Former AMA president Steve Hambleton has agreed to take charge of several priority projects in a non-executive role for the new Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA), where he is set to be joined by other clinical and industry experts to oversee elements of the agency's work program.

And joining the agency in an executive role is general practitioner and patient safety researcher Meredith Makeham, who has been appointed as the agency's chief medical adviser and elevated to the executive team.