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Welcome to the Acute Health Web Site Archive - A to Z Index

This archive covers the period up to the end of 2002. The files below were previously loaded to the Victorian State Government Department of Human Services, Acute Health Division Web site - www.dhs.vic.gov.au/ahs and the Metropolitan Health & Aged Care Services Division Web site. The files are maintained here for historical purposes. Note: some of the links in the archived files on this site may not work!

 A
Annual reporting Requirements, Public Hospitals, 1998/99 (Financial Management Act)
(MS Word Doc 375KB) | (PDF file 275KB)
Ambulance Services

Review of the Ambulances Services Act 1986 - April 1999, Final Report

National Competition Policy - Review of the Ambulance Services Act 1986 - Government Response (PDF file 28KB)

 B
Budgeted Expenditure
Expenditure on Acute Health Services in Victoria 2000/2001
 C
Casemix Policy and Funding Guidelines/Cost Weights
Public Hospital Policy and Funding Guidelines
1997 - 1998 | 1998 - 1999 | 1999 - 2000 | 2000-2001[Health Service Agreement Schedule 1 2001-2002] (Word file 75KB)

Cost Weights and Related Parameters - Excel Spreadsheets

1997 - 98 (Excel spreadsheet 229k) | 1998 - 99 (Excel spreadsheet 199k)
Victorian Acute Health Cost Weights Study
1996/1997 | 1997-1998 (pdf 656 kb)|1998-1999 2000/2001 (PDF file 327KB) (Excel file 493KB)

ICD - 10 adjustment factors Feb 1999 (tab delimited text 8k, right click to download)

Victoria's move to ICD-10-AM Classification (Feb 1999)

Circulars (Hospital Circulars)

Critical Care Services

Review of Intensive Care in Victoria - Phase One Report - July 1997
Consumer Information
Click here for a copy of the tender brief : Assessing the Quality of Consumer Information - Tender Brief - May 1999
Coronary Care
Ministerial Review of Coronary Care Services in Victoria - Dec 1996
 D
Data & Statistics
Data Warehouse - Rapid
 E
Effective Discharge Strategy
Discharge Improvement Plan Reports - 30 June 2000
Elective Surgery

Elective Surgery Information System (ESIS) Manual Version 3.0, July 2000

Elective Surgery Information System (ESIS) Manual Version 2.0, July 1999

Elective Surgery Information System - Minimum Data Set Specification 28 April 1997

Specifications for revisions to the Elective Surgery Information System (ESIS) for 1 July 1999.

Review of Elective Surgery Waiting Lists - September 1998

Emergency Services

A Discussion Paper: Paying for Hospital Emergency Care - March 1997

Emergency Services Development Program - 1997-98 (Archived 5 April 2002)

Equipment
Capital Equipment Funding Strategy Review for Victorian Public Hospitals - November 2000
Expenditure
Expenditure on Acute Health Services in Victoria 2000/2001
 F
Financial Management Act, Annual reporting Requirements, Public Hospitals, 1998/99
(MS Word Doc 375KB) | (PDF File 275KB)

Fringe Benefits Tax - General Information for Hospitals

 G

GP/Hospital Integration Project (Archived January 2002)

GST - Information for Hospitals (Archived March 2002)

 H

HDSS - Health Data Stabdards & Systems

HDSS - Home page from 2001 gives access to many old files and bulletins etc

Health Insurance Reforms

The Implementation of Health Insurance Reforms for Private Patients in Public Hospitals September 1996

Health Services Policy

Health Services Policy Review Discussion Paper - March 1999

Health Services Policy Review Final Report - November 1999 Government

Response to Health Services Policy Review Final Report (Summary) - July 2000

Evaluation of the Relocated HIV/AIDS & Infectious Diseases Services - February 1999

HIV/AIDS

EVALUATION OF THE RELOCATED HIV/AIDS
AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES SERVICES - 1999

HL7

Rapid Health Level 7 (HL7) - Interface Specification issue 1.2 PDF - Dec 1998 (598k)

HL7.exe (393k)

Home Enteral Nutrition

Home Enteral Nutrition Report: Development of Victorian Paediatric Disease - Specific Guidelines (May 2000) - (pdf file 490KB)

Report of the Ministerial Working Party on Home Enteral Nutrition - July 1997

Development of a Best Practice Model for Service Delivery of HEN - Phase 1 Research Report (July 1999) - (pdf file 289KB)

Development of a Best Practice Model for Service Delivery of HEN - Phase 2 Best Practice Model & Recommendations (July 1999) - (pdf file 327KB)

Hospital Access Program

Hospital Access Program Business Rules 2000 - 2001 download (PDF file 142kb) (August 2000) - Archived 5 April 2001

Service Improvement initiative 1999-2000 - Archived 5 April 2002

Critical Care Inter-hospital Transfer - Business Rules December 1999

Hospital Access Development Program - Guidelines/Submission for funding
Guidelines - December 1998 - Archived 5 April 2001

Hospital Circulars

Hospital Comparative Data

Hospital Comparative Data - 1996/97
Hospital Procurement

Ministerial Paper - Final PRG Report - 19 Feb 2001 (pdf 202 kb)

Future Procurement Arrangements in Victoria - Consultation Paper - November 2000 (PDF file 121 KB)

 I

ICD-10-AM

Victoria's move to ICD-10-AM Classification - Dec 2001

I2T2 - Information Technology & Telecommunication

Framework for Developing an I, IT & T Strategic Plan - (PDF file 379KB)

I2T2 Strategy Executive Summary - (PDF file 292KB)

I2T2 Strategy Investment program - (PDF file 215KB)

Information, Information Technology and Telecommunication Strategy for Victorian Public Hospitals - (PDF file 514KB)

Infection Control

L
Legislation
Regulatory Impact Statement - Proposed Pathology Services Accreditation (General) Regulations 2001 and Proposed Pathology Services (Exempted Tests) Regulations 2001 - January 2000
 M
Maternity Services

Maternity Services Performance Indicator Project - 2001 PDF icon (PDF file 362KB) Archived November 2002

Postnatal Domiciliary Service Audit - March 1999 (PDF iconPDF file 45KB)

Ministerial Reviews

Ministerial Review of Health Care Networks - Final Report - March 2000 (pdf 1.18 mb)

Ministerial Review of Victorian Health Care Networks - Interim Report - February 2000 (pdf 116 kb)

Ministerial Review of Victoria Health Care Networks - Government Response - May 2000 (pdf 80kb)

Ministerial Review of Victorian Health Care Networks - Terms of Reference Presentation by Professor Stephen Duckett, Chair of the Ministerial Review of Health Care Networks to the VHA & ACHSE Students Society Seminar Victorian Metropolitan Health Care Network Review 2000 held on Wednesday 15th December 1999. View the presentation | Download as a Powerpoint file (127KB)

Ministerial Review of Coronary Care Services in Victoria - Dec 1996

N
New Technology Funding
 
O
Outpatients
Non-Admitted Patient Services: A Literature Review and Analysis - June 1997 
P

Regulatory Impact Statement - Proposed Pathology Services Accreditation (General) Regulations 2001 and Proposed Pathology Services (Exempted Tests) Regulations 2001 - January 2000

Patient Management Task Force - archived 3 Dec 2001

Patient Satisfaction

Patient Satisfaction Survey Victorian - Public Hospitals September 1997
Post Acute Care Program
Post Acute Care Program 1998-1999 Overview - December 1999 (Word file 253KB)
Private HospitalsPrivate Patients
The Implementation of Health Insurance Reforms for Private Patients in Public Hospitals - September 1996
PRS2 - (Patient Reporting System)
PRS2 Manual July 1998 | PRS2 Manual July 1999
Pregnancy
Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria - Report on Late Terminations of Pregnancy - April 1998

Procurement Strategy Health Care Networks 2000-2001

Public Hospital Policy and Funding Guidelines

1997 - 1998 | 1998 - 1999 | 1999 - 2000 | 2000-2001

Q

International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQUA) 16th International Conference - 1999 (PDF file 1777KB)

R

RAPID
RAPID Redevelopment of Acute and Psychiatric Information Directions
Radiotherapy

Review of Radiotherapy Services in Victoria: A Discussion Paper and Submission Guide - August 1997

Review of Radiotherapy Services in Victoria: A Report - April 1998

Rural Patients Initiative

2001 - 2002 Rural Patients Initiative

 

S

Service Planning & Reviews

Outer East Metropolitan Health Services Review - Information, call for submissions (August 2000)

Health Services Policy Review Discussion Paper - March 1999

Health Services Policy Review Final Report - November 1999

Government Response to Health Services Policy Review Final Report (Summary) (July 2000)

Evaluation of the Relocated HIV/AIDS & Infectious Diseases Services - February 1999

Report of the Ministerial Working Party on Home Enteral Nutrition (July 1997)

Ministerial Review of Coronary Care Services in Victoria - December 1996

Review of Radiotherapy Services in Victoria: A Discussion Paper and Submission Guide - August 1997

Review of Radiotherapy Services in Victoria: A Report - April 1998

Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria - Report on Late Terminations of Pregnancy - April 1998

Review of Elective Surgery Waiting Lists - September 1998

Non-Admitted Patient Services: A Literature Review and Analysis - June 1997

Review of Elective Surgery Waiting Lists - 9 September 1998

Ministerial Review of Victorian Health Care Networks December 1999

Smart Cards

A Trial of Smartcards for the Exchange of Health Care Information February 2001 (PDF file 1.5Mb)

Statistics and Data

See under Hospitals above

Hospital Comparative Data - 1996/97

Sub-Acute Care

T

Telehealth

Telehealth Information - Overview - Archived 9 December 2002 Telemedicine Report - January 1999
Health Key Evaluation - A Trial of Smartcards for the Exchange of Health Care Information - February 2001
(PDF file 1.45MB)
V

VAED - Audit of 199-2000 VAED data

Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD)

VEMD User Manual 1999
VEMD User Manual 1998

Victorian Ambulatory Classification & Funding System (VACS) (Archived 20 November 2002)Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD)

Victorian Admitted Episodes Data Set (VAED)

DRG Reports 1999 - 2000 Technical Notes (October 2000)- A reference guide to reports analysing 1999-2000 data from the Victorian Admitted Episode Data Set (VAED)

Audit of 1999 - 2000 VAED Data

VIMD - Audit of 1998-99 VIMD data

W
Waiting Lists
Review of Elective Surgery Waiting Lists (9 September 1998)
y

Year 2000 Millenium Bug - Information for Health Service Providers (PDF file 299KB)

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