Overview

The CDSA Tool has been developed to report on the completeness of patient demographic and health summary data within the general practice clinical system. It provides the following reports:

  • 'Data Quality Dashboard Report' to indicate the overall status of data quality based on the data indicators.
  • 'Data Completeness Report' to report the % of completeness for each data indicator.
  • 'Data Completeness Patient Graph' to provide a graphical view of the data indicators and allow re-identification of patients where data is missing.
  • 'Duplicate Patients Report' to list patient records within the clinical system where duplication is suspected.


We provide links to the 4th edition fact sheets because the RACGP has not created fact sheets for the current fifth edition. There has been no change to the details between 4th and 5th editions.



The CDSA Tool is available in CAT Version 3 for clinical systems where the CAT data extract meets to CAT data specifications version 1_12 or higher. It can be accessed from the CAT4 view under the 'Data Quality' tab. Under that tab are four different tabs which are described in more detail below.

Please note that the percentages shown on the Data Quality Dashboard are an in some cases an average value of the individual indicators. The Allergies and adverse reaction dashboard is a combination of Allergy Status recorded, Coded Allergy recorded and Reaction Completed.

Generally speaking the Data Completeness Report will give much more detail than the dashboard and is the recommended report to understand the data quality dashboard.




Data
Indicators

The data indicators are based on the data content outlined in the RACGP data recommendations http://www.racgp.org.au/ehealth/summary
and are grouped into sections as follows:

  1. Allergies and Adverse Reactions
  2. Medicines
  3. Medical History
  4. Health Risk Factors
  5. Immunisations
  6. Relevant Family History
  7. Relevant Social History


Detailed data indicator information is provided in Appendix A at the end of this guide.
Some indicators may not be available for some clinical systems. These are provided in Appendix B at the end of this guide.

Data Quality Dashboard


Data Quality
> Dashboard
Report

The Data Quality Dashboard provides a report indicating the overall status of data quality based on the data indicators. It displays each data content section with a 'Traffic Light' status icon
calculated from the % completeness of each data indicator within the section. Each indicator contributes equal weight to the overall status Indicators that are not available for a clinical system do not contribute to the overall status.

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The 'Traffic Light' status icons will display:
RED : 0 – 60% for all
ORANGE : > 60 – 90% for allergies, >60 - 75% for the other indicators
GREEN : > 90% for allergies, >75% for the other indicators

An additional section for 'Duplicate Patients' is included. The dashboard status for this section is calculated as the percentage of patients where no potential duplication exists.
Note: There will always be some potential duplication that is not an error but with a 'clean' database this should be small and the status icon should be green.

The Data Quality Dashboard provides links to the relevant RACGP fact sheets which provide information on addressing identified gaps and improving overall clinical data quality. The RACGP has not published

updated fact sheets for the 5th Edition of their guidelines, but the recommendations have not changed.



Data Completeness Reports


Data Quality
> Data
Completeness
Report

The Completeness Report provides a % of completeness for each data indicator.

For each data indicator the report displays:
Measure = measure description
Count = the number of data items correctly recorded
Eligible population = the possible number of data items for this measure (the measure denominator)
% = the count as a % of the eligible population

The eligible population is generally Active patients (3 visits in the last 2 years). Where an indicator has a different denominator this is highlighted on the report.

Indicators that are not available for a clinical system are highlighted in the report as 'Not Available'.



Data Quality
> Data
Completeness
Graph

The Completeness graph provides a graphical view of the data indicators by patient and allows re-identification of patients where data is missing.

For each data indicator the report displays a patient in one of the following categories:
Green = Recorded (all items for this measure are recorded)
Orange = Partially recorded (some items for this measure are recorded)
Red = Not recorded (no items for this measure are recorded)
Grey = Not Available (no items for this measure are available for recording)

The eligible population is the Active patients (3 visits in the last 2 years). Where an indicator has a subset denominator this is highlighted in the report label.



Data
Completeness
Worksheet

Patient data can be exported from the Data Completeness Graph using the 'Worksheet' button.

The worksheet provides patient demographic details and a summary of the data contributing to each indicator. This allows missing data to be easily identified for follow up.




Data Quality >
Duplicate
Patients
Report

The Duplicate Patients Report is a list of patient records within the clinical system where duplication is suspected.

The report is divided into 2 parts:

  • Name match – a match on all of:

    Surname, First name initial, Gender and DOB




  • Number match – a match on any of:

    Medicare number Practices may find duplicate Medicare numbers appear if their clinical system CAT extractor is not including the Medicare index number in the full number

    HCC number
    DVA number

    The population is Total Patients.


The report can be sorted by any of the columns. The default sorting is:

  1. Name match by surname then first name
  2. Number match by Medicare number then surname


Appendix A: Data Indicators



Indicator

Numerator

Denominator

1. Allergies and Adverse Reactions



Allergy status recorded

Number of patients with an allergy status recorded
(Allergy recorded or no known allergies)

Active patients

Allergy recorded – coded format

Number of allergies recorded that are not NKA from a coded table of available allergens

Number of allergies for active patients recorded that are not NKA

Allergy recorded – reaction completed

Number of allergies recorded that are not NKA that have content in the reaction field

Number of allergies for active patients recorded that are not NKA

2. Medicines



Medications – coded reason for prescribing

Number of prescriptions for current medications in active patients where the reason

for prescribing is recorded from a coded pick list

Number of prescriptions for current medications recorded for active patients

3. Medical History



Diagnosis recorded – coded format in past history

Number of diagnoses entered in the past history which have been entered in a coded format

Number of diagnoses recorded in the past history for active patients

4. Health Risk Factors



Smoking status recorded

Number of active patients 10 years and over for whom smoking status is recorded

Active patients 10 years and over

Smoker – Cigarettes per day recorded

Number of active patients 10 years and over recorded as smokers for whom the number
of cigarettes has been recorded

Active patients 10 years and over recorded as smokers

Ex-smoker – Date ceased

Number of active patients 10 years and over recorded as ex-smokers for whom a cease
date is recorded

Active patients 10 years and over recorded as ex-smokers

Waist circumference recorded in

overweight/underweight patients

Number of active patients for whom a waist circumference is recorded within the last 2 years

Active patients who are overweight (BMI ≥ 25) or underweight (BMI < 18.5)

Alcohol Status – quantity recorded

Number of active patients 14 years and over who have alcohol quantity recorded

Active patients 14 years and over

Alcohol Status – frequency recorded

Number of active patients 14 years and over who have alcohol frequency recorded

Active patients 14 years and over

5. Immunisations



Immunisations recorded Active patients
with immunisations recorded in the system


Active patients

6. Relevant Family History



Family history recorded

Active patients with family history recorded in the system

Active patients

7. Relevant Social History



Living arrangement recorded

Active patients with living arrangements recorded

Active patients

Ethnicity recorded

Active patients with ethnicity recorded

Active patients

Is a carer recorded

Active patients with 'Is carer' recorded

Active patients

Has a carer recorded

Active patients with 'has a carer' field recorded

Active patients

Occupation and employment status recorded

Active patients with occupation and employment status field recorded

Active patients 15 years and over

Relationship status recorded

Active patients with relationship status field recorded

Active patients 15 years and over

8. Duplicate Patients



Duplicate Patients

Patients who have a match on any of the following:
Surname, First name initial, Gender and DOB
Medicare number
HCC number
DVA number
A patient is only counted once regardless of the number of items where there are matches

Total Population

Appendix B: Indicator unavailability by
Clinical System


Medical
Director

The following indicators are not available for collection from Medical Director: Allergy recorded – coded format Living arrangement recorded Is a carer recorded
Has a carer recorded

Best Practice

All indicators are available

Medinet

The following indicators are not available for collection from Medinet:
Allergy recorded – coded format
Medications – coded reason
Living arrangement recorded Is a carer recorded
Has a carer recorded