| SD1 Further strengthen our policy relevance |
| Provided data and data quality statements for the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) national agreements performance indicators |
Performance indicator data support reporting by the COAG Reform Council about national agreements on health, housing and homelessness, disability and Indigenous reform |
| Released a report on the first quarter of data from the Specialist Homelessness Services Collection |
The Specialist Homelessness Services Collection reports improved information on homelessness services and their clients |
| Developed two significant reports on cancer and on treated end-stage kidney disease containing data that have been projected forward to 2020 |
Projections help with health service planning and resource allocation |
| Published for the first time, national statistics about Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia infections in hospitals |
'Golden staph' causes a very serious bloodstream infection and can be contracted by hospital patients after admission to a hospital |
| Provided data on male health issues |
The data contributed to the development of Australia's first National Male Health Policy |
| SD2 Improve the availability of information for the community and our stakeholders |
| Published and launched Australia's welfare 2011 and Australia's health 2012 and their companion print and web publications Australia's welfare 2011— in brief and Australia's health 2012—in brief |
The reports meet legislative requirements and provide comprehensive information as reference works and in 'digestible' formats for the community |
| Launched the Mental health services in Australia web pages, which give a comprehensive picture of mental health services and resources provided by governments |
The reporting format for Mental health services in Australia has been moved to a web-based format that allows updates to occur more frequently and enhances data accessibility |
| Produced user-friendly, accessible web-based snapshots of information and statistics on a range of subjects |
A range of new web products makes data more accessible to those who want to access key findings quickly and easily |
| SD3 Improve information quality, protecting privacy |
| Achieved accreditation as an integrating authority for the integration of Commonwealth data |
The newly established Data Integration Services Centre will undertake data linkage work in an enhanced data storage and security environment, and provide support to researchers undertaking a wide variety of complex analyses |
| Continued to develop data quality statements for all data reported |
Data quality statements provide users with explanations of data issues so they will be better able to undertake fair analysis and assessment of data |
| SD4 Capitalise on the contemporary information environment |
| Delivered annual elective surgery waiting times data much earlier than in previous years |
Improved business and technological processes support our efforts to meet client expectations for timely delivery of data |
| SD5 Cultivate and value a skilled, engaged and versatile workforce |
| Participated in staff exchanges with the Canadian Institute for Health Information |
Opportunities for staff exchanges and secondments support and develop the capabilities of our staff to meet our work requirements |