The SMART Hub helps researchers leverage Queensland Health’s integrated electronic Medical Record (ieMR) data to drive healthcare innovation.
Digital health systems generate big data and have the potential to provide researchers with unprecedented access to information that can drive medical research breakthroughs. Queensland Health’s (QH) ieMR is the largest digital health medical record system in Australia, and SMART Hub fills an unmet need: a dedicated resource to safely extract research data under existing QH policies and procedures within a secure digital environment.
The new SMART Hub portal is a collaboration between the University of Queensland’s Queensland Digital Health Centre and eHealth Queensland and is designed to enable the process by centralising data extraction from QH’s ieMR sites for research purposes. The SMART Hub team assess data applications and ensure Queensland Health's rigorous research ethics and governance processes are followed.
How do I use the SMART Hub?
SMART Hub is made up of a team of experienced clinical informaticians and data scientists. All researchers interested in accessing ieMR data complete a research request form which undergoes an assessment.
Resources
- Watch our video about SMART Hub
- The ethics and governance process - learn more.
Read more about the Queensland Digital Health Centre (QDHeC).