Healthcare and aged care performance · Australia
Performance infrastructure for healthcare and aged care providers.
Built on trusted KPIs. Designed for measurable outcomes.
You cannot improve care access, utilisation, quality or service performance if the numbers are not trusted. Centremetrics helps healthcare and aged care providers establish clear definitions, strengthen data integrity and build the performance discipline needed to understand what is happening, why it is happening and what to do next. In healthcare, this supports patient care. In aged care, it supports residents and older people receiving care at home.
Sound familiar?
When performance information cannot guide decisions
Conflicting KPI definitions
The same measure is defined differently across finance, operations, clinical and care teams.
Reports nobody fully trusts
System reports, spreadsheets and manual records do not reconcile, leaving leaders unsure which figures to use.
Performance gaps without clear causes
Access, service delivery, workforce capacity and financial results are difficult to interpret together.
Improvements that do not stick
Changes lose momentum when ownership, review dates and measures of success are unclear.
Across healthcare and aged care, trusted information helps leaders connect service delivery, workforce, quality and financial performance, identify what needs attention and measure whether action is working.
Who we work with
Healthcare and aged-care organisations we support
We work with healthcare and aged-care organisations across Australia, helping services operate more effectively, strengthen performance visibility and support sustainable, high-quality care.
Healthcare
General Practice
Appointment access, billing workflows, administrative workload and sustainable service delivery.
Specialist Medical Practices
Referral management, appointment utilisation and visibility across consulting sessions.
Allied Health Services
Appointment capacity and reporting across services such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, podiatry and speech pathology.
Mental Health Services
Waitlist reporting and clinician capacity, with administrative processes that support care delivery.
Dental Practices
Chair utilisation, cancellations, recall workflows and sustainable service delivery.
Community Healthcare Services
Service activity reporting and capacity planning, with clear responsibilities across teams.
Other Healthcare Providers
Reporting and process reviews for other services, including diagnostic providers and multidisciplinary clinics.
Multi-site Healthcare Groups
Consolidated reporting, consistent KPIs and like-for-like comparisons between locations.
Aged Care
Residential Aged Care
Care delivery, workforce, care minutes, quality indicators, incidents, occupancy and performance visibility across individual homes and provider groups.
Home Care and Support at Home
Service delivery, workforce capacity, funding utilisation, care management and reliable reporting across distributed teams.
Multi-site and Multi-service Aged Care Groups
Consolidated reporting and like-for-like comparisons across homes and in-home services.
Providers Preparing for Change
Providers adjusting reporting to the Aged Care Act 2024 and the Support at Home program.
What the evidence shows
The evidence behind well-run healthcare
These Australian sources provide context for operational pressures. The RACGP figures describe general practice only, not the whole healthcare sector. The OAIC figure covers health service providers.
Healthcare context
77%
Administrative burden
Nearly eight in ten surveyed GPs were dissatisfied with the amount of administration associated with their work.
Unnecessary administration takes time away from other work and adds to the load on healthcare teams.
Explore Digital Transformation and Automation70%
Workforce pressures
Seven in ten surveyed GP practice owners cited sourcing or retaining GPs as a business challenge.
Staff shortages make it important to know where capacity is available and how appointments are scheduled.
Explore Business Intelligence and Optimisation82%
Financial sustainability
Increasing business costs were a business challenge for 82% of surveyed GP practice owners.
Reliable cost and activity reports help leaders see where resources are under pressure. Financial decisions still need to protect appropriate care.
Explore Business Growth and Performance225
Health-sector data breaches
Health service providers accounted for 225 notifiable data breach notifications in 2025.
Healthcare organisations need to review who can access information and how it is handled. The Performance Health Check does not require patient, resident or participant information.
Explore Data Governance and Technology RiskBetter healthcare operations create more capacity for sustainable, high-quality patient care.
How it works
From trusted information to measured improvement
Align priorities, verify the baseline and build the discipline to understand performance. Test changes and sustain them where the evidence supports doing so, with the needs of people receiving care kept in view.
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Align
Clarify strategy, priorities and intended outcomes. Identify what leadership needs to understand and which decisions the performance system must support.
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Verify
Agree KPI definitions, data sources, ownership and baselines. Check whether information used for decisions is complete, consistent and trustworthy.
- 3
Build
Put performance infrastructure in place, including reporting, accountabilities, review rhythms and appropriate governance.
- 4
Improve
Use trusted information to identify gaps, understand performance drivers and address root causes. Measure whether changes produce the intended result.
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Scale
Extend and sustain improvements where the evidence supports doing so, while maintaining operational control, data integrity and clear accountability.
Our pillars
Foundations for healthcare and aged care performance
Business Intelligence
Give teams consistent definitions and reporting so they can understand access, service delivery and available capacity.
Business Process Management
Review scheduling, service coordination and billing, including where work passes between teams.
Automation
Identify repetitive administrative tasks suitable for automation, with staff oversight and clear exceptions.
Data Governance
Improve information reliability, access controls and visibility of technology risks in healthcare and aged-care operations.
Managed Services
Agree who handles routine reporting and system support, and how issues are reviewed.
Services
Connected healthcare and aged care performance services
Business Growth
Plan service development using trusted KPIs. Consider patient access and workforce capacity alongside the finances needed to keep care viable.
- Risk Management
- Performance Metric (KPI) Alignment
- Strategy Planning
- Financial Visibility & Control
Business Intelligence & Optimisation
Use reliable reporting to understand patient access and available capacity. Identify where delays or other operational problems need attention.
- Root Cause Analysis
- Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement
- Process Optimisation
- Business Intelligence and Analytics
Digital Transformation & Automation
Reduce unnecessary administration and improve information flow. Introduce automation where it is appropriate, with staff oversight and safeguards for privacy and clinical judgement.
- BI
- Process Automation
- Healthcare Digital Transformation
- CRM Setup and Management
Managed Services
Ongoing support for the reporting, data flows and connected systems healthcare teams use to run their services.
- Offshore Team Setup and Management
- Analytics
- EHR (Electronic Health Records)
- CRM
Data Governance & Technology Risk
Review how information is managed and who can access it. Address unreliable records and identify technology risks that could disrupt healthcare services.
- Data Governance
- Access and Permissions
- Records and Reporting Reliability
- Technology Risk Visibility
Free Performance Health Check
Start with numbers your team can trust
Review how your organisation defines and checks the measures it uses to run its services. No patient, resident or participant information is needed.
Available for healthcare and aged care providers, including residential aged care and in-home aged care (Support at Home).
What we assess
- KPI definitions and consistency
- Data sources and integrity
- Access, service delivery and utilisation reporting
- Governance and regular reviews
About Centremetrics
A shared view of performance
Centremetrics works alongside healthcare and aged-care executives, clinical and care leaders, and operations teams to create a shared view of performance. Trusted information, clear ownership and regular review help teams make better operational decisions every day, not only when monthly reports are produced. Practical improvements need to fit the work of delivering care.
More about usPerson-centred operations
Changes that reflect how staff deliver care each day.
Responsible governance
Clear responsibility for records, reporting and access to information.
Sustainable services
Planning that considers care access, service delivery and the resources needed to keep services running.
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