Project for the Integration of Mental Health Data (PRIMHD)

Published:  November 2007

The overarching purpose of the PRIMHD process is to define the collection of minimally-required core data elements for an integrated mental health and addiction services national collection.

The PRIMHD standards are currently under review and have been removed from this website.

Please see the PRIMHD site on the Ministry of Health website for the latest file specification and requirements.

If you have any queries please contact the appropriate person at Help & Contacts   (www.health.govt.nz)

PRIMHD review

The review of the PRIMHD standard has been split into two parts.  Part One of the review involved an investigation into how the current standard was working.  A questionnaire was sent out to users, followed by a cross-section of face to face interviews.  The resultant 51 page report contains ten recommendations relating to the standard, nine recommendations relating to the data collection and four recommendations relating to both.

The HISO committee have agreed to commence Part Two of the review  which will address the recommendations relating to the standard (recommendations 1 - 10)

The full HISO PRIMHD Standard Review report can be found here