An electronic clinical decision support tool that securely provides health data and insights to inform in-person interventions, improve population health and potentially prevent hospitalisations.
Primary Sense is the most widely used non-commercial clinical decision support tool in Australia.
Primary Sense is Primary Health Network (PHN) owned and operated. It supports general practices in providing patients with the right care at the right time. Primary Sense is 100% funded for general practices in Western Australia that share their de-identified, full population health data set with WA Primary Health Alliance.
Designed by GPs, data experts and researchers, Primary Sense extracts de-identified general practice data and uses evidence-based algorithms to provide GPs with real-time medication safety alerts and patient-care prompts. It also provides general practices and Primary Health Networks (PHNs) with on-demand reporting to help with population health management.
Primary Sense data is not sold or commercialised. Data is de-identified, privacy protected, securely stored in Primary Health Insights (also led by WA Primary Health Alliance) and remains in Australia.
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Data security
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Developed to offer a range of benefits for general practices, Primary Sense:
- uses the Johns Hopkins ACG® System – the world’s leading population health analytics software – that identifies high risk groups and predicts future health needs to improve a patient’s care plan
- is easy to use with most GPs and practice staff requiring little or no training to get started
- provides real-time medication safety alerts, patient-care prompts and near real-time data extractions
- provides on-demand reports to proactively plan care that can be used by GPs, practice managers and nurses
- is compatible with major practice clinical software systems, such as MedicalDirector and Best Practice
- is hosted in Primary Health Insights (PHI) with all extracted, de-identified data privacy protected, securely stored and managed in Australia.
For further information about Primary Sense and a comprehensive list of FAQs, visit the Primary Sense webpage in the Practice Assist Tool Kit, email practiceassist@wapha.org.au or call 1800 2 ASSIST (1800 2 277 478).