In 2004 the public health services within the Loddon Mallee Regiona formed a not for profit private company LMHA Network Ltd whose purpose was to provide a secure health grade telecommunications infrastructure between members. The capital funding was sourced through a grant from the Australian Government's Communications Infrastructure Fund and Telstra was chosen as the technical partner for the project. Since 1999, the services were delivered through a Joint Venture Arrangement agreement. The company was incorporated on 21st April 2004.
Effective 1st July 2008, the Loddon Mallee Rural Health Alliance (LMRHA) was created as a Joint Venture Arrangement (JVA) agreement as mandated by the then Department of Human Services Rural Public Health Alliances policy (June 2008). The Department has since changed its name to Department of Health.
The LMRHA members are all publicly funded health services located within the Loddon Mallee region which extends from Mildura in the north, Patchewollock in the west, Gisborne in the south and Rochester in the east - approximately twenty five per cent of the land mass of Victoria, with a population of approximately 290,000.
The Alliance has a history of successful applications for funding from both state and federal government departments which has enabled the establishment of the Wide Area Network (WAN) for our members, participation in the Australian Government’s Broadband Broker project, our Connecting Clients to Care (CC2C) project through the Victorian Government and our Virtual Trauma Critical Care Unit (ViTCCU) project through the Australian Government.
Staff Members
Bruce Winzar (Executive Officer and Chief Information Officer)
Jennifer Jones (Project Director)
Terry Atkinson (Project Officer)
Liz Morley (Clinical Informatics Specialist - ViTCCU)
Danny Lindrea (Project Officer – P&CMS)
Justin Lindner (Service Desk - P&CMS & FMIS)
Luke Garton (Student Project Officer)
Contact Us
Contact us on (03) 5434 1000
Our office are located at 136 Queen Street Bendigo, Victoria. See below for a map and directions.