System rights

System rights determine which areas of Communicare can be accessed by a user. They are set when defining User Groups.

The System Rights themselves cannot be created, edited or deleted.

Unlike System Parameters, which determine which menus and buttons are visible to a user, System Rights determine which of these items are enabled.

The System Rights are described below.

Address Book Maintenance

Gives members of the User Group the right to insert, update or delete records from the Address Book and to search the EPD or PDS. See Address Book.

Adverse Reaction Administration

Gives members of the User Group the right to update and delete Adverse Reactions from patient's Clinical Records. See Adverse Reaction Maintenance.

AIR Patient Integration

Gives members of the user group the right to view a patient's immunisation information recorded in the AIR. The information displayed from the AIR is dependent on the user's AIR provider number.

If an AIR provider number is set for the organisation, all Communicare users can view a patient's immunisation information if the AIR provider number has access to the AIR.

AIR Patient Integration Update

Gives members of the user group the right to edit a patient's immunisation information displayed in Communicare from the AIR. This right enables users to:
  • Add a special risk group
  • Add a planned catch up
  • Edit indigenous status
  • Edit vaccine history
  • Add medical contraindications
  • Add natural immunities

Alerts and Other Information

Gives members of the User Group the right to access information in the Alerts and Other Information pane in the Clinical Record and retrieve this information by using the letter item in Letter Writer. This User Group setting is available when the Security on Alerts module is enabled.

Warning: There may be important information recorded in the Alerts and Other Information section that providers must see. There may be consequences to restricting users from being able to view this information which should be considered before turning on this module. Communicare shall not be liable for any unintended consequences.
Note: Information displayed in the Alerts and Other Information pane may be included in some reports and this option does not prevent users viewing the information in reports. System administrators should consider the reporting rights of users with restricted access to alerts and other information.

For more information, see Alert Information.

Appointments

Gives members of the User Group the right to use the Appointments facility to book patients in for future appointments or record services provided for 'walk-in' patients. See Appointments.

Appointments Administration

Gives members of the User Group the right to access the appointments Session Types, Session Templates and Provider Planned Absences from the Appointments menu.

Billing

Gives members of the User Group the right for both Private Billing and to make electronic Medicare claims using online claiming. See Online Claiming - Electronic Claims.

Billing and Billing Administration rights are available when Private Billing or Electronic Claims modules are enabled.

When Billing and Billing Administration system rights are enabled, these system rights are applied to both Private Billing and Electronic Claims functionality if enabled.

Billing Administration

Gives members of the User Group the right to reset Bulk Bill Claims. See Bulk Bills Status (Online Claiming).

It also gives members of the User Group the right to process Private billing.

Biographics

Gives members of the User Group the right to view, record or edit personal data, family data and special or administrative information. The user can also print Patient Labels. This user right is included by default if Clinical Records, Appointments, Service Recording, Prescribing, Medication View, Patient Add or Patient Edit is included. All personal data can be edited by users with this right, with the exception of date of birth, sex and preferred name. These values can be set when there is currently no value specified, but if there is already saved data, the Patient Edit right is required in addition to the Biographics right to edit it. See Biographics for more details.

Birth Notifications

Gives members of the User Group the right to access the Birth Notifications facility. The Birth Notifications system right is available only when the Birth Notifications module is enabled. For more information, see Birth Notifications.

Clinical Records

Gives members of the User Group the right to view and use patients' clinical records. Items that users can see will depend on the Clinical Item Access Rights granted to the user. Users with this right can also record patient death. See Clinical Records.

Clinical Reporting

Members of the User Group with this system right can run the patient summary report and hard-coded reports related to clinical patient information such as immunisations due. With the Management Reporting right, the user can use Query Builder and run SQL reports. See Clinical Reporting.

Consolidated Order - Manage

Members of the User Group with this system right can manage consolidated orders, review new and changed medication requests, determine order quantities, submit consolidated orders to suppliers and receive inventory. Consolidated orders are part of the Medications Management module.

Data Entry Wizard

Gives members of the User Group the right to access the data entry wizard. See Data Entry Wizard.

Document Scanning

Gives members of the User Group the right to scan documents. See Managing Documents.

Electronic Documents

Gives members of the User Group the right to create documents outside of the Clinical Record. Inside the Clinical Record all users can create documents regardless of this system right. When using the Documents and Results form, this system right is required in order to have access to all documents under Received Documents tab. Users with no Electronic Documents system right can see only the reviewed documents list but can't access it. Members of this group will also be able to see documents with no viewing right attached - both in the clinical record and also in the Documents and Results form. See Managing Documents.

Imprest Management

Gives members of the User Group the right to manage the imprest functionality. The Imprest Management system right is available only when the Medications Management module is enabled.

Investigations

Gives members of the User Group the right to request, manage and review pathology results. See Investigations.

Management Reporting

Gives members of the User Group the right to run hard-coded reports related to management reporting such as admissions and to use the Patient Query tool to produce reports. Management reports tend to be concerned with analysing the whole population base rather than reporting on specific patients. Some of these reports can take some time to complete. With the Clinical Reporting right the user can use Query Builder and run SQL reports. See Management Reporting.

Medication History

Any user who belongs to a user group with Medications History system right can view, record, edit or delete a patient's Medication History, regardless of formulary or prescribing rights. The Medications History system right is available only when the Medications View module is enabled.

Medication View

Gives members of the User Group the right to view the Medication Summary tab in the Clinical Record, and to browse the MIMS Pharmaceutical Database.

Medications Administer

Gives members of the User Group the right to view, record, edit or delete the administer details. The Medications Administer system right is available only when the Medications Management module is enabled.

Medications Dispense

Deprecated.

Medications Supply

Gives members of the User Group the right to view, record, edit or delete the supply details for a medication. The Medications Supply system right is available only when the Medications Management module is enabled.

MeHR

Gives members of the User Group the right to participate in MeHR and register patients with MeHR electronically if they do not have a MeHR ID.

MeHR Administration

Gives members of the User Group the right to use MeHR administration functions.

MeHR e-Registration Auto-Prompt

Access to this functionality will enable automatic checks and prompts for registration at certain points if a patient's registration status is unknown. This System Right cannot be given without the MeHR right. See MeHR eRegistration.

My Health Record Access

Gives members of the User Group the right to access the My Health Record Access module. See My Health Record.

NCSR Integration

Providers who belong to a user group with this system right can view NCSR alerts and link to the NCSR hub. The NCSR Integration system right is available only when the NCSR Integration module is enabled.

Patient Add

Gives members of the User Group the right to add new patients.

Patient Deletion

Gives members of the User Group the right to delete patients from the database and merge duplicate patient records. Allocate this right with care. Only fictitious patients should be deleted - use merge for duplicated patients. See Patient Deletion.

Patient Edit

Gives members of the User Group the right to edit date of birth, sex and preferred name. If a user does not have this right they may only set these values if there is currently no value specified.

Patient Status Administration

Gives members of the User Group the right to change the Patient Status and to view and edit patient group membership information on the Administration tab.

Prescribing - Full

Gives members of the User Group the right to write a prescription and create a medication order, and to use the MIMS Pharmaceutical Database. A Provider must have a Prescriber Number in order to write a prescription. The Prescribing - Full system right is available only when the Prescribing Module is enabled. See Prescribing.

Prescribing - Once Off/Short Course

Gives members of the User Group the right to create a once off prescription or medication order and use the MIMS Pharmaceutical Database. A Provider must have a Prescriber Number in order to prescribe. If Prescribing Once Off/Short Course is enabled without Prescribing Full then members of this user group are only allowed to prescribe or create medication orders for once off/Short Course medications. They can view both once off/Short Course and regular medications, but modify only once off/Short Course medications. In order for users to see Medication Requests in the clinical record, Prescribing once off/short course needs to be enabled. To gain access to Prescribing Once Off/Short Course system right, Prescribing module needs to be enabled. See Prescribing.

Provider Administration

Gives members of the User Group the right to access Provider maintenance form and modify any provider record and their details.

Reference Tables

Gives members of the User Group the right to edit the various Reference Tables. See Reference Tables. This is also the right required to create and edit document templates - see Template Maintenance.

Referral Management

Gives members of the User Group the right to manage incoming referrals, that is, allows the users of the group to edit referral status, referral priority, and so on. The Referral Management system right is available only when the Referral Management module is enabled.

Report Administration

Users with Report Administration system rights can save new customised reports for future use, or save modifications to existing customised reports.

Service Recording

Gives members of the User Group the right to access the Service Recording facility. See Service Recording.

SMS Administration

Users with SMS Administration system rights can set up and manage the appointment templates used with Telstra Health's SMS gateway (TH Messaging) in Tools > Manage SMS Appointment Reminders.

SMS Messaging

Users with SMS Messaging system rights can use either Telstra Health's SMS gateway (TH Messaging) or Burst to send SMS messages to patients. Users can also send appointment reminders to multiple patients automatically using Telstra Health's SMS gateway (TH Messaging).

Transport Services

Gives members of the User Group the right to access the Transport Services module. See Transport Services.