HABIC R2 - HEALTH AND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIT
HaBIC R² brings technology expertise and innovation to research and health projects, delivering information and technical solutions to drive change and innovation that keep people and privacy at the centre.
We collaborate with stakeholders across Health, Research, and Government sectors to provide: Trial recruiting tools, Decision support tools, Health communication platforms, General Practice quality improvement support tools, Data acquisition and Data linkage solutions, International Common Data Modelling, Medical research enablers, Disease and health and safety surveillance mechanisms.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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CYBERSECURITY
We prioritise the security of our clients' data and recognise the significance of maintaining robust cyber security measures.
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DATA AQUISITION
Our work is collaborative. Our researchers and technical experts work with partners from government, university, hospitals, industry, healthcare providers.
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RESEARCH
We collaborate on research and strategic initiatives to improve data quality and health system development. Our group director heads the Australian Health.
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PROF DOUGIE BOYLE
Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Digital Health, Data Steward; Academic Convenor, Petascale Campus, Creator of GRHANITE™.
Our Core Tools for Health Care Data Use
We have developed a variety of ethically sanctioned tools for your safe data use. The tools are fully endorsed and come with comprehensive technical assistance from our team.
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GRHANITE
GRHANITE™ software enables seamless data collection for audit, clinical research, and health surveillance. It overcomes legal, ethical, organisational, and technical barriers, making it applicable in any data collection environment within Australia.
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PATRON
The Patron program utilises GRHANITE™ software to collect and de-identify information from patient records in consenting general practice settings. Patients have the option to withdraw their data, and participating practices.
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OMOP COMMON DATA MODEL
The standardised structure of the OMOP CDM promotes data interoperability and facilitates the development and validation of analytical methods and tools. It also supports the use of common vocabularies.
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Future Health Today
Future Health Today is a collaboration between University of Melbourne and Western Health. It is a proactive digital health intervention that uses data from health records to automate the detection of chronic disease to provide new opportunities for early intervention and improved health outcomes.
GOVERNANCE, ETHICS, & SECURITY
Underpinned by strong ethical principles, transparency, and best practice data governance and security procedures.
DATA SECURITY
Our team are experts in cross-sectoral data capture, consent management, and privacy protecting record management. We employ internal best practice policies and procedures in our data warehousing and curation to 'future proof' against risk, and we adhere to all national legislation around privacy and data security. Our active risk mitigation strategies are regularly reviewed.
Collaborators
We have developed hundreds of unique healthcare data projects for partners and collaborators, including....
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Introduction to HaBIC R²
View our introduction video to better understand our capabilities. Feel free to contact us with any questions or project needs.
Interested in working with us?
Looking to start a research project?
Need advice on how we can help with your secure de-identified data extraction with record linkage?
Seeking help converting Common Data Models?
Trying to find the leading experts in health data acquisition?
Professor Dougie Boyle
Data Steward, Principal investigator, Department of General Practice and Primary Care
Sean Lo
Lead Developer
Emily Myer
David Ormiston-Smith
