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Information About Health Data  

Statewide Health Data Collections

A statewide health data collection is a database held by the Department of Health that is made up of summaries of patient information collected from all relevant health service providers.

The main statewide health data collections are:

  • The Hospital Morbidity Data Collection, a database of information about all admitted patient hospital visits.
  • Non-Admitted Patient Data Collections, several databases of information about emergency department, outpatient clinic and community health visits at public health services.
  • Mental Health Information System, a database of information about the use of public mental health services in Western Australia.
  • Cancer Registry, a database of information about all reported instances of cancer.
  • Maternal and Child Health Registry, a database of information on birth events, birth outcomes and associated childbearing matters.
  • Reproductive Technology Register, a database containing information about all in vitro fertilisation and donor insemination treatments.

Other statewide collections include:

  • WA Notifiable Infectious Diseases, databases containing information about reported instances of the 62 notifiable infectious diseases.
  • Monitoring Drugs of Dependence System, a database containing information about notification of schedule 8 or schedule 9 type drug dependency.
  • Cervical Cytology Register, a database of the results of all Pap smear and cervical biopsy tests in WA women.
  • Breast Cancer Screening Registry, a database of the results of all BreastScreen WA clients.
  • Patient Electronic Referral Liaison System (PEARLS), a database of information about referrals, and treatment details used to reduce waiting times for elective surgery.