Highlights
2011–12 saw the culmination of work by the AIHW that related directly to its strategic directions (SD).
SD1 Further strengthen our policy relevance | |
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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 | 'Goldenstaph' 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 |