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Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD)

The Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD) contains de-identified demographic, administrative and clinical data detailing presentations at Victorian public hospitals with 24-hour Emergency Departments. Submission to the VEMD commenced in October 1995.

About the VEMD

Click here for an overview of the VEMD collection.

Submission Deadlines

Zip icon gif VEMD Data Submission Deadlines 2011-12 (PDF File 19KB) - Added 7 April 2011

Word icon VEMD Late Data Exemption Request Form (Word File 174KB) - Added 11 May 2011

VEMD User Manuals

VEMD User Manual, Sixteenth Edition - Updated 21 November 2011

VEMD User Manual, Fifteenth Edition, 23 February 2010 - Added 8 December 2010

Previous Editions

VEMD Editor

Zip icon gif VEMD Version 16 Editor - 1.5.4 (Zip File 1.2MB) - Added 26 April 2012

Zip icon gif VEMD Editor Process Notes (PDF File 124KB) - Added 22 June 2011

Previous versions of the Editor are available in the HDSS Archive.

Proposals & Specifications

Zip icon gif Final Specifications for revisions to the Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD) 2012-13 (PDF File 312KB) - Added 30 December 2011

Zip icon gif Proposals for Revisions to the Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD) for 2012-13 (PDF File 222KB) - Added 22 November 2011

Proposals and Specifications for previous years are available in HDSS Archive

VEMD Reference Group

Zip icon gif Terms of Reference (PDF File 45KB) - Added 21 July 2011

Publications/Communications

HDSS Bulletins

Excel Icon Gif VEMD Aggregate Data Template (Excel file 27KB) - Added 18 October 2011

E-Mail VEMD

Last updated: 26 April, 2012

Contact - Further enquiries regarding these web pages can be directed to:
Admitted, Emergency and Elective Data Unit, Department of Health
Tel (03) 9096 8141
Email HDSS.HelpDesk@health.vic.gov.au

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