For over three decades Health Roundtable has built a reputation for creating communities where hospitals learn, benchmark, and innovate together. For Tracey Maisey, Chief Executive of Northern NSW Local Health District, the Health Roundtable represents more than just numbers.
“I’ve seen the value in having robust, timely, comprehensive and I use the word intelligence, not data deliberately, intelligence to improve care, particularly where it’s able to be peer assessed,” Tracey said.
Tracey’s background in business intelligence and planning has shaped her approach to leadership. “I’ve used a lot of information from different sources constantly through my career to improve care.”
But she is clear that not all information is equal. Intelligence comes when data is contextual, timely, and comparable across systems. “You’re comparing the care of a system against a comparable system. The fundamentals of care aren’t different,” she explains.
This kind of benchmarking provides clinicians with a stronger evidence base for decision-making and improvement.
Tracey first saw the impact of the Health Roundtable earlier in her career. “I saw the significant value of clinicians having access to information to help empower them to improve the care for their teams and their patients.”
Since joining Northern NSW LHD two years ago, she has brought that experience to life. “Within a few months, we’d engaged three of our hospitals in using the Health Roundtable data, it’s not something that the district had used before.”
The early results are promising. Clinicians are using insights to identify trends, forecast challenges, and shape future care delivery.
For Tracey, adopting Health Roundtable data is just the beginning. “We wanted to test the use of the data first and then engage in the communities of practice. I think it will be game-changing for our local health district,” she said.
“These communities of practice, where hospitals share openly and learn together, are central to HRT’s ethos. They provide the human connection that makes data actionable.”
As healthcare becomes more complex, the need for intelligence will only grow.
“Instead of looking at isolated pockets of numbers, you’re looking at trends. Most importantly, you’re looking at forecasts you can anticipate,” Tracey says.
By turning information into insight and insight into action, the Health Roundtable continues to empower leaders like Tracey to shape the future of healthcare.
Watch the full video from Tracey below.
