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Integrations
Communicare integrates with National and State services, external reporting solutions and utilities that expand Communicare's reporting and other capabilities.
Australian Immunisation Register
The Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) is a national register that records all vaccines given to all people in Australia.
Australian Immunisation Register portal
View a patient's immunisation information recorded in the AIR from Communicare.
Adding a planned catch up vaccination schedule
If a child or other patient is behind in their vaccinations, you can request a catch up schedule from the AIR.

Integrations
Communicare integrates with National and State services, external reporting solutions and utilities that expand Communicare's reporting and other capabilities.
- Australian Immunisation Register
  The Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) is a national register that records all vaccines given to all people in Australia.
  - Configuring Communicare for AIR integration
    After you have been advised that Communicare V21.3 or later is connected to Services Australia you can complete integration with the AIR.
  - Recording immunisations
    Record immunisations in an immunisation clinical item.
  - Australian Immunisation Register uploads
    Use the File > Online Claiming > AIR Claims tab to view a list of all immunisations recorded in Communicare where the immunisation type has a valid AIR code, and to check that the immunisation record has been successfully uploaded to Australian Immunisation Register (AIR).
  - AIR and Government reporting requirements
    For Communicare to be able to transmit immunisation information to the AIR, and to meet national and state reporting requirements the following elements must be complete.
  - Australian Immunisation Register portal
    View a patient's immunisation information recorded in the AIR from Communicare.
    - Adding a planned catch up vaccination schedule
      If a child or other patient is behind in their vaccinations, you can request a catch up schedule from the AIR.
    - Updating vaccine history
      If you are a vaccination provider, you can update vaccines recorded by you that have previously been submitted to the AIR, if the AIR flags them as requiring action or as editable.
    - Adding medical contraindications to the AIR
      You can add permanent or temporary medical contraindications for a patient to indicate that a patient should not be given a particular antigen.
    - Adding natural immunities to the AIR
      Patients may be exempt from an immunisation because they have a natural immunity.
- Data Synchronisation
  Data Synchronisation (DataSync) enables medical professionals to run clinics and deliver services in some of the most remote and isolated regions of Australia.
- Government Reporting Tool
  Use the Government Reporting Tool (GRT) to extract primary health care key performance indicators (nKPIs) for indigenous people from Communicare, analyse the data and directly upload the data to the Health Data Portal.
- HealthTracker
  Communicare can be integrated with The George Institute HealthTracker™, a decision support system developed by the researchers at The George Institute for Global Health to assist primary care health staff in best practice management and prevention of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic kidney disease.
- Services Australia
  Communicare interacts with Services Australia web services.
- Key Performance Indicators
  Health service management personnel can collate, analyse and report on National Key Performance Indicators and state-based Key Performance Indicators using Communicare.
- MeHR
  My Electronic Health Record Service (MeHR) allows Communicare users to submit details of a patient's health record and consultations to a central repository. Registered users also have access to this repository.
- My Health Record
  A My Health Record is a secure, electronic record of a patient's medical history, stored and shared in a network of connected systems, which brings key health information from a number of different systems together and presents it in a single view.
- National Cancer Screening Register
  Communicare integrates with the National Cancer Screening Register (NCSR).
- Titanium & ISOH
  Communicare can interface with the Information System for Oral Health (ISOH) or Titanium.
- WACHS Features
  This topic provides help for WACHS-related features.

Adding a planned catch up vaccination schedule

If a child or other patient is behind in their vaccinations, you can request a catch up schedule from the AIR.

Tip: To update information to the AIR, you must belong to a user group with the AIR Patient Integration Update system right.

For some Centrelink payments and services such as Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part A or child care fee assistance, children must be fully immunised. Similarly, adults may require catch up vaccinations because of their health, age, lifestyle or occupation.

Catch-up vaccination aims to provide optimal protection against disease as quickly as possible by completing a person’s recommended vaccination schedule in the shortest but most effective time frame.Australian Immunisation Handbook, https://immunisationhandbook.health.gov.au/catch-up-vaccination

To commence a planned catch up:

In the Australian Immunisation Register portal window, click Add planned catch up.
In the Add planned catch up window, read the disclaimer from the AIR and click Add catch up date.

After you have requested a planned catch up schedule, Communicare displays the date from the AIR by which the outstanding vaccinations should be completed.
Planned catchup in the Australian Immunisation Register portal window with date set

Planned catchup in the Australian Immunisation Register portal window with date set

The individual vaccines due with assigned due dates are listed on the Vaccines due tab.
Vaccines due from a planned catch up in the Australian Immunisation Register portal window

Vaccines due from a planned catch up in the Australian Immunisation Register portal window

For more information about scheduling catch up vaccinations, see https://immunisationhandbook.health.gov.au/catch-up-vaccination.

14 November 2023