PLIDA Enhancement Projects

Projects to enhance the usage of PLIDA

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03/07/2026 2:23pm AEST

Enhancing Person Level Integrated Data Asset (PLIDA) for Health Research project

The ABS is working in partnership with the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) to improve how researchers discover, access and use integrated health data within the Person Level Integrated Data Asset (PLIDA).

The project is intended to deliver:

  • improved pathways and support for health data researchers accessing PLIDA via ABS DataLab
  • continuous improvement of datasets through expanding the opportunities for researcher feedback
  • a demonstration of the feasibility of mapping a national health dataset to the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP) common data model
  • pilot and compare potential solutions for reducing the time and cost of generating insights from Australian health data.

The project commenced in early 2026 and is expected to conclude in mid-2028. Further information is available on the ARDC website.

The Enhancing PLIDA for Health Data Researchers is a co-investment partnership with the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) through the People Research Data Commons (DOI: 10.3565/xs20-t732). The ARDC is enabled by the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).

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