elshaug receives salary support as the HCF Research Foundation Professorial Research Fellow, and holds research grants from the Commonwealth Fund and the National Health and Medical Research Council (no. 1109626 and 1104136). He receives consulting fees from Cancer Australia, the Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre’s Health Quality Program, NPS MedicineWise (as facilitator of Choosing Wisely Australia), the RACP (as facilitator of the EVOLVE program) and the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, and is a member of the Australian Government Department of Health’s Medicare Benefits Schedule Review Taskforce. Robyn Lindner is the Client Relations Manager at NPS MedicineWise and is involved in the implementation of Choosing Wisely Australia.
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