Data Resource Profile: MedicineInsight, an Australian national primary health care database

Data resource basics MedicineInsight programmeMedicineInsight is a large-scale primary care database of longitudinal de-identified electronic health records (EHRs) in Australia.The MedicineInsight programme collates routinely collected EHR data from clinical information systems (CISs) from consenting general practices which have agreed to provide data on an ongoing basis.MedicineInsight was established by NPS MedicineWise in 2011, with core funding from the Australian Government Department of Health, to support quality improvement in Australian primary care and the post-market surveillance of medicines.MedicineInsight data are now being used to support a wide range of activities including observational 1-6 and interventional research.As participation in MedicineInsight increases and the data are continuously improved, it will become an increasingly valuable source of information for primary health care, policy and planning in Australia as well as internationally. NPS MedicineWiseMedicineInsight is managed by NPS MedicineWise. 7NPS MedicineWise is an independent, not-for-profit organization that works to improve the way health technologies, medicines and medical tests are prescribed and used.Established in 1998 with the primary aim of promoting the quality use of medicines, each year NPS MedicineWise designs, implements and evaluates a range of national educational and quality improvement programmes for health professionals and consumers including, for example, type 2 diabetes, stroke, hypertension, anxiety, depression and neuropathic pain.