NCSR Glossary of Definitions

Term	Definition
Alerts	Alerts are icons which inform a user of a patient's modified eligibility for interventions. The effect of setting an alert is to modify that patient's eligibility for follow-up correspondence, by excluding them or inviting them at an earlier or later interval.
Bowel Participant	A person who has a National Bowel Cancer Screening Program iFOBT result recorded on the Register
Bowel Program	The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP).
Bowel Program Eligibility	Australians aged 50 to 74 are eligible for the immunochemical Faecal Occult Blood Test (iFOBT) free of charge through the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.
Bowel Screening	Bowel screening involves testing for bowel cancer in people who do not have any obvious symptoms of the disease. The aim is to find cancers early when they are easier to treat and cure. Bowel screening can also find polyps, which may develop into cancer over time.
Cease Correspondence	This is a Request to the Register by an eligible person, their personal representative or Healthcare Provider, for no contact or correspondence from the National Cervical Screening Register (National Cancer Screening Register) for the Cervical Program only. Ceasing correspondence is not an option for the Bowel Program.
Cervical Participant	A person who has any cervical cytology or histopathology test recorded in the NSCR.
Cervical Program	The National Cervical Screening Program (NCSP).
Cervical Program Eligibility	Eligible women aged 25 years or over who have not yet started cervical screening will receive an invitation from the National Cancer Screening Register to have the new cervical screening test.
Correspondence Preference	This is what channels, such as text (SMS), email or letters, a participant of the National Cancer Screening Register would prefer to receive correspondence from for any programs they are participating in.
Deferring participation	This is a Request to the Register by a person, their personal representative or healthcare provider, who has elected to not participate in a screening program for a defined period of time. They may return to the screening program any time after the deferment period has ended or at any earlier time if they withdraw a request or if a screening test result is received by the Register.
Healthcare Provider	Has the same meaning as in the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010 (Cth). A person associated with either a health specialty or a health discipline and who is qualified or certified by the relevant regulatory bodies to provide a healthcare service to a patient. For example, a general practitioner, other specialist, colonoscopist, colposcopist, histopathologist, pathologist, nurse, midwife and Aboriginal Healthcare Worker. Note: healthcare provider is the preferred term for use in National Cancer Screening Register documentation as opposed to healthcare professional.
Nominated Healthcare Provider	This is a Request to the Register by an eligible person, their personal representative or healthcare provider, who wants to nominate a healthcare provider in relation to correspondence with the National Cancer Screening Register. The nominated Healthcare Provider is able to access details about the patient and will, in addition to the patient, receive reminders and follow up for screening. Nominating a Healthcare Provider can be set per program.
Opt out	A request to opt out of all participation in the National Cancer Screening Register means that forthcoming results (screening test, dates and related procedure test results or diagnosis) are not accepted or recorded in the Register from the effective date, and no contact or correspondence is made or sent, including invitations to screen, reminder letters and follow-up actions.
Participant	This is an eligible person: Who has elected to participate in at least one (1) Screening Round by way of undertaking a Screening Test Whose invitation to screen has been brought forward by a healthcare provider (with consent) Who is screened while attending a healthcare provider (with consent).
Personal Representative	A personal representative may be appointed by a participant or may be authorised to act on behalf of a participant in relation to the Register. This is recognised by the National Cancer Screening Register Act 2016.
PRODA	PRODA is an online authentication system, operated by Services Australia, used to securely access certain online services including HPOS and the National Disability Insurance Scheme, also known as the NDIS. Designed as a two-step verification process, it requires a username, password and verification code to login.
Requests to the Register	A request to the Register can be made under the National Cancer Screening Register Act 2016 to: Defer screening (or participation) Cease correspondence (cervical program only) Opt In Assume a pseudonym
Resume Participation	This is a Request to the Register by an eligible person, their personal representative or Healthcare Provider who has opted out and who wishes resume participation in a particular screening program facilitated by the National Cancer Screening Register. This is also referred to as withdrawing the opt out request.
Telstra Health	A standalone business unit of Telstra Corporation and the contracted service provider for the operation and management of the National Cancer Screening Register in accordance with a service agreement with the Department of Health

Alerts

Alerts are icons which inform a user of a patient's modified eligibility for interventions.

The effect of setting an alert is to modify that patient's eligibility for follow-up correspondence, by excluding them or inviting them at an earlier or later interval.

Bowel Participant

A person who has a National Bowel Cancer Screening Program iFOBT result recorded on the Register

Bowel Program

The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP).

Bowel Program Eligibility

Australians aged 50 to 74 are eligible for the immunochemical Faecal Occult Blood Test (iFOBT) free of charge through the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.

Bowel Screening

Bowel screening involves testing for bowel cancer in people who do not have any obvious symptoms of the disease. The aim is to find cancers early when they are easier to treat and cure. Bowel screening can also find polyps, which may develop into cancer over time.

Cease Correspondence

This is a Request to the Register by an eligible person, their personal representative or Healthcare Provider, for no contact or correspondence from the National Cervical Screening Register (National Cancer Screening Register) for the Cervical Program only. Ceasing correspondence is not an option for the Bowel Program.

Cervical Participant

A person who has any cervical cytology or histopathology test recorded in the NSCR.

Cervical Program

The National Cervical Screening Program (NCSP).

Cervical Program Eligibility

Eligible women aged 25 years or over who have not yet started cervical screening will receive an invitation from the National Cancer Screening Register to have the new cervical screening test.

Correspondence Preference

This is what channels, such as text (SMS), email or letters, a participant of the National Cancer Screening Register would prefer to receive correspondence from for any programs they are participating in.

Deferring participation

This is a Request to the Register by a person, their personal representative or healthcare provider, who has elected to not participate in a screening program for a defined period of time. They may return to the screening program any time after the deferment period has ended or at any earlier time if they withdraw a request or if a screening test result is received by the Register.

Healthcare Provider

Has the same meaning as in the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010 (Cth). A person associated with either a health specialty or a health discipline and who is qualified or certified by the relevant regulatory bodies to provide a healthcare service to a patient. For example, a general practitioner, other specialist, colonoscopist, colposcopist, histopathologist, pathologist, nurse, midwife and Aboriginal Healthcare Worker. Note: healthcare provider is the preferred term for use in National Cancer Screening Register documentation as opposed to healthcare professional.

Nominated Healthcare Provider

This is a Request to the Register by an eligible person, their personal representative or healthcare provider, who wants to nominate a healthcare provider in relation to correspondence with the National Cancer Screening Register.

The nominated Healthcare Provider is able to access details about the patient and will, in addition to the patient, receive reminders and follow up for screening. Nominating a Healthcare Provider can be set per program.

Opt out

A request to opt out of all participation in the National Cancer Screening Register means that forthcoming results (screening test, dates and related procedure test results or diagnosis) are not accepted or recorded in the Register from the effective date, and no contact or correspondence is made or sent, including invitations to screen, reminder letters and follow-up actions.

Participant

This is an eligible person:

Who has elected to participate in at least one (1) Screening Round by way of undertaking a Screening Test
Whose invitation to screen has been brought forward by a healthcare provider (with consent)
Who is screened while attending a healthcare provider (with consent).

Personal Representative

A personal representative may be appointed by a participant or may be authorised to act on behalf of a participant in relation to the Register. This is recognised by the National Cancer Screening Register Act 2016.

PRODA

PRODA is an online authentication system, operated by Services Australia, used to securely access certain online services including HPOS and the National Disability Insurance Scheme, also known as the NDIS. Designed as a two-step verification process, it requires a username, password and verification code to login.

Requests to the Register

A request to the Register can be made under the National Cancer Screening Register Act 2016 to:

Defer screening (or participation)
Cease correspondence (cervical program only)
Opt In
Assume a pseudonym

Resume Participation

This is a Request to the Register by an eligible person, their personal representative or Healthcare Provider who has opted out and who wishes resume participation in a particular screening program facilitated by the National Cancer Screening Register. This is also referred to as withdrawing the opt out request.

Telstra Health

A standalone business unit of Telstra Corporation and the contracted service provider for the operation and management of the National Cancer Screening Register in accordance with a service agreement with the Department of Health