Summary
First Nations-specific primary health care organisations (referred to as organisations in this report) play a critical role in improving the health of First Nations people through prevention, early intervention, health education, and the timely identification and management of health issues.
Information on these organisations is available through 2 data collections – the Online Services Report (OSR) and the national Key Performance Indicators (nKPI).
The OSR contains contextual information about the organisations, including clients, client contacts, episodes of care, staffing levels (FTE) and vacancies (FTE).
Most organisations also provide a set of process-of-care and health-status indicators for First Nations regular clients to the nKPI collection. These indicators focus on maternal and child health, preventative health, and chronic condition management. Some indicators consist of more than one measure (for example, an indicator might be collected by different types of chronic condition).
