Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD)

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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.

VEMD User Manuals

VEMD User Manual, Fourteenth Edition - Updated 17 November 2009

VEMD User Manual, Twelfth Edition, 1 July 2007

Previous Editions

VEMD Editor

VEMD Version 14 Editor - 1.1.1 (Zip File 1.0MB) - Updated 6 November 2009

VEMD Version 14 Editor - 1.0.1 (Zip File 1.0MB) - Updated 7 October 2009

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

2009-10 Proposals & Specifications

Initiation of Patient Management for 1 July 2009 (PDF File 133KB) - Added 22 July 2009

Specifications for Revisions to Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD) for 1 July 2009 (PDF File 366KB) - Released 29 December 2008

Proposals for Revisions to Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD) for 1 July 2009 (PDF File 201KB) - Released 29 October 2008

Proposals and Specifications for previous years are available in HDSS Archive

VEMD Technical Reference Group

Publications/Communications

HDSS Bulletins

E-Mail VEMD

Last updated: 17 November, 2009

Contact - Further enquiries regarding these web pages can be directed to:
Health Data Development Unit
Department of Human Services
Tel (03) 9096 8141
Email HDSS.HelpDesk@dhs.vic.gov.au

This web site is managed and authorised by the Funding, Health and Information Policy Branch of the Metropolitan Health and Aged Care Services Division of the Victorian State Government, Department of Health, Australia

For general enquiries to the Department of Health telephone 61 3 90960000