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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.
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.
Troubleshoot the GRT
If you have a problem running the Government Reporting Tool, check here before contacting Communicare Support

Integrations
Communicare integrates with National and State services, external reporting solutions and utilities that expand Communicare's reporting and other capabilities.
- Services Australia
  Communicare interacts with Services Australia web services.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
  - Statutory Reporting and Communicare
    There are currently four major reporting suites in Communicare for government reporting. Other program reporting suites may exist on your database, such as PMHC, CHSP, ITC, HACC, ANFPP, APCC.
  - Run the Government Reporting Tool
    At reporting time, use the Government Reporting Tool to extract the nKPI data you need from Communicare and submit it to the Department of Health Data Portal.
  - Troubleshoot the GRT
    If you have a problem running the Government Reporting Tool, check here before contacting Communicare Support
    - Manually upload nKPI files to the Health Data Portal
      Running the Government Reporting Tool automatically uploads all of the necessary 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.
- 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.
- Virtual health monitoring
  Communicare can be configured to integrate with virtual health monitoring applications such as My Care Manager (MCM).
- WACHS Features
  This topic provides help for WACHS-related features.

Troubleshoot the GRT

If you have a problem running the Government Reporting Tool, check here before contacting Communicare Support

Check the following:

Your domain user account or group has been given access to the GRT.
The GRT is being passed through the correct hostname to the SQL Server that it uses.
There are no security policies blocking access to TCP and UDP ports 1434 and 1433 on the SQL Server.
There are no group policies preventing the GRT being run. Check with your Network System Administrator.
You have access to the shared folder where the GRT is installed.
The SQL Server is running.

If you are still experiencing difficulties contact Communicare Support.

9 February 2024