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Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset Technical Reference Group

Background
Terms of Reference
Membership
Minutes

Background

The first meeting of the VEMD Technical Reference Group was held in November 2007. This group replaced the existing informal Emergency Department Information System Review Committee as the reference group for the VEMD.

The Technical Reference Group is composed of nominated representatives of Emergency Department (ED) Clinicians, hospital management, ED clerical (data submission) staff, Health Information Managers, and other relevant industry bodies together with representatives of the DHS Metropolitan Health and Aged Care Services Division (MHACS) and the Rural and Regional Health and Aged Care Services Division (RRHACS).

The TRG meets quarterly and is convened by the Manager, Health Data Standards and Systems Unit, MHACS.

Terms of Reference

  1. To advise DHS concerning proposals for changes to the Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD), with particular emphasis on the implications for hospitals.

  2. To consider and advise on data collection aspects of ED practices in hospitals as they impact on VEMD.

  3. To evaluate data quality and timeliness issues associated with VEMD and provide advice and recommendations to both DHS and hospitals regarding improvement, better supporting service planning, development and reporting.

  4. To advise DHS on hospital systems issues, particularly ED systems, and the impact of VEMD and emergency data as a whole.

Membership
(Updated 15 January 2008)

Fergus Kerr Austin Health
Simon Judkins Austin Health
Elizabeth May Bendigo Health
Anna Cooper Department of Human Services
Michael Langley Department of Human Services
Paula Morrisey Department of Human Services
Sue O'Sullivan Department of Human Services
Andrew Brown Department of Human Services (Chair)
Sara Harrison Department of Human Services (Secretary)
Jacqui Allen Eastern Health
Don Liew Melbourne Health
Karen Smith Metropolitan Ambulance Service
Jeff Wassertheil Peninsula Health
Peter Barnett Royal Children's Hospital
Tracy Burgess Sandringham Hospital
Tony Kambourakis Southern Health
Helen Rizzoli St Vincent's Health
Sue Colby West Gippsland Healthcare Group

Minutes

PDF icon gif Minutes of Meeting #1 21 November 2007 (PDF File 79KB) - Added 29 November 2007

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