Accessing pharmacist data
February 27, 2013
THE Pharmacy Board is seeking
feedback on the proposed National
Registration and Accreditation Scheme
- Data access and research policy.
“The purpose of the national
register is to strengthen public
health and safety by enabling the
public to access information about
registered health practitioners,”
AHPRA said in a statement.
“AHPRA and the National Boards
also use the information to inform
decision-making within the National
Scheme, and in addition, the
registration data in the register is
an important statistical resource
that is used to inform health
workforce planning by governments,
and to inform research and analysis
undertaken by institutions and
individuals,” the statement added.
As such, according to AHPRA the
policy establishes the data
and research governance framework
for the National Scheme and
provides guidance to individuals,
agencies and researchers about and
how requests for de-identified data
access and research will be considered.
In addition, the policy relates only to
data that is not already part of the
National Health Workforce Dataset.
The policy covers data access and
research requests from institutions
and individuals in accordance with
the National Law, to: access
material or use de-identified data
held by National Boards and/or
AHPRA, which is not publicly
available, for research, statistical or
other purposes, in the public
interest (including use of the
national register as a sampling
frame); obtain the support,
endorsement, sponsorship of, or
collaboration in research by a
National Board; and access a copy
of the public register, pursuant to
section 228 of the National Law, or
to correspond with practitioners
through AHPRA (such requests are
only approved where it would be in
the public interest).
To view the proposals, visit
www.ahpra.gov.au.
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