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Population Health: MedicalDirector Insights Release Notes - 1.8.18

Changes to nKPI Reports

The Department of Health has requested modifications to several indicators for nKPI, OSR and PIP-QI reports.

The following table describe the changes that have been implemented in MedicalDirector Insights Version 1.8.18.

 

Online Services Report (OSR)

Indicator

Summary of changes
CS1a – Episodes of Care and CS3a – Individual clients seen.
  • ‘Telephone’ visit type has been removed from the episode of care list.

 

Aboriginal Health Program National Key Performance Indicator changes (nKPI)

Indicator

Summary of changes
NKP – PI25: STI result recorded.
  • Updates to LOINC codes.
  • Inclusion of free-text look-up for pathology test names for chlamydia/gonorrhoea.

 

Practice Incentives Program Quality-Improvement (PIP-QI) Indicator changes

Topic/Indicator

Summary of changes
Attendance types counted towards RACGP regular client.
  • Inclusion of hospital and telephone consultations as visit types.
QIM 2A/2B – Smoking status.
  • Adopted a consistent and universal single reference period of ‘within the previous 24 months’ for recording of smoking status across all age groups.
QIM7 – Alcohol consumption.
  • Adopted a reference period of ‘within the previous 24 months’ for the recording of alcohol consumption status for regular clients ≥ 15years of age.
QIM9 – Cervical screening
  • ‘Sub-total hysterectomy’ has been included in the numerator and denominator for this QIM.
QIMs 1, 5 and 10- Cortisone-induced diabetes.
  • ‘Cortisone-induced diabetes’ has been removed as a diabetes type from the calculation of numerators and denominators for this QIM.