April 2021 Edition
  • Pen CS launches COVID-19 Vaccine Administration and Monitoring Digital Toolkit for Primary Care
  • Preventive Healthcare in One Ecosystem – Pen CS and Western Sydney Partnership lead the way
  • World Health Day
  • Pen CS at Australian Healthcare Week 2021
  • Pen CS at Talking HealthTech Autumn Summit 2021
  • Pen CS in Osana 'Prevention Hacks' Podcast
  • Pen CS Learning: Free Webinars
  • Release updates  
Pen CS COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
Pen CS launches COVID-19 Vaccine Administration and Monitoring Digital Toolkit for Primary Care
Now live in general practices, across Australia, Pen CS’ ecosystem for general practices, Aboriginal medical services and Primary Health Networks will risk stratify patients, track, and monitor COVID-19 vaccine administration.

CAT Plus Features include:
  • General Practice Dashboard that displays vaccine administration for both general population and high and moderate risk patients for the 1b phase of rollout
  • Practice view on their whole patient population to understand what percentage of eligible patients have received the vaccine
  • Doctor Notifications for opportunistic COVID-19 vaccine administration - coming soon
  • Practice can track billing efficiency through the MBS claims Report - coming soon

The new features are available for all practices, at no extra charge.

For any questions or further information, please contact Pen CS Support.
One Health System, One Care System
Dr Prashanta Mallick from Barbara Boulevard Medical Centre, Seven Hills NSW, uses Pen CS’ Topbar clinical decision support tool for quality improvement.
Preventive Healthcare in One Ecosystem – Pen CS and Western Sydney Partnership lead the way
Pen CS, WentWest, and Western Sydney Local Health District (LHD) are collaborating to build one health system.

“In Western Sydney, we apply a ‘one health system’ approach where WentWest supports primary care, the Western Sydney LHD delivers acute services and both of us are covering various aspects of community health. This approach, underpinned by technology developed with Pen CS, is critical to changing the way services operate and deliver outcomes for the population,” said Ray Messom, Chief Executive, WentWest.

This health system, supported by the use of data, delivers transparency and accountability to deliver truly value-based care.

Find this article featured in Daily Bulletin and Hospital + Healthcare.
World Health Day with Pen CS
World Health Day was on Wednesday 7th April 2021.
For this year's World Health Day, the World Health Organisation is focusing on building a fairer, healthier world. Pen CS' vision is to improve health outcomes for all Australians and together shape our future health.

Pen CS supports diversity, driving towards equality in healthcare and equality in the workforce. Our team celebrates nationalities from countries across the globe including Brazil, Germany, Australia, UK, India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Myanmar, Nepal, Lebanon, Philippines, Egypt, China, Ukraine, Austria and Hungary.

Stay healthy and happy this World Health Day!
Pen CS leads Australian healthcare collaboration and conversation
Australian Healthcare Week 2021, Australasia's largest healthcare event
On 17th March 2021, Pen CS' Chief Executive, Edweana Wenkart led a fireside chat in Australian Healthcare Week (AHW) 2021 in the 'Health Facilities Design and Development' industry session on 'Collaborating with primary care to extend hospital capacity through data and technology'.

Panel members included Dr Thomas Wenkart, CEO, Macquarie Health Corporation and Dr Amith Shetty, Clinical Director – Patient Experience and System Performance Division, Ministry of Health NSW.

Talking HealthTech Autumn Summit 2021
On 23rd March 2021, Pen CS' Chief Executive, Edweana Wenkart facilitated a panel discussion on 'Preventive Healthcare to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalisation and Readmission' at the Talking HealthTech Autumn Summit 2021.

The session focused on how PHNs, LHDs and healthcare providers are using data and technology to drive integrated team care and break down silos in healthcare.
 
Richard Alcock AO
Chairman, Western Sydney LHD
Edweana Wenkart
CEO, Pen CS
Dr Kean-Seng Lim CareMonitor Co-Founder and GP
Ray Messom
CEO, WentWest (Western Sydney PHN)
Osana 'Prevention Hacks' Podcast with Pen CS' CEO, Edweana Wenkart
Join Dr Kevin Cheng and Saxon Piggot, in interview, with Pen CS' Edweana Wenkart over 26 mins of conversation, entitled 'Talking Health Data'. The interview spans topics such as data sharing for general practice, population health management, how data can be used to improve patient outcomes and the future of health data.

Pen CS Learning: Free Webinars
Immunisation for at-risk patients using CAT Plus
Learning Outcomes:
  • Familiarise yourself with the reports and filters available in CAT for immunisation
  • See examples of CAT reports using CAT filters to identify risk groups of patients with missing or outdated vaccination status
  • Create greater autonomy in healthcare by sending text or voice messages using Recall CAT to manage patient recalls
  • Access resources to help you work with CAT Plus

Date: Thursday, 22nd April
Time: 1-1:30pm AEDT
More training?
Watch more webinars here.
View CAT recipes here.
Pen CS Release Updates
CAT
  • This is a limited release to include the new COVID-19 vaccination suitability assessment MBS data items. It will only be available to some of our users, with a full release for all users following in April.
  • This release includes new COVID-19 Vaccination reports for general and at risk populations, bug fixes and a limited update released to practices participating in the LUMOS and ORMA studies. Learn more.
Topbar
  • This release includes improved error messages for Best Practice and Zedmed users, more mapping for influenza and COVID-19 at risk conditions, improved immunisation data to include vaccine comment and serial number and fixed issue with pregnancy ended not being recognised for Zedmed users.
  • This release includes New Look PAT Programs with additional functionality to add an image or video, allergies sorted by date in the Patient Health Summary app, and other new features and fixes.