Data linkage of healthcare records across primary and tertiary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in South East Queensland

The Research Alliance for Urban Goori Health (RAUGH) was established as an Australia-first strategic partnership in 2021. This partnership brings together two of the country’s largest urban health services- the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH) and the Metro North Hospital and Health Service, together with The University of Queensland (UQ) via the UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health (UQ Poche Centre). RAUGH also collaborates closely with Queensland Health. This project aims to link primary care (IUIH members- Moreton ATSICHS and selected services of  ATSICHS Brisbane including Northgate and Woolloongabba only) clients' data with Metro North Health data for the period 2010 to 2022. Eleven data sources will be used for linkage, including hospital-admitted and non-admitted patients, perinatal, death registration, cancer register, mental health, surgery, specialist outpatient, emergency, and notifiable disease conditions. The data linkage team of the Queensland Statistical Service Branch will undertake the data linkage. This retrospective study will build de-identified real-world datasets showing Indigenous people's access, utilisation and healthcare pathways from primary care to tertiary care and vice versa.   

$1,605,416

January 2021- June 2024

Chief Investigator

• Prof James Ward Director, UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health james.ward@uq.edu.au
  
  

Investigators

• Prof Anthony Shakeshaft, Professor of Indigenous Health Services Research, UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health a.shakeshaft@uq.edu.au

• A/Prof Abdullah Mamun, Principal Research Fellow, UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health a.mamun@uq.edu.au

• Dr Victor Oguoma, Senior Research Fellow, UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health v.oguoma@uq.edu.au

• Dr Saira Sanjida, Research Fellow, UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health s.sanjida@uq.edu.au

• Associate Professor Clair Sullivan, Director clair.sullivan@health.qld.gov.au

• Ms Sherry Holzapfel Executive Director, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Metro North Health Sherry.holzapfel@health.qld.gov.au

• Dr Elizabeth Rushbrook, Chief Medical Officer, Metro North Health elizabeth.rushbrook@health.qld.gov.au

• Samuel Kalamati, First Nations Business and Clinical Performance Analyst, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership Team, Metro North Health samuel.kalamati@health.qld.gov.au

• Adjunct Professor Adrian Carson, Chief Executive Officer adrian.carson@iuih.org.au

• Adjunct Associate Professor Carmel Nelson, Director Clinical Leadership- Quality and Innovation Carmel.Nelson@iuih.org.au

•  Dr Lyle Turner, Manager- Data and Research Unit lyle.turner@iuih.org.au

• Dr Danielle Butler, General Practitioner, Health Services Researcher- Data and Research danielle.butler@iuih.org.au

• Clare Mangoyana, Project Manager (Research) clare.mangoyana@iuih.org.au

• Renee Blackman, Chief Executive Officer renee.blackman@atsichsbrisbane.org.au

• Jarryd Aleckson, General Manager, Corporate Services jarryd.aleckson@atsichsbrisbane.org.au

• Dr Jonathan Leitch, Clinical Director jonathan.leitch@atsichsbrisbane.org.au

UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health

Metro North Hospital and Health Services

Institute for Urban Indigenous Health

Queensland Health

Prof James Ward james.ward@uq.edu.au