PMHC MDS Documentation

Table of Contents

• 1. PHN and Service Providers Resources
  • 1.1. User Documentation
  • 1.2. PMHC MDS Data Specifications
  • 1.3. Ongoing questions and answers
  • 1.4. Guidance on client consent
  • 1.5. Inital Assessment and Referral Decision Suport Tool (IAR-DST)
  • 1.6. Outcome measures and scoring rules
  • 1.7. Experience measures
  • 1.8. Online Measures Self Service System (OMSSS)
  • 1.9. Overview of purpose, design, scope and key decision issues
  • 1.10. Service Provider Quick Reference Guide
  • 1.11. PMHC MDS News Mailing list
• 2. Third Party Developers Resources
  • 2.1. Test (Developers) Environment
  • 2.2. PMHC MDS Data Specifications
  • 2.3. PMHC MDS APIs
  • 2.4. Inital Assessment and Referral Decision Suport Tool (IAR-DST)
  • 2.5. Developers Mailing list
• 3. PMHC MDS Data Specifications
  • 3.1. Current Versions
  • 3.2. Meta Download format
  • 3.3. Unsupported versions
  • 3.4. Download Specification files

Funding by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care (DoHAC) has been provided to Primary Health Networks (PHNs) to support commissioning of mental health and suicide prevention services.

The Primary Mental Health Care Minimum Data Set (PMHC MDS) provides the basis for PHNS, their service providers and DoHAC to monitor and report on the quantiry and quality of service delivery, and to inform future improvements in the planning and funding of primary mental health care services funded by the Australian Government.

The PMHC MDS is used by a range of users. We have grouped information that is relevant to assist the different types of users to find resources.

• PHN and Service Providers Resources

• Third Party Developers Resources

Relevant to all users are the PMHC MDS Data Specifications.