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Information about Health Data Standards & Systems (HDSS) used in Victoria's Hospitals

Admitted Patient Data Collection

Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset (VAED)

The Admitted Patient Entry and Transfer System (APET)

Clinical Coding (includes PICQ)

Emergency Patient Data Collection

Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD)

Waiting List Patient Data Collection

Elective Surgery Information System (ESIS)

Non-Admitted Patient Data Collection

Victorian Integrated Non-Admitted Health Minimum Dataset (VINAH)

Reference Files

VAED, VEMD, ESIS & VINAH reference files

Committees

Victorian ICD Coding Committee (VICC)

Victorian Advisory Committee on Casemix Data Integrity (VACCDI)

HDSS Publications

VINAH Newsletter

VICC Queries Database

Online form for addition to mailing list

What's New

HDSS forum 1 May 2009 agenda and presentations - Added 6th May 2009

HDSS Bulletin:

Bulletin 145 - 12 June 2009 (PDF file 116KB) - Added 12 June 2009

VEMD:

VEMD Editor v14 for 2009-10 - Added 1 July 2009

VINAH:

Specifications for Revisions to VINAH for 1 July 2009 Errata (PDF File 933KB) - Added 21 April 2009
Manual Section 5a - Interim Flat File Specification (PDF File 553KB) - Added 23 March 2009
Newsletter Volume 1 Issue 1 - Added 19 March 2009
Manual 2008-09 Section 9 - Updated 19 March 2009

ESIS:

Updates to ESIS Manual for 2008-09 - Updated 1 June 2009

VAED (Including Coding):

Victorian ICD Coding Committee (VICC) Queries Database - Updated 6th April 2009
Procedure Start Date/Time Code List (Excel File 116 KB) - Added 27 February 2009

Specifications for Revisions 2009-10

Specifications for Revisions to VINAH for 1 July 2009 Errata (PDF File 933KB) - Added 21 April 2009
Addendum Errata(2) to the Specifications for revisions to PRS/2 and the Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset (VAED) for 1 July 2009 (PDF File 69KB) Added 2 March 2009
Errata(1) to the Specifications for revisions to PRS/2 and the Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset (VAED) for 1 July 2009 (PDF File 110KB) - Added 20 January 2009
Specifications for Revisions to PRS/2 and VAED for 1 July 2009 (PDF File 667KB) - Added 29 December 2008
Specifications for revisions to the Elective Surgery Information System (ESIS) for 1 July 2009 (PDF File 112KB) - Added 29 December 2008
Specifications for revisions to the Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD) for 1 July 2009 (PDF File 366KB) - Added 29 December 2008
Specifications for Revisions to VINAH for 1 July 2009 - Added 27 February 2009

Contact Details

Related Information

Health & Aged Care Information Management Strategy

Hospital Data Reports
Reference Data for VAED, ESIS and VEMD datasets

Archived Files

DHS Archive
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Last updated: 1 July, 2009

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