Vol 214, Issue 6: 29 March 2021. Dr David Pilcher is an intensivist at Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, and Chair of ANZSIC's Centre for Outcome and Resource Evaluation. He discusses the Critical Health Resources Information System, developed during the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria, to accompany his coauthored Perspective at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/214/7/national-system-monitoring-intensive-care-unit-demand-and-capacity-critical. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. 14 mins, 23 secs.