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information systems have the capacity to produce a population list, chronic disease registers andrecall systems to support a population health approach to chronic disease prevention andmanagement.The Northern Territory Government sponsored the development of the Coordinated Care TrialInformation System (CCTIS) used in the Coordinated Care Trial sites in 1996 and went on todevelop the Primary Care Information System (PCIS) for wider use throughout the NorthernTerritory starting in 2003. Three <strong>NT</strong>DH&CS clinics in the Top End have access to the PCIScomputerised patient information system. Planning is underway to extend these to 8 sites in 2007(Bagot, Binjari, Jabiru, Nguiu, Milikapiti, Pirlangimpi, Pine Creek and Elliot Community <strong>Health</strong>Centres).Despite the limitations of not having a computerised information system in all primary health carefacilities efforts have been made to establish population lists in each community to ensure that allmembers of the community have a valid Medicare card. The CDR II database system used byDistrict Medical Officers (DMOs) to record chronic disease clients means there is a register ofpeople with chronic disease for every community that is serviced by a DMO. Therefore for mostcommunities it is possible to produce a population and chronic disease register for targetedinterventions.b. Recall systemsA range of recall systems are being used to plan and manage the delivery of screening andchronic disease care items. Appendix 3 provides a detailed history of the development of each ofthe recall systems and the type of information collected. Table 3.1 shows the range of systemsand their use by services across the Northern Territory.Table 3.1Examples of services using different recall systems in the <strong>NT</strong>SystemCardex (manual)Total Recall card system (manual)CCTISPCISCommunicareCommunitiesCentral Australian clinicsAll Top End DH&CS health centres to varying degreesMilikapiti (now PCIS), TiwiBagot, Binjari, Jabiru, Nguiu, Milikapiti, Pirlangimpi, Pine Creek andElliot Community <strong>Health</strong> CentresKatherine West <strong>Health</strong> Board, CAAC, Danila Dilba, Sunrise,Urapuntja, Amoongoona, AnginyinyiChapter 3: Progress Against <strong>PCD</strong>S Objectives – <strong>Evaluation</strong> of the <strong>NT</strong> Preventable Chronic Disease <strong>Strategy</strong> 2007 24

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