Consultancy Services
The National Centre for Health Information Research & Training (NCHIRT) is dedicated to research, training and consulting activities with specific application to data quality in health information systems. The Centre provides specialist advice and consulting services to governments and non-government agencies, public and private organisations and community groups throughout the Australian health care system and internationally.
Our consultants, both academic and professional, have backgrounds in psychology, nursing, public health, health data statistics, health information management, classifications and terminologies, health informatics, injury surveillance, teaching, business and organisational development. They have extensive industry experience in a diversity of health care settings, giving them important knowledge about people, products, processes, and procedures and a greater understanding of the practical needs of health care providers and end-users of health data.
The NCHIRT has positioned itself within the Queensland University of Technology's Network of Research Institutes and Centres 
to take full advantage of cross-disciplinary collaboration on consulting activities, education and training programs and multidisciplinary research.
This initiative forms an integral part of our efforts to maintain our status as a leading supplier of health information consulting services. It also significantly upgrades our capability framework to provide innovative research, training and consultancy services. Our clients benefit from our unique combination of business consulting skills and health sector expertise and capacity to call on project members from a trusted network of industry professionals, educators and researchers to meet the demands of individual projects.
Our consulting services cover five broad categories:
- Health Information Management Systems
- Classification and Terminologies
- Coding Services
- Education and Training Services
- Health Data Research Consultancy
Our suite of services, whether used together or separately, provide a robust and comprehensive approach to dealing with health data quality issues, particularly in terms of classifications and terminologies, data collection, data processing, clinical coding, data analysis and reporting.
If you have any questions about our consulting services, please email either Mrs. Sue Walker or via phone + 61 7 3138 5873 or Dr Kirsten McKenzie or via phone +61 7 3138 9753 or by fax +61 7 3138 5515. We would be pleased to provide cost estimates on request for the provision of consulting services.
Look in our Research and Consultancy Projects or our Previously Offered Courses to learn more about the types of consultancy work undertaken by the National Centre for Health Information Research & Training (NCHIRT).