Data sharing increases Australia’s return on investment in health and medical research by enabling researchers to reuse existing data to inform new research questions and initiate new research collaborations. This will accelerate research answers and extend the value of consumer/participant contributions in a systematic and meaningful way. Data sharing has a range of benefits - learn more here .
Benefits of Data Sharing:
Data from health studies can be used for a wide variety of secondary purposes in research - learn more here .
A great way to get started is by contacting one of the HeSANDA Nodes. Our Node partners can explain the process and help you get set up to start sharing data including:
Contact details for the HeSANDA nodes can be viewed on our home page.
If you require further information or assistance, please contact ARDC or refer to our user documentation .
To assist secondary data users in understanding the real-world impact of health and medical research data sharing, the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) has created an online guide that outlines a theoretical framework for four key data reuse scenarios. This practical guide was extracted from research papers, and consultation with stakeholders and the research community.
With Health Data Australia, researchers can explore descriptions of data from our publishing partners, identify relevant datasets, and request access. These requests will then be forwarded to the data owner for review.
To start requesting data, simply login with your AAF account.