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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 16 - Alcohol consumption recorded
Proportion of regular clients whose alcohol consumption status has been recorded.

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.
  - 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 for supported encounter modes and contact types.
    - 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 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).
      - PI 26 - Ear Health Check
        Proportion of Indigenous regular clients ages 0-14 years who have a completed ear health check recorded.
    - OSR summary
      Summary of OSR reports.
  - NSW KPIs
    Additional information for NSW KPIs.
  - NT AHKPIs
    Additional information for NT KPIs.
- 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.
- 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.

PI 16 - Alcohol consumption recorded

Proportion of regular clients whose alcohol consumption status has been recorded.

Description

Proportion of Indigenous regular clients aged 15 years and over where their health provider has recorded:

Whether the client consumes alcohol
The amount and frequency of the client's alcohol consumption

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.
Patients must have had a qualifier with a system code of ALC or ALPrecorded to be included
- Central qualifiers are Alcohol Consumption Level and Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy.
- Example clinical items include Check up;Aboriginal & TSI adult, Check up;antenatal
- Alternatively, in the AUDIT-C assessment (Check up;alcohol;AUDIT-C), they may have at least the first two qualifiers recorded, or an AUDIT-C score or a full AUDIT score.

Table 1. NKPI PI 16
Element	Description
Communicare reports	Report > National KPI > PI16 Alcohol Status Report > National KPI > PI16 Alcohol Status Patients
Numerator	This report looks for any evidence in the previous two years of either alcohol consumption level, or an AUDIT-C score or a full AUDIT score or both question 1 and question 2 of the AUDIT C/AUDIT being recorded at the same time.
Denominator	Regular, Indigenous patients.
Additional data recording considerations	none

This information relates to V15.3 of the Specifications for National Key Performance Indicators and Online Services Reporting (Solving Health, Specifications for National Key Performance Indicators and Online Services Reporting V15.3. Sydney: Solving Health, October 2023). For more information, see https://www.solvinghealth.au/projects.

15 March 2024