Immunisation through
technology
Associate Professor
Christopher PearcePhD, MFM, MBBS, FRACGP, FACRRM, FAICD, FACHI
Director of Research, Melbourne East General Practice Network
Adjunct – Monash University
Clinical Vaccinology Update Monash Caufield November 2015
Technology can help
2
Your Care – when and where
you need it
3
Getting the balance right…
Big Data = Quick Data
Big Data is nothing more than lots and lots of
little data…
Data/Information
SMS adverse reaction to vaccination
SMS AEFI? y/n
Yes
SMS -medically attended ?
Yes
No
SMS – urlonline survey
Nature, Duration, Severity No
A Data Warehouse – for
data…
POLAR• 50 practices
• 200+ GPs
• 1,000,000+ patients
• Longitudinal and patient centred data
• Geographic coverage
• 10 years of data quality activities
https://iemml.org.au/polar-data
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