Professor Ian Scott
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Researcher biography
Ian Scott is the Director of Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology at the Princess Alexandra Hospital and a Professor with the Faculty of Medicine. He is a consultant general physician with clinical interests in in health services evaluation and improvement, clinical guidelines, clinical decision-making, evidence-based medicine, low value care, quality use of medicines, non-invasive cardiology, advance care planning, and older patient care. He currently chairs the Queensland Clinical Networks Executive, is the inaugural chair of the Australian Deprescribing Network, Metro South Clinical AI Working Group, and Queensland Health Sepsis AI Working Group and is a founding member of the Australian and New Zealand Affiliate of the US Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (ANZA-SIDM). He is also a member of Queensland Health System Quality, Safety and Performance Management Committee and the Quality and Safety Committee and the Digital Health Advisory Group of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP). He is a past President of the Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand and past member of the MBS Review Taskforce for Cardiac Services. He has led multi-site quality improvement collaboratives in acute cardiac care including both hospitals and Divisions of General Practice. He has been involved at senior level on various high-level committees in establishing policies for Queensland Health and/or RACP on electronic discharge summaries, clinical handover, clinical indicators, evaluation of physician performance, chronic disease management, perioperative medicine, medical assessment and planning units, and patient flow through emergency departments. He has published over 270 peer-reviewed articles, presented to over 150 national and international meetings, and is a recipient of several NHMRC and government research grants.