The Victorian Integrated Non-Admitted Health (VINAH) minimum dataset manual deals with data on the provision of a range of non-admitted health services in Victoria.
Section 1 Introduction
Uses of the VINAH MDS, the submission data cycle, together with contact details, useful references and publications.
Section 2 Concepts and derived items
Definitions of concepts and derived items that contribute to the VINAH MDS.
Section 3 Data definitions
Presents the specifications of data items relating to individual non-admitted patient episodes of care. The data items are arranged in alphabetical order.
Section 4 Business rules
Business rules that apply for reporting the VINAH MDS. Tabular business rules provide a quick reference to validations relating to multiple data items.
Section 5 Compilation and submission
Specifications for compiling a VINAH MDS transmission, including interfacing technical specifications, and the submission process. Incorporates subsections:
Section 5a Transmission and compliance
Section 5b Transaction implementation guide
Section 5c HL7 reference and implementation guide
Section 5d HealthCollect portal manual submission process
Section 5e Submission purge procedure
Section 7 Validation reports
Description of the control reports returned to the sending user, including their contents, layout and use.
Section 8 Validations
Listing, in numerical order, all the VINAH MDS validation messages with resolution for each.
Section 9 Code list
Contains a tabular list of all code sets, some of which are considered unwieldy for inclusion in the data definitions (Section 3).
Section 10 Testing
The process of testing the submission of VINAH MDS data and issues to consider when changing software.
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