Investigations and documents
Communicare receives pathology and imaging results, letters and other documents electronically and sends documents and letters electronically using HL7 messages.
Incoming documents and results
Previously, Communicare used CCareQueue_Results to process incoming messages for most health services. In V22.2 and later, the Secure Message Exchange (CCareQueue_SMD) is used to send and receive ADHA compliant, interoperable, secure messages.
Communicare supports the following incoming documents with embedded data.
| Format | Description | Further information |
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HL7 (ORU):
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For incoming pathology and imaging results. Coded qualifiers such as HBa1C, HDL, LDL are added to the corresponding qualifier fields in Communicare automatically if the OBX lines are coded. |
For customers using CCareQueue_SMD for ADHA
compliant, interoperable secure messaging, Communicare supports:
Communicare supports storing the same
report in multiple formats and uses the first report with a
valid size in the following priority order:
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For incoming referrals, letters and documents. | Communicare supports:
Tip: If incoming letters or documents are listed on
the Ix Results tab, ask the sender to
send documents in one of these formats instead of as HL7 ORU
files. |
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Communicare still accepts PIT, however, coded qualifiers such as HBa1C, HDL, LDL, are not automatically added to the qualifier fields in Communicare and are not included in the qualifier summary, reports and graphs unless added manually to the patient's clinical record. |
Ask your lab to return HL7 (ORU) with embedded PIT instead. If you are using Medical-Objects for receiving documents and results, you will only be able to receive PIT (PIT) files and will not be able to receive HL7 (ORU) files. Communicare is collaborating with Medical-Objects to resolve HL7 (ORU) compatibility problems. Communicate requires that PIT files are encoded with UTF-8. |
Documents and Results. If the document or result is
matched to a patient, it is also displayed in their clinical record.| Description | Documents and Results tab |
Clinical record tab |
|---|---|---|
| Incoming results | Investigation Results | |
| Incoming referrals, letters and documents | Received Documents |
In incoming
documents, the provider is identified by a valid Medicare provider number. If the
provider number matches that of a provider added to Communicare, the provider name
included in Communicare is listed in the column. If the provider cannot be matched, the provider is displayed
as UNKNOWN.
- 40 characters - receiving doctor's name; patient's name
- 100 characters - address
- 55 characters - laboratory name
Outgoing documents
Communicare sends outgoing letters and documents, and referrals and discharge summaries using the letter format, to recipients via HealthLink, Argus or SMD in both PDF and RTF formats. CDA documents, such as eReferrals and discharge summaries are sent securely using HL7 MDM. Recipients receive PDF, RTF, or CDA, depending on which format their system supports.
| Format | Description | Further information |
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For outgoing letters and documents, and referrals and discharge summaries using the letter format | Communicare sends HL7 V2.4 REF_I12 if the recipient supports it,
otherwise the following version is sent:
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For outgoing eReferrals and discharge summaries sent securely | Communicare supports:
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Outgoing HealthLink messages contain an EDI code for your organisation so that message recipients can reply to your address if required. Include the EDI code provided to you by HealthLink in System Parameters - Secure Messaging.