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Governance and Ethics
Data for Decisions is underpinned by strong ethical principles, transparency and world class data governance and security.
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Security and Privacy
Discover the University of Melbourne software and secure data storage systems designed to keep information safe and on-shore.
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Meet Us
Meet the team who administers and looks after Patron information and data from participating research clinics across Australia.
Patron Facts & Stats
1,988,752
Active Patients
4,651,933
Total Patient Records*
154
General Practice Clinics
About Data for Decisions
The ‘secondary’ use of de-identified medical records is widely recognised to have the potential to improve public health. Individual patient records are important to doctors and individuals, but when de-identified (to maintain anonymity and patient privacy) and combined with many thousands of other records, a powerful research tool is created with the potential to generate new knowledge to improve health care.
Data for Decisions, incorporating the Patron Program of Research, is a University of Melbourne research initiative undertaken through the University’s Department of General Practice and Primary Care. With the permission of general practices or other primary care providers, we collate data from de-identified medical records and use the information for research to increase knowledge, quality improvement and improve healthcare practices. The data is stored in a University of Melbourne managed primary-care data repository called Patron. An independent Data Governance Committee made up of members of the public, GPs, practice managers, researchers and a lawyer, makes a determination on behalf of the data providers on which researchers/research projects can access the data.
In some instances, the primary care providers agree to provide their de-identified data to be used only for a specific research project instead of being made available to a range of projects.
The first practices consented to contribute to Data for Decisions in late 2017, but the program had been under development since 2016, building on strong foundations of international good practice in data governance and management.
Want to know more? Click below to access our library of informational videos.
Patron Repository Governance Statement
The Patron research repository remains under the governance and oversight of The University of Melbourne. All data within the repository is managed according to The University of Melbourne policies and procedures to ensure security and compliance.
In some cases, approved research projects may involve the use of secure external environments for data analysis. These environments must meet stringent security and governance standards and are subject to The University of Melbourne review and ongoing monitoring. Regardless of location, all projects are required to adhere to Patron’s data governance framework, including reporting obligations and data destruction requirements at project completion.
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GPs & Practice Managers
Information for GPs and Practice Managers thinking about contributing to Data for Decisions.
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Consumers & Patients
Information for healthcare consumers about the Data for Decisions research initiative.
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Researchers
Information for researchers wishing to access data in the Patron primary care data repository.
Patron Facts and Stats
51.96%
Female
44.96%
Male
15.3%
Over 65
23.3%
of VIC population
103
Clinics in VIC
11
Clinics in QLD
12
Clinics in SA
21
Clinics in TAS
7
Clinics in WA
63
Metropolitan Practices
25
Regional Centres
66
Rural and Regional Areas
Notes:
- This data comes from the 2025 Q3 Snapshot Report (to the end of Sept 2025).
- Patron and the Centre for Victorian Data Linkage (CVDL) linked data from 2007-2022, included 1,792,051 Patron patients, 77.3% had at least one hospital admission (identified via linkage to the Victorian hospital dataset) and of those patients 73.3% had at least one emergency department presentation (identified via linkage to the Victorian ED dataset).
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Using data to expand knowledge
Data for Decisions focuses on the use of de-identified data from general practice medical records to expand knowledge and ultimately promote service and population health improvements. Every research project that accesses the data stored in the Patron primary care data repository does so only after meeting rigorous data governance and ethics requirements. Each project using Patron data is described below, and each research group will provide a reader-friendly summary of their findings, and list of resulting publications, when available.
Publications
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- Chima S, Hunter B, Martinez-Gutierrez J, Lumsden N, Nelson C, Boyle D, Somasundaram K, Manski-Nankervis JA, Emery J Implementation of a Quality Improvement and Clinical Decision Support Tool for Cancer Diagnosis in Primary Care: Process Evaluation JMIR Cancer 2025;11:e65461 doi: 10.2196/65461 PMID: 40505100
- Lei, S., Venning, B., Pearce, A., Lee, A. and Emery, J (2024). Patterns of Diagnostic Testing for Oesophagogastric Cancer-Related Symptoms in Australian General Practice. British Journal of General Practice 2024; 74 (745): e517-e526. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0583
- Meena Rafiq, Jasper de Boer, Jasmine Mar, Jayesh Desai, Susie Bae, David E Gyorki, Claudia Di Bella, Georgios Lyratzopoulos, Jeremy H Lewin and Jon Emery (2024). Clinical activity in general practice before sarcoma diagnosis: an Australian cohort study. British Journal of General Practice 2024; 74 (745): e508-e516. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0610
- Rafiq M, Drosdowsky A,Solomon B, et al. (2024) Trends in primary care blood tests prior to lung and colorectal cancer diagnosis—A retrospective cohort study using linked Australian data. Cancer Medicine. 2024;13:e70006. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.70006
- Lee, A., McCarthy, D., Bergin, RJ., Drosdowsky, A., Martinez Gutierrez, J., Kearney, C., Philip, S., Rafiq, M., Venning, B., Wawryk, O., Zhang, J., Emery, K., Data Resource Profile: Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre Data Connect, International Journal of Epidemiology, 2023;, dyad148, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyad148
- Schrader S, Rafiq M, Martinez-Gutierrez J, Waterhouse M, Lee B, Neale RE, Emery J. Decision support tools for pancreatic cancer detection: external validation in Australian primary care — a retrospective cohort study. British Journal of General Practice. February 2026; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0328
- Neale RE, Jordan SJ, Thompson B, Bernardes CM, Adams J, Baggoley C, Barreto SG, Baxter CM, Croagh D, Devereaux B, Emery J, Collins LG, Gilhotra R, Grogan P, Hourigan L, Martinez-Gutierrez J, Metz AJ, Philcox S, Rafiq M, Rhee J, Schrader S, Stewart M, Windsor J, Zalcberg J, Waterhouse M. The sensitivity of decision support tools for identifying patients with pancreatic cancer. British Journal of General Practice. Open November 2025; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0142
- Wawryk, O., Collins, I.M., Lee, A. et al. Rural variations in primary care prostate cancer diagnosis and survival: a cohort study using linked Australian primary care electronic medical record data. BMC Cancer 25, 1809 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-025-15044-5
- Lei S, Venning B, Pearce A, Emery J. Variations in the investigation of colorectal cancer-related symptoms in Australian primary care: a retrospective cohort study. British Journal of General Practice. February 2026; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0619
- Venning B, Lei S, Pearce A, Lee A, Emery JD. Diagnostic testing patterns for lung cancer-related symptoms in primary care: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 2025; 12:e003337. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2025-003337
- Lee A, de Mendonca L, McCarthy D, Nelson C, Rafiq M, Venning B, Chima S, Daly D, Fishman G, Kearney C, Hunter B, Lim FS, Manski-Nankervis JA, Nicholson BD, Emery J, Martinez-Gutierrez J. Primary care patients presenting with unexpected weight loss in Australian general practices: replication of a diagnostic accuracy study. BMJ Open. 2025 Jul 28;15(7):e104690. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-104690
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- Klapaukh R., Boyle,D (2024) CensorCheck: A Tool for Evaluating Protected Health Information Detection Systems. EBook: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics Volume 318: Health. Innovation. Community: It Starts With Us Pages 174-175 https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI240914
- Klapaukh, R., El-Hayek, C., Boyle, D. Do transformers generalise better than bespoke tools for anonymisation? Informatics in Medicine Unlocked (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imu.2024.101607
- Manski-Nankervis, J., Canaway, R., Chidgey, C., Emery, J., Sanci, L., Hocking, J.S., Davidson, S., Swan, I. and Boyle, D. (2024). Data Resource Profile: Primary Care Audit, Teaching and Research Open Network (Patron). International journal of epidemiology, [online] 53(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyae002.
- Ward, R., Hallinan, CM., Ormiston-Smith, D., Chidgey, C. and Boyle, D. (2024). The OMOP common data model in Australian primary care data: Building a quality research ready harmonised dataset. PloS one, 19(4), pp.e0301557–e0301557. doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301557.
- Canaway, R., Chidgey, C., Hallinan, C.M., Capurro D, Boyle D (2024) Undercounting diagnoses in Australian general practice: a data quality study with implications for population health reporting. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 24, 155 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-024-02560-w
- El-Hayek, C., Barzegar, S., Faux, N., Doyle, K., Pillai, P., Mutch, S. J., Vaisey, A., Ward, R., Sanci, L., Dunn, A. G., Hellard, M. E., Hocking, J. S., Verspoor, K., & Boyle, D. I. R. (2023). An evaluation of existing text de-identification tools for use with patient progress notes from Australian general practice. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 173, 105021. ISSN 1386-5056. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2023.105021.
- Canaway R, Boyle DI, Manski-Nankervis JAE, et al. (2019) Gathering data for decisions: best practice use of primary care electronic records for research. Med J Aust 210, S12–S16.
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- Leizerovitz R, Williams I, Laughlin A, Sanci L. (2025) Adolescent health presentations to Victorian general practice: a descriptive study using electronic medical records. Australian Journal of Primary Health 31 (2025) PY25034. https://doi.org/10.1071/PY25034
- Lapadula MC, Mohammaddrazeei D, Ortigoza A, Freitas A, Silva-Valencia J; INTRePID Consortium. Impact of the COV, ID-19 Pandemic on Cervical Cancer Screening: An International Comparative Study by INTRePID. BJOG. 2025 Jan 22 DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.18077
- Tu K, Lapadula MC, Apajee J, Bonilla AO, Baste V, Cuba-Fuentes MS, de Lusignan S, Flottorp S, Gaona G, Goh LH, Hallinan CM, Kristiansson RS, Laughlin A, Li Z, Ling ZJ, Manski-Nankervis JA, Ng APP, Scattini LF, Silva-Valencia J, Pace WD, Wensaas KA, Wong WCW, Zingoni PL, Westfall JM; INTRePID. Changes in reasons for visits to primary care after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic: An international comparative study by the International Consortium of Primary Care Big Data Researchers (INTRePID). PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024 Aug 22;4(8):e0003406. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003406. PMID: 39173045; PMCID: PMC11341054.
- Westfall JM, Bonilla AO, Lapadula MC, Zingoni PL, Wong WCW, Wensaas KA, Pace WD, Silva-Valencia J, Scattini LF, Ng APP, Manski-Nankervis J-A, Ling ZJ, Li Z, Heald AH, Laughlin A, Kristiansson RS, Hallinan CM, Goh LH, Gaona G, Flottorp S, de Lusignan S, Cuba-Fuentes MS, Baste V and Tu K (2024) Changes in primary care visits for respiratory illness during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multinational study by the International Consortium of Primary Care Big Data Researchers (INTRePID). Front. Med. 11:1343646. doi:10.3389/fmed.2024.1343646
- Sleaby. R, Canaway. R, Manski-Nankervis. JA, Boyle. D. 2024. Figshare. Understanding General Practice perspectives and data repositories to prevent type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes – an Australian 2-phase mixed methods study. https://figshare.com/s/a85905728b085bab1939 DOI: 10.26188/27221436
- Silva-Valencia J, Lapadula C, Westfall JM, Gaona G, de Lusignan S, Kristiansson RS, Ling ZJ, Goh LH, Soto-Becerra P, Cuba-Fuentes MS, Wensaas KA, Flottorp S, Baste V, Chi-Wai Wong W, Pui Ng AP, Ortigoza A, Manski-Nankervis JA, Hallinan CM, Zingoni P, Scattini L, Heald A, Tu K; INTRePID. Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health visits in primary care: an interrupted time series analysis from nine INTRePID countries. EClinicalMedicine 70 (2024)
- Chima S, Martinez Gutierrez J, Hunter B, Laughlin A, Chondros P, Lumsden N, Boyle D, Nelson C, Amores P, Tran AD, Manski-Nankervis JA, Emery J.(2024) Future Health Today: A pragmatic cluster randomised trial of quality improvement activities in general practice for patients at risk of undiagnosed cancer. Br J Gen Pract. 2024 Nov 20:BJGP.2024.0491. https://doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2024.0491. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39567181.
- Chima, Sophie; Hunter, B; Martinez-Gutierrez, Javiera; Lumsden, Natalie; Nelson, Craig; Manski-Nankervis, Jo-Anne; Emery, Jon (2024) Adoption, acceptance, and use of a decision support tool to promote timely investigations for cancer in primary care Family Practice, Volume 41, Issue 6, December 2024, pp 1048-1057, https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmae046
- Peng, K., Tu, K., Li, Z., Hallinan, CM., Laughlin, A., Manski‐Nankervis, J., Apajee, J., Lapadula, MC., Ortigoza, A., Da Roza, CC., Baste, V., Flottorp, S., Wensaas, KA., Goh, LH., Ling, ZJ., Kristiansson, R., Gaona, G., Pace, W.D., Westfall, J.M. and Pui, A. (2023). Global impacts of COVID‐19 pandemic on sexual and reproductive health services: An international comparative study on primary care from the INTRePID Consortium. BJOG, 131(4), pp.508–517. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.17704.
- Abraham P, Manski-Nankervis J, Biezen R, Hallinan C, Gibney K, Sanci L, Ride J. Costing of an Australian general practice COVID-19 drive-through testing and respiratory clinic. BMC Prim Care. 2022; 23: 58. doi: 10.1186/s12875-022-01664-4
- Augusto, A., Deitz, T., Faux, N., Manski-Nankervis, J.-A. and Capurro, D. (2022). Process mining-driven analysis of COVID-19’s impact on vaccination patterns. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 130, p.104081. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2022.104081.
- Tu K, Sarkadi Kristiansson R, Gronsbell J on behalf of INTRePID, et al. Changes in primary care visits arising from the COVID-19 pandemic: an international comparative study by the International Consortium of Primary Care. Big Data Researchers (INTRePID)BMJ Open 2022;12:e059130. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059130
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- Donald A, Ellis N, Chen E, Violette R, Nissen L, Spinks J. Clinical indicator prioritisation for the ACTMed trial: a modified nominal group technique approach for primary care research in the electronic age. Aust J Prim Health. 2026 Feb 6;32(1):PY25064. DOI: 10.1071/PY25064 PMID: 41376252.
- King A.J, Phillips T.R, Plummer E.L, et al. Getting Everyone on Board to Break the Cycle of Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) Recurrence: A Qualitative Study of Partner Treatment for BV. The Patient – Patient Centered Outcomes Research (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-025-00731-z
- Carville, K.S., Meagher, N., Abo, Y.-N., Manski-Nankervis, J., Fielding, J., Steer, A., McVernon, J., Price, D.J. (2024). Burden of antimicrobial prescribing in primary care attributable to sore throat: a retrospective cohort study of patient record data. BMC primary care, 25(1). doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-024-02371-y.
- Australian Journal of General Practice. (2023). Antimicrobials for respiratory tract infections. [online] Available at: https://www1.racgp.org.au/ajgp/2022/january-february/antimicrobials-for-respiratory-infections-1
- Monaghan T, Biezen R, Buising K, Hallinan C, Cheah R, Manski-Nankervis J. Clinical insights into appropriate choice of antimicrobials for acute respiratory tract infections. AJGP (2022),Vol 51 1-2, doi: 10.31128/AJGP-07-21-6073
- Hallinan, C.M., Gunn, J.M. and Bonomo, Y.A. (2022). Use of electronic medical records to monitor the safe and effective prescribing of medicinal cannabis: is it feasible? Australian Journal of Primary Health. doi:https://doi.org/10.1071/py22054.
- Teoh, L., Hopcraft, M., McCullough, M., Manski‐Nankervis, J., Biezen, R. (2022). Exploring the appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing for dental presentations in Australian general practice—A pilot study. BJCP. 89(5), pp.1554–1559. https://doi.org/10.1111/bcp.15617.
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- Jung J., Goller J. L., Chondros P., Ong J., Biezen R., Pires D., Capurro D., Faux N., Manski-Nankervis J. A. (2025) The gonorrhoea care cascade in general practice: a descriptive study to explore gonorrhoea management utilising electronic medical records. Sexual Health 22, SH24140. https://doi.org/10.1071/SH24140
- Jung, J., R. Biezen, Goller, J.L., Hocking, J., P. Chondros and J. Manski-Nankervis (2023). The chlamydia care cascade of young people attending Australian general practices; a descriptive study to assess gaps in care. Sexual health, 20(6), pp.542–549. doi:https://doi.org/10.1071/sh23096.
- Peng, K., Tu, K., Li, Z., Hallinan, CM., Laughlin, A., Manski‐Nankervis, J., Apajee, J., Lapadula, MC., Ortigoza, A., Da Roza, CC., Baste, V., Flottorp, S., Wensaas, KA., Goh, LH., Ling, ZJ., Kristiansson, R., Gaona, G., Pace, W.D., Westfall, J.M., and Pui, A. (2023). Global impacts of COVID‐19 pandemic on sexual and reproductive health services: An international comparative study on primary care from the INTRePID Consortium. BJOG, 131(4), pp.508–517. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.17704.
- Coombe, J., Goller, J., Bittleston, H., Bateson, D., Bourne, C., O’Donnell, H., Tomnay, J., Temple-Smith, M. and Hocking, J.S. (2022). Patient-delivered partner therapy: One option for management of sexual partner(s) of a patient diagnosed with a chlamydia infection. Australian Journal of General Practice, 51(6), pp.425–429. doi:https://doi.org/10.31128/ajgp-07-21-6066.
- Goller, J.L., Coombe, J., Bittleston, H., Bourne, C., Bateson, D., Vaisey, A., Tomnay, J., O’Donnell, H., Garret, C., Estcourt, C.S., Temple-Smith, M. and Hocking, J.S. (2021). Patient delivered partner therapy for chlamydia infection is used by some general practitioners, but more support is needed to increase uptake: findings from a mixed-methods study. Sexually Transmitted Infections, p.sextrans-2020-054933. doi:https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2020-054933.
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- Augusto, A., Deitz, T., Faux, N., Manski-Nankervis, J., and Capurro, D. (2022). Process mining-driven analysis of COVID-19’s impact on vaccination patterns. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 130, p.104081. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2022.104081.
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- Petzke, D., Hallinan, C.M., Trevena, J. et al. Exploration of chronic kidney disease screening, diagnosis and management in Australian general practice using electronic medical record data. BMC Nephrol 26, 405 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-025-04345-3
Practice List
There are 142 general practices across Australia that have chosen to partner with the Data for Decisions program. We are thankful to each and every one. This list is an approximate representation of those participating practices as some have consented to be publicly acknowledged while others wish to remain anonymous. Since 2019, our participation consent form lets practices choose whether or not they would like to be acknowledged on this website. If you are a practice that joined in 2018 and you would like to be acknowledged here, please contact us.
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- Aim Health Medical Centre Level 1, 253 Lonsdale St, Melbourne 3000; Phone: 03 9005 2118
- Anglesea Medical 3 McMillan Street, Anglesea 3230; Phone: 03 9215 6700
- Bell Post Medical Clinic 290-306 Anakie Road, Norlane 3214
- Bendigo Primary Care Centre 123 Arnold Street, Bendigo 3550; Phone: 03 5441 8622
- Campaspe Family Practice 2-25 Caroline Chisholm Drive, Kyneton 3444; Web: https://www.campaspefp.com.au
- Charlton Medical 2 Learmonth Street, Charlton 3525; Phone: 03 5477 6888
- Churinga Medical Centre 465 Mt Dandenong Road, Kilsyth 3137; Phone: 03 9722 9888
- Coolaroo Clinic512 Barry Road, Broadmeadows 3048; Phone: 03 9309 7011
- Corio Medical Clinic 1 Bacchus Marsh Road, Corio 3214; Phone: 03 5274 9499
- Croydon Medical Centre 88-90 Main Street, Croydon 3136; Phone: 03 9723 4195
- Deepdene Surgery 71 Whitehorse Road, Balwyn 3103; Phone: 03 9817 4233
- Donald Family Clinic 7 McCracken Avenue, Donald 3480; Phone: 03 5497 1100
- Eastbrooke Family Clinic Lincolnville 493-495 Keilor Road, Niddrie 3042; Phone: 03 9289 3333
- Forsyth Park Medical Centre 200 Forsyth Road, Truganina 3029; Phone: 03 8360 5359
- Friendly Medical 83 Watton Street, Werribee 3030
- Gladstone Park Medical Clinic 323 Mickleham Road, Tullamarine 3043; Phone: 03 9330 2533
- Guardian Medical Highpoint 200 Rosamond Road, Maribyrnong 3032; Phone: 03 9318 4000
- Guardian Medical Showgrounds Village Shop 1, Showgrounds Village Shopping Centre, 320 Epsom Road, Flemington 3031; Phone: 03 9372 3600
- HealthWest Medical and Specialist Centre 549 Morris Road, Truganina 3029; Phone: 03 8360 3877
- Hoppers Lane General Practice 242 Hoppers Lane, Werribee 3030; Phone: 03 8731 6500
- Lincolnville Medical Centre 25 McFarlane Street, Keilor East 3033; Phone: 03 9337 2200
- Maidstone Family Clinic 191 Ballarat Road, Maidstone 3012; Phone: 03 9318 1881
- Mediscreen Clinic 799 Toorak Road, Hawthorn East 3123; Phone: 03 8922 3105
- Modern Medical Balwyn 1/349-381 Whitehorse Road, Balwyn 3103; Phone: 03 9813 7600
- Modern Medical Caroline Springs Suite 3A 1042 Western Highway, Caroline Springs 3023; Phone: 03 8358 0100
- Modern Medical Craigieburn 6/1-9 Mareeba Way, Craigieburn 3064; Phone 03 8339 7450
- Modern Medical Glenroy Level 1, 3/789 Pascoe Vale Road, Glenroy 3046; Phone 03 8311 4204
- Modern Medical Dandenong 176 Londsale Street, Dandenong 3175; Phone: 03 8763 8900
- Modern Medical St Kilda Road Level 1, 391 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne 3004; Phone: 03 9869 2000
- Murchison Medical Clinic 21 Impey Street, Murchison 3610; Phone: 03 5826 2575
- MyClinic Bacchus Marsh 12 Gell Street, Bacchus Marsh 3340; Phone: 03 5367 8000
- MyClinic Balaclava 161-163 Carlisle Street, Balaclava 3183; Phone: 03 9531 8383
- MyClinic Bourke Street Mall Shop 108, 283-297 Bourke Street, Melbourne 3000; Phone: 03 9650 5630
- MyClinic Melbourne 91 William Street, Melbourne 3000; Phone: 03 9620 5299
- MyClinic Tarneit 412 Derrimut Road, Tarneit 3029; Phone: 03 8742 2088
- MyClinic Werribee 156, 167-179 Shaws Road, Werribee 3030; Phone: 03 9290 9898
- MyClinic Werribee Village Shop 10, 167-179 Shaws Road, Werribee 3030; Phone: 03 8742 3002
- MyHealth Brunswick (formerly Moreland General Practice) 80 Moreland Road, Brunswick 3056; Phone: 03 9385 1250
- O'Herns Road Medical Clinic 62A Manor House, Epping, 3076; Phone: 03 9408 6333
- Parkwood Green Medical Centre Suite 4, 1-5 Kate Way, Hillside 3037; Phone: 03 9449 4100
- Peak Medical GPC Hoppers Crossing Shopping Centre, 50 Old Geelong Road, Hoppers Crossing 3029; Phone: 03 9020 2600
- Plantation Medical Clinic 14 Plantation Road, Corio 3214; Phone: 03 9020 2600
- Polaris Medical Centre 32 Copernicus Crescent, Bundoora 3083; Phone: 03 9227 3300
- Portland Family Clinic 156 Percy Street, Portland 3305; Phone: 03 5523 7144
- Robinson Street Medical Centre 7 Robinson Street, Camperdown 3260; Phone: 03 5593 7070
- Rochdale Medical Centre 1A Rochdale Square, Lalor 3075; Phone: 03 9706 5168
- Ross Court Medical Complex 35 Ross Street, Niddrie 3042; Phone: 03 9379 8610
- St Mina Medical T/A Family Care Medical Centre 404-406 Huntingdale Road, Mount Waverley 3149; Phone: 03 9807 0022
- Sun Crescent Medical Clinic 29 Sun Crescent, Sunshine 3020; Phone: 03 9312 6050
- Tatura Medical Centre 4 Thomson Street, Tatura 3616; Phone: 03 5824 1244
- The Clinic Sunshine 53 Devonshire Road, Sunshine 3020; Phone: 03 9311 0691
- The University of Melbourne Shepparton Medical Centre Web: https://shepmed.mthc.com.au
- Toorak Medical Centre 89-100 Mathoura Road, Toorak 3142; Web: https://www.toorakmedicalcentre.com.au
- Turn the Corner Medical Clinic
301 Albert St, Brunswick 3056
278 Wingrove St, Fairfield 3078
409 High St, Northcote 3070
Phone: 1300 557 507 www.turnthecorner.com.au - Utopia Refugee and Asylum Seeker Health 5 Alexandra Avenue, Hoppers Crossing 3029; Web: https://www.utopiarefugeehealth.com/
- Victoria Harbour Medical Centre 850 Collins Street, Docklands 3008; Phone: 03 9629 1414
- Women's Health Hub 236 Hoppers Lane, Werribee 3030; Phone: 03 8352 5441
- Wynhamvale Health Care 127 Ballan Road, Wyndham Vale 3024; Phone: 03 9742 5148
- Yarra Medical - Richmond 486 Victoria Street, Richmond 3121; Phone: 03 9428 6200
- Yarra Medical - The Hive Shop 25 3/3 Victoria Street, Abbotsford 3067; Phone: 03 9027 6262
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- Goomeri Family Medical Practice 10 Moore Street, Goomeri 4601; Phone: 07 4168 4244
- Murgon Family Practice 43A Stephen Street West, Murgon 4605; Phone: 07 4168 2722
- Wondai Family Medical Centre 18 MacKenzie Street, Wondai 4606; Phone: 07 4168 5050
Practice Heat Map by PHN
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If you are part of a general practice and are interested in becoming a Data for Decisions partner, please contact us.
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- General Practice waiting room poster
- Patient Information Flyer
- Introductory Q&A about Data for Decisions and the Patron program of research
- GP Information Statement
- Consent for Practices to be acknowledged on this website
- Instructions to withdraw patient data
- Introduction to GRHANITE software
- VicREN Membership form (membership is free)
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- Patron Data Security Guidelines for Applicants and Recipients
- Patron Summary for Ethics Applications
- Introductory Guide to Data for Decisions and the Patron Program of Research
- Research Data Access Flowchart
- Patron Databook for researchers
- Data Access Agreement - Summary and researcher checklist
- Introductory presentation about working with Patron data
- Application dates for Patron Data
- Report a Data Breach
- Patron Data SRE Guide
- Patron Program of Work Guidelines
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Data for Decisions 2025 Report
We invite you to view the latest flipbook edition of the D4D Report. In this edition, we take a deeper look at the PARTNER Network to see how they are progressing primary care research in rural practices. We also talk to one of our current PhD students and discover how she utilised Patron data to investigate the diagnosis of paediatric diabetes in general practice, and we share the latest facts and stats from the Patron Program of Research.
The report is best viewed in full screen mode. Click the icon in the top right hand corner of the image to begin.
Data for Decisions 2024 Report
The Data for Decisions program collects de-identified data from participating general practices to create a powerful research tool with the potential to generate new knowledge and improve healthcare.
We invite you to view the inaugural flipbook edition of the D4D Report. This report includes the latest research updates, project summaries and program data. The report is best viewed in full screen mode. Click the icon in the top right hand corner of the image to begin.
2023 Update
Thank you to all the practices that contribute EMR data to the Data for Decisions research initiative. This data is used by researchers across Australia with the aim of developing interventions or tools that can help GPs and patients make informed decisions about optimising their health.
Research Initiative
See our open access article - Gathering Data for Decisions - in the Medical Journal of Australia.
Rachel Canaway, Douglas IR Boyle, Jo‐Anne E Manski‐Nankervis, Jessica Bell, Jane S Hocking, Ken Clarke, Malcolm Clark, Jane M Gunn and Jon D EmeryMed J Aust 2019; 210 (6): S12-S16. || doi: 10.5694/mja2.50026
Introducing Data for Decisions
To be fully informed, listen to the full discussion about Data for Decisions (filmed April 2018):
Research Initiative (extended version)
The Data for Decisions program collects and uses de-identified patient information for research in an ethical and secure way. The information is stored in a database managed by the University of Melbourne. Data contributed by general practices will help to improve the way medical care is delivered and inform the education of future health professionals.
Patron Administrator
Department of General Practice and Primary Care
The University of Melbourne
Level 2 West (Reception), Medical Building (Building 181)
Melbourne
Victoria 3004
AUSTRALIA
Email: patron-support@unimelb.edu.au
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