A/Prof Neil Boyce

Neil’s qualifications and credentials include:
  • B BS (1st Class Hons): Monash University
  • FRACP: Royal Australasian College of Physicians
  • PhD: Monash University
  • Member, Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (MRACMA)
  • NH&MRC Postgraduate Research Fellow
  • NH&MRC CJ Martin NH&MRC Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Alexander von Humbolt Fellow [Max Planck Institute, Freiburg. Germany]
  • Inaugural RACP Don Jaquot Fellow
  • Clinical Associate Professor: Monash University
His 30 year career has spanned direct delivery of healthcare as well as extensive research and consultancy projects.

Delivery of Healthcare
He has delivered healthcare services in both public and private sectors and has extensive experience in managing health service delivery in acute health and within complex health systems. Roles have included:-
  • Executive Officer, Victorian Organ Donation Service: ARCBS [2001-2009]
  • Transfusion Medicine Specialist: ARCBS [1997-2009]
  • Manager of Intellectual Capital Australian Red Cross Blood Service (ARCBS) [1997-2001]
  • Quality Improvement Physician: Alfred Hospital[1993-1997]
  • Director of Clinical Immunology: Monash Medical Centre[1987-1993]
  • Director of Physician Training: Monash Medical Centre [1987-1993]
  • Nephrologist & General Physician: Monash Medical Centre [1987-1993]
Also as consultant physician, Neil delivered ambulatory and inpatient care to private medical patients between 1984 and 2004.

Research and Consultancies
Neil has extensive experience of both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. He has published over 100 publications between 1985 and 2008, encompassing a broad range of basic and applied science. A sample of his publications includes:
  • Boyce N. Using outcome data to measure quality in health care. Using outcome data to measure quality in health care. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 101-104, 1996.
  • Boyce NW, McNeil JJ, Graves D, Dunt D. Quality and outcome indicators for acute health care services. Canberra: Health Service Outcomes Branch, Department of Health and Family Services, 1997.
  • Majoor JW, Ibrahim JE, Cicuttini FM, Boyce NW, McNeil JJ. The extraction of quality-of-care clinical indicators from State health department administrative databases. Med J Aust 1999; 170: 420-424.
  • Kennedy MP, Boyce NW, Logan ME. Quality management in Australian emergency medicine: translation of theory into practice. International Journal for Quality in Health Care 1999; Volume 11, Number 4: pp. 329–336.
  • Boyce NW. Quality in Australian Healthcare. Moving the goalposts on a roughly paved road to improvement. In: The effectiveness of CQI in Health Care. Stories from a global perspective. Kazandjarin. ASQC health care series. ISBN 0-87389-415-4. 1999.
  • Craig J French, Rinaldo Bellomo, Simon R Finfer, Jeffery Lipman, Marianne Chapman, Neil W Boyce and the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group. Appropriateness of red blood cell transfusion in Australasian intensive care practice. MJA 2002 177 (10): 548-551.
  • Boyce NW. Editorial: Potential pitfalls of healthcare performance indicators. MJA 2002 177 (5): 229-230.
  • Simon R Finfer, Neil W Boyce and Robyn N Norton Editorial: The SAFE Study: a landmark trial of the safety of albumin in intensive care. MJA 2004; 181 (5): 237-238
  • Finfer S, Bellomo R, Boyce N, French J, Myburgh J, Norton R; The SAFE Study Investigators. A comparison of albumin and saline for fluid resuscitation in the intensive care unit. N Engl J Med 2004; 350: 2247-2256.
  • Towards better, safer blood transfusion A REPORT FOR THE AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL FOR SAFETY AND QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE. 2005. Available at http://www.health.gov.au/internet/safety/publishing.nsf/Content/blood-transfusion
  • Boyce NW et al. Clinical audit of fresh frozen plasma use in Victorian, Tasmanian, and ACT hospitals 2008. Better, safer blood transfusion program. Available at http: // www. health. vic. gov. au/ best/ news/ clinical audit frozen plasma.htm  
Over the last 15 years, Neil’s enduring professional interest in monitoring and improving the quality of health service delivery has led to participation in evaluation and service improvement projects in a range of healthcare consultancy projects. This included playing a leadership role in several consultancy projects for organisations such as the Commonwealth, State and Territory Health Departments and the World Health Organisation. Such projects include:

Department of Health & Aging
Quality & Outcome Indicators in Acute Healthcare (1998)
The pilot hospital-wide clinical indicators project (1998)

Department of Human Services, Victoria
Blood Matters (2002)
The Better, Safer Transfusion Program (2005)

Australian Council for Safety & Quality in Healthcare
Towards Better, Safer Transfusion (2005)
Safety - Towards Better, Safer, Blood Transfusion - July 2005

World Health Organisation
Consultation on organ transplantation with National Health Authorities in the Western Region (Manila: 2005)
 

Associate Professor Neil Boyce 30 year career has spanned direct delivery of healthcare as well as extensive research and consultancy projects.