ID-5184 Wonca Abstracts supplement A-K 13-10-23 - Flipbook - Page 247
WONCA 2023 Supplement 1: WONCA 2023 abstracts (A–K)
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Collection of data in general practice in Australia, for use
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Dr Julie Gordon, Helena Britt, Graeme Miller
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University of Sydney
General practice is an essential part of the Australian healthcare system, and usually a patient’s first
contact with the health system is a general practitioner (GP). The role of the GP includes chronic
condition management, multimorbidity, population health and preventive healthcare, and GPs manage
patients across the lifespan. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of general practice
within Australia’s model of healthcare. The production of valid and reliable data to understand what
occurs in general practice is vital to: evaluate quality of care; health outcomes; undertake research;
and inform policy and practice.
The aim of this presentation is to provide an overview of models that have been used in Australia
to collect data from general practice for research and evaluation purposes. The content of the
presentation will describe the advantages and limitations of different approaches, including active data
collection methods (where the data are collected specifically for research and evaluation purposes)
and passive data collection (where data collected for direct patient care, often through clinical
information systems, are reused for research and evaluation). The role of clinical classifications and
terminologies will be described, with particular reference to WONCA’s International Classification of
Primary Care, Version 2 (ICPC-2) and the Australian clinical terminology classified to ICPC-2, called
ICPC-2 PLUS. The presentation will outline the importance of the data structures used in clinical
information systems to reuse of the data collected, focusing on the need for standardised data element
names and definitions, and required linkages between data elements. Emerging developments in
Australian general practice data collection will be described.
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