The percentage of service referrals that contain appropriate identifying, clinical and contact information and a current medication list (if relevant to the service).

Number of service referrals during the reference period or at a specific time point that contain appropriate identifying, clinical and contact information and a current medication list (if relevant to the service). Includes service referrals that contain appropriate identifying, clinical and contact information and a current medication list (if relevant to the service).

Number of service referrals in the population or sample.

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This indicator may be calculated for all or a sample of service referrals during a reference period, or at a specific time point (e.g. an audit of records with a referral).

The national set of practice-level indicators of safety and quality is designed for voluntary inclusion in quality improvement strategies at the local practice or service level. It is intended that primary health care services will choose a 'local bundle' of indicators from the national indicator set as a tool to assess and monitor the service's improvement in different dimensions of quality, and particular aspects of care, pathways or conditions. The components of a local bundle of indicators may vary over time, depending on local circumstances, priorities for quality improvement, patient needs, and concurrent state and national reporting obligations applicable to the service.

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care 2012, Practice-level indicators of safety and quality for primary health care specification, ACSQHC, Sydney. page 72 www.safetyandquality.gov.au/publications-and-resources/resource-library/practice-level-indicators-safety-and-quality-primary-health-care-specification-2012