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Communicare integrates with National and State services, external reporting solutions and utilities that expand Communicare's reporting and other capabilities.
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.
National Key Performance Indicators
Use this information to assist with the Indigenous primary health care key performance indicators (nKPI) and On-line Services Report (OSR) reporting within Communicare.
NKPI summary
Summary of NKPI reports.
PI 06 - HbA1c result
Proportion of regular clients with Type II diabetes whose HbA1c measurement result was within a specified level

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.
- 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.
  - National Key Performance Indicators
    Use this information to assist with the Indigenous primary health care key performance indicators (nKPI) and On-line Services Report (OSR) reporting within Communicare.
    - Demographics overview
      Only those patients who meet the required Indigenous status, record status, patient status, age, or address are included in the reporting.
    - Identifying data required for nKPI reporting
      The nKPI reports extract data from clinical items in patient records and Medicare claims.
    - Reporting parameters
    - NKPI summary
      Summary of NKPI reports.
      - PI 01 - Birthweight recorded
        Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birth weight has been recorded.
      - PI 02 - Birthweight result
        Proportion of Indigenous babies born within the previous 12 months whose birth weight has been recorded
      - PI 03 - Indigenous Health Assessment completed
        Proportion of regular clients who received an MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715 or any equivalent such as 228, 92004, 92016, 92011 or 92023).
      - PI 05 - HbA1c recorded
        Proportion of regular clients with Type II diabetes who have had an HbA1c measurement result recorded.
      - PI 06 - HbA1c result
        Proportion of regular clients with Type II diabetes whose HbA1c measurement result was within a specified level
      - PI 07 - Chronic Disease Management Plan prepared
        Proportion of regular clients with a chronic disease who have received a GP Management Plan (MBS Item 721 or any equivalent such as 229, 92024, 92068, 92055, 92099).
      - PI 09 - Smoking status recorded
        Proportion of regular clients whose smoking status has been recorded.
      - PI 10 - Smoking status
        Proportion of regular clients whose smoking status has been recorded.
      - PI 11 - Smoking status of female Indigenous regular clients who gave birth within the previous 12 months
        Proportion of regular clients who have given birth in the previous 12 months whose smoking status has been recorded.
      - PI 12 - Body mass index of clients
        Proportion of Indigenous regular clients who have a Body Mass Index (BMI) result within specified categories.
      - PI 13 - First Antenatal Visit
        Proportion of regular female clients who received antenatal care within specified periods.
      - PI 14 - Clients who are immunised against influenza
        Proportion of Indigenous patients aged 6 months and over who are immunised against influenza.
      - PI 16 - Alcohol consumption recorded
        Proportion of regular clients whose alcohol consumption status has been recorded.
      - PI 17 - AUDIT-C result
        Proportion of regular clients who had an AUDIT-C with results (score) within specified levels.
      - PI 18 - Kidney Function Testing
        Proportion of Indigenous regular clients with a selected chronic disease who have a selected kidney function test result recorded.
      - PI 19 - Kidney function test result
        Proportion of Indigenous regular clients with a selected chronic disease who have had a kidney function result (eGFR and ACR) within a specified level.
      - PI 20 - CVD risk assessment factors
        Proportion of regular clients who have had the necessary risk factors assessed to enable cardiovascular disease (CVD) assessment
      - PI 21 - CVD risk assessment result
        Proportion of regular clients aged 35 to 74 years who have had an absolute cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment with results within specified levels.
      - PI 22 - Female clients who have had a cervical screening (HPV) test
        Proportion of female Indigenous regular clients who have had a cervical screening (HPV) test
      - PI 23 - Blood Pressure recorded
        Proportion of regular clients with Type 2 diabetes who have had a blood pressure measurement result recorded.
      - PI 24 - Blood Pressure result
        Proportion of Indigenous regular clients with Type 2 diabetes whose blood pressure measurement result was within specified categories
      - PI 25 - STI result recorded
        Proportion of Indigenous regular clients who have a test result for one or more sexually transmissible infections (STI).
    - OSR summary
      Summary of OSR reports.
  - NSW KPIs
    Additional information for NSW KPIs.
  - NT KPIs
    Additional information for NT KPIs.
- 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.

PI 06 - HbA1c result

Proportion of regular clients with Type II diabetes whose HbA1c measurement result was within a specified level

Description

Number of Indigenous regular clients who have Type II diabetes and who have had an HbA1c measurement result recorded within the previous 6 or 12 months.

Notes

User may select between AIHW's definition of Regular Client (attended the OATSIH-funded primary health care service at least 3 times in 2 years), or Communicare's Current Patient status.
Patients must be recorded as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander or both.
Only Type II diabetes is considered (any ICPC code of T90). Type I diabetes, secondary diabetes, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), previous GDM, impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance are not included. For more information, see System codes.
Any qualifier with a system code of HBA and units of % or a system code of HBM and units of mmol/mol is considered an HbA1c measurement. These results can be received from an incoming pathology report or manually entered into an existing Clinical Item with a qualifier of HbA1c. For more information, see Qualifier codes.
Only the most recent HbA1c measurement result for each time period is considered.

Table 1. NKPI PI 06
Element	Description
Communicare reports	Report > National KPI > PI06 Diabetes HbA1c Results 06 Months Report > National KPI > PI06 Diabetes HbA1c Results 12 Months Report > National KPI > PI06 Diabetes HbA1c Results Patients
Numerator	The latest HbA1c within the specified time period is used. If it was recorded as % it is first converted to mmol/mol and rounded to a whole number after multiplying by 10.93 and adding 23.5. The groupings are less than or equal to 53 mmol/mol, greater than 53 and less than or equal to 64 mmol/mol and less than 86 mmol/mol.
Denominator	Regular, Indigenous patients with a diagnosis of Type II diabetes from any time.
Additional data recording considerations	Clinicians must record HbA1c results correctly. They should not enter a % result in the HbA1c qualifier or a mmol/mol result in the HbA1c (%) qualifier. Use Report > Qualifiers > With Selected Numeric values to look for outliers such as abnormally high % values or abnormally low mmol/mol values. Mistakes should be corrected.

14 November 2023