Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • Preface
    • Summary
    • Abbreviations
  • Sections
    1. Background
      1. Introduction
      2. What is national health information?
      3. Why do we need it and why a national approach?
      4. Key aspects of good health information
      5. A brief outline of the system for national health information
    2. Strategic issues
      1. Key national strategies
      2. Progress with the 1995 Plan
      3. Continuing challenges
    3. Health information infrastructure
      1. Data collections
      2. Statistical standards
      3. Information policy regimes
    4. Priorities
      1. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
      2. Integration of services coordinated care
      3. Safety and quality in health care
      4. Information technology and health
      5. Population health
      6. Equity and access
      7. Health labour force
      8. Performance of the health system
      9. Standards and classification
      10. Management of health information
    5. A planning process
      1. The National Health Information Agreement
      2. Implementation planning and review
    6. Resource implications
      1. Budget
      2. Skills
  • End matter
    • Appendixes
      1. Casemix information development
      2. Public health information