Sixth Interim Report (Big health data: Australia's big potential)

Sixth interim report

4 May 2016

View the report as a single document - (PDF 1236KB)

View the report as separate downloadable parts:

Membership of the committee	(PDF 33KB)
Acronyms and abbreviations	(PDF 8KB)
Glossary	(PDF 28KB)
Executive Summary	(PDF 34KB)
Recommendations	(PDF 122KB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction	(PDF 40KB)
Chapter 2 - Big health data: Australia's big potential	(PDF 114KB)
Introduction Australia's potential
Chapter 3 - Improving health policy development	(PDF 75KB)
Introduction The traditional approach New opportunities for health policy development
Chapter 4 - Restrictions on linking MBS and PBS data	(PDF 77KB)
Australian Information Commissioner's view Proposed privatisation of Medicare payment systems
Chapter 5 - Issues and barriers for researchers	(PDF 156KB)
Introduction Custodianship issues Approvals processes Linkage The desultory departmental approach
Appendix 1 - Witnesses who appeared before the committee	(PDF 17KB)
Appendix 2 - Submissions received by the committee in relation to data linkage	(PDF 13KB)
Appendix 3 - Additional information and answers to questions on notice	(PDF 18KB)
Tabled Documents Answers to Questions on Notice Additional Information Correspondence
Appendix 4 - Data collections held by departments	(PDF 598KB)

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