Hospital Morbidity Data System
The Hospital Morbidity Data System (HMDS) contains information concerning all inpatient discharge summary data from all public and private hospitals in Western Australia. The HDMS is a key information source used throughout the Department of Health and public and private hospitals to meet the mandatory and statutory reporting requirements.
In order to meet state and national requirements, the HMDS updates on an annual basis a list of data items collected through the HA22 form or its electronic equivalent. These updates are published in the HMDS Reference Manual to facilitate the data collection process.
Reports
- Australian Hospital Statistics (external site)
- Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. The State of our Public Hospitals reports (external site)
- Elective Surgery Quarterly Reporting
- Emergency Activity - Hospital Beds
- Four Hour Rule Reporting
Forms and manuals
- HMDS Reference Manual (PDF 4MB)
- Hospital Morbidity Data Collection Unit - Data Access Form (Word 259KB)
- Hospital Summary Inpatient Form (HA22 form) (PDF 48KB)
Access to the hospital morbidity data
- Data Services to request data from the HMDS
- Edits for hospitals for authorised users to download extracts for their hospital
- Human Research Ethics Committee – obtain ethics approval from the Department of Health
- Information Access Agreement (PDF 260KB) for data requests to protect confidential information before it is released
Contact
Hospital Morbidity Data Collection Manager
Telephone: (08) 9222 4362
Email: Brooke.Smith@health.wa.gov.au
File Formats
Some documents for download on this website are in a Portable Document Format (PDF). To read these files you might need to download Adobe® Acrobat Reader.