Client Contact Types reference
Each Communicare speciality type is mapped to a reporting category provided by AIHW.
OSR Provider Type mapping
Communicare specialty workers are shown in uppercase below.
Communicare Speciality | AIHW provider type |
---|---|
|
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker (ATSIHW) |
ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER HEALTH PRACTITIONER | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Practitioner |
|
Other health / clinical staff |
|
Social and Emotional Well Being staff | SEWB staff other or not specified |
|
Allied Health Professional | Allied health other or not specified |
|
Medical Specialist | Specialist other or not specified |
AUDIOLOGIST | Allied Health Professional | Audiologist / audiometrist |
BTH COUNSELLOR | Social and Emotional Well Being staff | Counsellor |
CARDIOLOGIST | Medical Specialist | Cardiologist |
|
Allied Health Professional | Physiotherapist |
|
Medical Specialist | Surgeon |
|
Nurses |
|
Social and Emotional Well Being staff | Psychologist |
|
Dental support (e.g. dental assistant / dental technician) |
|
Dentists / dental therapists |
DERMATOLOGIST | Medical Specialist | Dermatologist |
DIABETES EDUCATOR | Allied Health Professional | Diabetes educator |
DIETITIAN | Allied Health Professional | Dietician |
|
Substance misuse / drug and alcohol worker |
EAR, NOSE AND THROAT SPECIALIST | Medical Specialist | Ear Nose and Throat Specialist |
ENDOCRINOLOGIST | Medical Specialist | Endocrinologist |
GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER | Doctor - General Practitioner |
MIDWIFE | Midwives |
OBSTETRICIAN AND GYNAECOLOGIST | Medical Specialist | Obstetrician / Gynaecologist |
OPHTHALMOLOGIST | Medical Specialist | Ophthalmologist |
OPTOMETRIST | Allied Health Professional | Optometrist |
PAEDIATRICIAN | Medical Specialist | Paediatrician |
PHARMACIST | Allied Health Professional | Pharmacist |
PODIATRIST | Allied Health Professional | Podiatrist |
PSYCHIATRIST | Medical Specialist | Psychiatrist/Psychiatric Register |
RENAL MEDICINE SPECIALIST | Medical Specialist | Renal Medicine Specialist |
SEXUAL HEALTH WORKER | Sexual health worker |
|
Tobacco worker / coordinator |
SOCIAL WORKER | Social and Emotional Well Being staff | Social Worker |
TRADITIONAL HEALER | Traditional healer |
TRANSPORT WORKER | Transport worker |
WELFARE WORKER | Social and Emotional Well Being staff | Welfare Worker |
Note: Any other speciality types that may be added from time to time will be mapped to
‘Other health / clinical staff’ unless there is a clear mapping available. In some
cases, this may be a temporary mapping pending a decision from the AIHW as to the
preferred grouping.