HealthWIZ

In 1990 the Australian Department of Health and Ageing embarked on a major initiative to establish HealthWIZ, the National Social Health Statistical Data Library, for the collection, analysis and dissemination of reliable and comprehensive health related statistical data. Prometheus Information was chosen to design and administer this project, a task we continue to this day.

The Department continues to support this initiative as a part of its commitment to providing easy public access to Australia's key health and welfare information, and as such HealthWIZ remains available to users in the Australian health sector at no cost.

More information can be found at the official HealthWIZ website: http://www.healthwiz.com.au/

What is HealthWIZ?

The HealthWIZ product consists of:

• a large health data library
• a powerful, yet easy-to-use software package that accesses the data library

HealthWIZ does more than provide users access to statistical data. It adds significant value to the data by including a number of statistical computations such as age-standardised rates, indices, confidence intervals and z-scores. In addition generally used performance measures such as length of stay and occupied bed days are built into the datasets where appropriate.

HealthWIZ allows users to interrogate the data, to drill down to local areas and to analyse trends of specific relevance to their day-to-day responsibilities. The integrated presentation tools allow users to extract precisely the data that is of interest and immediately present this data in tables, maps and graphs. Users can then export this information directly into their reports. All of this is managed through an intuitive menu driven 'point and click' interface.

Tables

Maps

Graphs

HealthWIZ Training

Ever wanted to find out more about smoking related mortalities, chronic illnesses, or suicide across Australia? This course will, through real-world examples and case studies, show you how to find out answers to these questions and more.

Over a full day, the course will be delivered with an emphasis on hands-on, real-world examples. Participants will have the opportunity to choose from a number of different scenarios where they will gain a comprehensive understanding of key issues through statistical analysis.

Courses can be organised for any capital city if at least six bookings are made. For information on the next schedueled course, please email Rick Bushell at rick@prometheus.com.au.

Please see the 'HealthWIZ in Practice' Flyer for further information and booking details.