Happy New Year
Welcome to the January 2021 Health Data Portal e-newsletter
Contents include:
Item 1: nKPI Reporting
Item 2: Qlik Interactive Reports
Item 3: nKPI Modifications for January 2021 Reporting Round
Item 4: OSR Service Level Reports
Item 5: Health Data Portal and nKPI Reporting Workflow Training
Item 6: Health Services Data Advisory Group (HS DAG)
Item 7: Portal User Support
Item 1: nKPI Reporting
The mandatory condition in the Indigenous Australians' Health Programme grant funding agreement for the nKPI reporting round (opening 1 January 2021 and closing 15 February 2021) has been waived. However, the Department strongly encourages you to submit your nKPI data.
If you will not be reporting, please send an email to indigenousreporting@health.gov.au advising us of your decision.
If you wish to participate in the January 2021 reporting round, there is a What's New/What's different document available from the User Support link on the Portal, or you may wish to contact indigenousreporting@health.gov.au and request a Webex training session.
Item 2: Qlik Interactive Reports
The Qlik Interactive Reports will soon have a downloadable PowerPoint presentation containing all of the graphs from the three summary reports in your Qlik reports. The Powerpoint presentation, which you can customise to suit your needs, will be available following each nKPI collection after the AIHW has processed everyone’s data submissions. It will first be available for your use following the January 2021 nKPI data collection. There has been a short delay with preparing the presentation containing July 2020 data, but it will be made available soon.
There are many benefits to this new feature, including making it:
- easier to share nKPI results and comparisons with clinical teams, and
- more useful to brief senior management and boards.
The presentation replaces the PDF report provided in the past by the AIHW.
To assist you to make the most of your reports you can access the Qlik Interactive Reports User Guide at any time through the User Support link in the Portal, or request a training session by emailing us at indigenousreporting@health.gov.au
Item 3: nKPI Modifications for January 2021 Reporting Round
Don't forget:
The first group of minor nKPI updates, involving indicators PI03, PI07, PI08, PI14 and PI22, have been implemented in the clinical information system reports and in the Portal for the 1 January 2021 nKPI reporting round.
For your information, the updated nKPI User Guide (AIHW) has been uploaded to the User Support link on the Portal. The technical specifications for the nKPIs are regularly updated to reflect nKPI changes.
nKPI Targets - A new nKPI targets tab, in the nKPI form, will replace the targets question previously collected through the Activity Work Plan. The self determined targets, as nominated by you/your service, will flow to your Qlik reports, allowing you to track progress over time. This will minimise duplication and help to reduce services' reporting burden. Targets will be available in your Qlik reports from around March 2021, and further details will be provided in the February newsletter.
Item 4: OSR Service Level Reports
The OSR Service Level Reports have been, for the last time, provided by the AIHW. If you would like your report uploaded to the Portal, please send an email request to indigenousreporting@health.gov.au
Item 5: Health Data Portal and nKPI Reporting Workflow Training
Training is still being offered for both existing users, who need to know what has changed since the last reporting round, and users who will be reporting for the first time.
Two training sessions are being offered:
- What's New/Different in the nKPI reporting, and
- Reporting for New Users.
Item 6: Health Services Data Advisory Group (HS DAG)
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services Data Advisory Group (HS DAG) convened their last meeting for 2020 on Friday 11 December.
Information on the outcomes of meetings are recorded on their Communiques, available on the HS DAG Website. The Communique from the 11 December 2020 HS DAG meeting will be added to the website when available.
The HS DAG welcomes contributions from all health services and stakeholders, including Clinical Information System (CIS) software vendors, through a submission process. Information about the HS DAG and details about how to contribute through the submission process, is available on the HS DAG website .
Item 7: Portal User Support
There is a suite of user support resources available to assist in using the Portal and getting the most out of the QLIK Interactive Reports.
To access these resources, simply click on the User Support link at the bottom of the Portal landing page, and all other Portal pages.
Portal Support Team
You can contact the Portal Support team (Stuart Dunn or Eileen Aguirre), via the Helpdesk, on 1800 316 387 between 8.30am and 5.00pm AEST Monday to Friday (excluding Australian Capital Territory and national public holidays) or by emailing indigenousreporting@health.gov.au