Professor Michael Legg

Michael Legg first trained as a scientist and researcher in physiology. For the last 25 years he has been a successful leader in the Australian health industry, including CEO roles in small, medium and large; not-for-profit and for-profit organisations.

In his current role as the Principal of Michael Legg & Associates, a consultancy in information and organisational systems, he has led more than 30 successful projects for governments, associations, colleges and private companies.

He is a Professorial Fellow with the Centre for Health Informatics Research at the University of Wollongong and recently retired from the role of President of the Health Informatics Society of Australia after a 6 year term.

He has been an active standards developer for more than 15 years and was the inaugural Chairman of the Health and Food Standards Sector Board of Standards Australia and continues as a member the Health Informatics Committee and Co-Chair of the Diagnostics Working Group. He is a member of the National eHealth Transition Authority (NEHTA) Stakeholder Reference Forum and Co-Chair of the NEHTA Clinical Terminology and Information Reference Group.

He has served on many National Committees including the National Health Information Group Sub-Committee for Informatics Standards (ICTSC) and its predecessor the National Health Information Standards Committee (NHISAC), and the Australian Health Information Council’s Subcommittee on Electronic Decision Support (AHIC-EDS).

He was Vice President of the Australian Association of Pathology Practices (AAPP), a member of the Quality Use of Pathology Committee (QUPC), the RCPA Informatics Working Group and the Pathology Services Table Committee (PSTC) and is currently a member of the Pathology Associations Council.
Prior to establishing Michael Legg & Associates he was ‘Director Developments – Pathology’ with Health Care of Australia; the ‘General Manager’ of Southern Pathology and ‘Executive Director’ of Medicheck, The Sydney Square Diagnostic Breast Clinic and BreastHealth.

Under his leadership Southern Pathology became the first Australian healthcare provider to have its ISO 9000 quality systems accredited and later to receive the first Australian Quality Award for Business Excellence given to a healthcare provider organisation.