Sharing government health data with private industry
The challenge:
To develop a clear understanding of the public interest in and social licence for the use of linked administrative government data by private companies in Australia.
The approach:
- Conduct a scoping review of relevant literature on public interest in, community attitudes towards and social licence for the use of linked government administrative data by private sector organisations for therapeutic development.
- Explore current community attitudes to the use of linked administrative data by private sector organisations for therapeutic development in Australia.
- Develop case studies (hypotheticals) of the kinds of therapeutic development research conducted by private sector organisations that would be in the public interest.
- Provide a brief theoretical account of the meaning of ‘public interest’ as it applies in this context, linked to the hypothetical case studies developed for objective 3.
Our collaborators:
- Population Health Research Network (PHRN) (Project Lead)
- Australian Centre for Health Engagement, Evidence and Values, University of Wollongong