Australia's national strategy for leveraging data and digital technology to enhance the aged care sector. Motivated by an ageing population and a growing demand for care services, the strategy aims to empower older people and their support networks, strengthen the digital capabilities of the workforce and improve data sharing and security.

ReturnToWorkSA’s workers' compensation scheme relies heavily on clinicians, allied health care professionals, lawyers and non-medical contractors to support its purpose. This article discusses the ways in which ReturnToWorkSA’s regulatory group initiated a journey toward using data analytics to identify potential dishonesty among their service providers.

In 2015, a number of supplementary codes for chronic conditions were implemented in admitted patient care data in Australia. This report evaluates the use of the supplementary codes for the purpose of population health monitoring in Australia and provides evidence for including these codes in future analysis and linked data assets.

The authors of this paper argue that ensuring patients have a positive treatment experience and are connected with the supports they need to stay well, across community, outpatient and private health and psychosocial services, is essential to effectively managing self-harm and improving health outcomes.

This ongoing research examined the effects of the built environment attributes on COVID-19 infections, using metropolitan Melbourne as a case study. This study explores the intracity dynamics of Melbourne neighbourhoods using postcode-level data and analysis across three different outbreaks.