DH and DHS Data Reform Program (Victoria): Progress to Date

The Department of Health and Department of Human Services (DH and DHS) Data Reform Program (formerly the DH and DHS Information Management (IM) Strategy) was established to improve the efficiency of data collection and reporting arrangements between the departments and external organisations and individuals. The Data Reform Program is being undertaken incrementally and focuses on reducing the proliferation and duplication of program data collections, improving program data integrity and the timely feedback of collected information to program data providers. To achieve the objectives of the Data Reform Program, the Department of Health has centralised and strengthened governance processes to improve the management and impact of its data collection and reporting requirements of external organisations and individuals. As part of the Data Reform Program, specialist data management tools and resources have also been developed to support data reform within DH and DHS.