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Administration
Communicare Administrators can tune the way in which Communicare works at your health clinic.
System Administration
System administration functions affect all Communicare users and should be used with care.
Organisation Maintenance
Configure Communicare for your organisation by setting organisation parameters. Changes to organisation parameters affect the Communicare system for the organisation and all workstations.
Organisation Parameters - Secure Messaging Configuration
Use the Secure Messaging tab to configure Argus to send documents securely.

Administration
Communicare Administrators can tune the way in which Communicare works at your health clinic.
- System Administration
  System administration functions affect all Communicare users and should be used with care.
  - System Parameters
    If you belong to the System Administrators user group, you can configure Communicare by setting system parameters.
  - Organisation Maintenance
    Configure Communicare for your organisation by setting organisation parameters. Changes to organisation parameters affect the Communicare system for the organisation and all workstations.
    - Organisation Parameters - General
      Use the General tab to configure general parameters for your practice.
    - Organisation Parameters - Medicare Claims
      Use the Medicare Claims tab to configure Medicare bulk billing, printing and batch claim parameters.
    - Organisation Parameters - Electronic Claims
      Use the Electonic Claims tab to configure parameters used to send Bulk Billing claims electronically to Medicare Australia. Ensure that your practice is registered with Medicare before configuring this module.
    - Organisation Parameters - Email Server
      Use the Email Server tab to configure local email server parameters.
    - Organisation Parameters - Investigations
      Use the Investigations tab to configure parameters for investigations to enable workers without a provider number to request investigations.
    - Organisation Parameters - Secure Messaging Configuration
      Use the Secure Messaging tab to configure Argus to send documents securely.
    - Organisation Parameters - Certificates
      Use the Certificates tab to configure security certificates used to connect to the web services used in Communicare.
    - Organisation Parameters - SMS Server
      Use the SMS Server tab to record configuration settings for the SMS Web Service.
  - User Groups
    Users of the Communicare system are organised into groups. Rights to access various parts of Communicare are given to these groups of users.
  - Reference Tables
  - Appointment Session Templates
    Appointment Session Templates identify when appointments can be made, in a general way. They are used as a template for creating the sessions into which appointments are actually booked.
  - Providers
    The Providers window lists clinicians who have been added to Communicare as providers at your health service.
  - Medicare Number Import
    Patient Medicare numbers can be imported directly from files provided by Medicare Australia.
  - Patient Import
  - Communicare Security
    Communicare's security scheme is designed to be easy to maintain yet effective. It works on 3 layers: SYSDBA, ADMINISTRATOR, MEDISYS.
  - Daily Process Service
  - Automatic Patient Status Change
    Every night the server will check the Inactivity years in system parameters and use it to change a patient's status after the specified number of years, based on the existence of contact services and patient address.
  - Terminal Server and Communicare
    The Communicare client can be installed on a Terminal Server.
  - Backup Regimes
    Backups of your Communicare database are critical for business continuity in the event of a disaster. Communicare is automatically backed up to the server nightly. Your site should take regular backups of these backups.
  - Disaster Recovery
    In the event of disaster, call Communicare Support on 1800 798 441 and follow these steps to recover your data.
  - File Transfer
    Communicare demos and updates are available from the Communicare User Portal - Help and Support tab.
  - Firewall Configuration
  - Upgrades
    Communicare upgrades are performed remotely by Communicare Support at a time arranged with the system administrator.
  - Database Connection Settings
  - Central Data
    Communicare maintains and distributes a specific set of Clinical Item definitions. Centrally maintained Clinical Item definitions are referred to as central items.
  - Terms Conversion
    Together with your Implementation Consultant, when your site goes live with Communicare, a clinician with Administrator user privileges can use the Terms Converter tool to convert local terms into centrally maintained terms, for example, ICPC-2 PLUS terms.
  - CAT Export Tool
    Use the CAT Export Tool to export datasets defined by the Improvement Foundation from Communicare as XML. These XML datasets can then be loaded into PEN CS' Clinical Audit Tool (CAT).
  - Background Processes
    Communicare runs a number of server-side background processes that integrate with various external services.
  - Communicare Logs
    Adjust the level of detail recorded in Communicare logs if required.
- Tools
  Use these tools to help manage Communicare.
- Regular Administrator Tasks
  There are several regular maintenance tasks for the Communicare Administrator to perform.

Organisation Parameters - Secure Messaging Configuration

Use the Secure Messaging tab to configure Argus to send documents securely.

Deprecated in V23.2.

Table 1. Secure Messaging Organisation Parameters
Parameters	Description
Username	The username that you use to access the Argus web service
Password	The password that you use to access the Argus web service

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For all Argus related enquries and support, contact Argus on (03) 5335 2221.

8 October 2025