Video recordings are now available for two of PHRN’s recent Linkage Learning Webinars Professor Rachel Neale on The D-Health Trial: Harnessing the Power of Data Linkage Professor Mishra discuss findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health
Understanding road crash injuries Unfortunately, thousands of Australians are injured or die in road crashes every year. And, as the number of road crash injuries escalates, so too does the personal and social cost of serious injuries. Associate Professor Angela Watson explains how the Queensland Government’s Road Safety Data Bureau is linking Queensland road safety…
The AIHW launched the National Health Data Hub (NHDH) mid-May 2024. The PHRN National Master Linkage Key initiative has been a pivotal factor in delivering the NHDH linked data. The NHDH, formerly known as the National Integrated Health Services Information (NHISI) analytical asset, marks a significant advance in Australia’s healthcare data infrastructure, facilitating streamlined access to critical…
In this webinar, Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN) director Professor Pascal Perez explains the Australian Urban Health Indicator project (AusUrb-HI) project, a collaboration between NCRIS facilities (AURIN, PHRN and ARDC) and researchers from QUT, UWA and RMIT. AusUrb-HI seeks to facilitate access to restricted linked population health data and generate a new high-value data asset,…
PHRN’s Dr Felicity Flack co-authored this new article on Exploring Community Views on Sharing General Practice Data for Secondary Purposes. The project and published study focused on understanding community perspectives on sharing general practice data for secondary purposes. The findings shed light on the importance of addressing key considerations and building trust within the community when…
“In response to increasing demand for linked data from researchers, governments and policy makers, Australia’s Population Health Research Network (PHRN) launched its Metadata Platform, a centralised platform to help researchers explore datasets that are available for data linkage research across the country….” Read the full story here: Canada HDRN’s story on PHRNs metadata platform
Learn all about PHRN’s new Metadata Platform in our first Webinar for 2024. Our new web-based metadata platform helps researchers quickly identify what linked datasets are available for research across Australia. It has a search, browse and filter capability and presents asset metadata in a standardised format, enabling researchers to better evaluate the suitability of…
PHRN’s new online course provides participants with the knowledge and skills required to plan linked data projects and successfully navigate the application and approval process. The free self-paced course takes around an hour to complete. It covers the types of data that are commonly available for linkage, the benefits and constraints of administrative data for…