Health data standards and systems

The Department of Health provides standards, specifications, and data quality processes for various health data collections.

The department undertakes continual updates and improvements to the standards, specifications, and processes. To achieve this, the department will:

specify changes to data collections through an annual changes process for each of the main data collections
publish data collection manuals
publish the HDSS Bulletin to inform stakeholders of current issues
monitor compliance and data quality activities to ensure the data collections continue to meet their stated purposes
collaborate with vendors of hospital information systems to support their development of systems compliant with data collection.

Reviewed 20 March 2025

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For information and advice about standards, specifications and data quality processes for the VAED, VEMD, ESIS, AIMS, VINAH and VPDC.

HDSS Helpdesk Department of Health

For more information and advice about clinical costing in Victoria's public hospitals

Victorian Cost Data Collection Department of Health