- COVID-19 Vaccination Reports in CAT
- NAIDOC Week 2021 'Heal Country'
- New Topbar Feature 'Favourites App' - available mid-July
- Foxo App - available in July
- Launching the inaugural Pen CS Awards 2021
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Case Study Spotlight: Bennelong Medical Clinic increases HbA1c recording to 95%
- Topbar Data Governance Framework
- Pen CS Learning: Free Webinars
- Release updates
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COVID-19 Vaccination Reports in CAT |
With new confirmation by the Prime Minister on 28 June 2021, it was confirmed that people aged under 40 years can request to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine after weighing up the risks and benefits and providing informed consent.
Pen CS is launching new features in our CAT reports to support you to administer and manage COVID-19 vaccinations in your practice.
New features include:
- New graph categories for COVID-19 Vaccination Status Report for practices to identify patients with AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines - coming soon
- New MBS items for COVID-19 Eligibility - coming soon
Resources to identify and recall eligible patients for COVID-19 vaccination
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NAIDOC Week 2021 'Heal Country' |
NAIDOC Week is on Sunday 4th - 11th July 2021. The theme of this year is Heal Country, which speaks to Country being more than a place and inherent to Indigenous identity. Healing Country means finally resolving many of the outstanding injustices which impact on the lives of our people.
Each year, NAIDOC Week is an opportunity for all Australians to come together to celebrate the rich history, diverse cultures and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Since 1995, Pen CS has been working with the Indigenous sector to improve patient outcomes and Close the Gap, by increasing efficiencies in healthcare, providing health informatics software and supporting Aboriginal health and medical research.
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NEW FEATURE Favourites App on Topbar
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The new feature, Favourites App, is coming soon to Topbar. Aiming to reduce time inefficiencies for healthcare providers during consultations, this feature allows one-click access to their most-used 'favourite' websites.
Key benefits of the Favourites App feature include:
- Saves doctors up to 15 minutes per day
- One-click access to most used URL links
- No need to leave the patient management system
The Favourites App feature will be available on Topbar mid July.
Stay tuned for more information.
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NEW Foxo App on Topbar - out in July
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In Australia, inefficiencies relating to communication issues can cost the average GP over $57,000 per year, contribute to 30% of total malpractice claims, and up to 70% of hospital incidents.
Pen CS is launching the new Foxo App, developed by Foxo, which will enable healthcare organisations with easy access to encrypted, real-time communication and referral tools. This will enable your practice to conduct secure instant messaging, video calls, referrals, and bookings.
The Foxo App will be available on Topbar in mid-July.
For more information, register for the Foxo webinar on Thursday 22nd July at 1-1:30pm AEST.
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Launching the inaugural Pen CS Awards 2021 |
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Introducing the Pen CS Awards - recognising excellence in General Practice and Aboriginal Medical Services across Australia
The Pen CS Awards recognises data-driven quality improvement in General Practice and Aboriginal Medical Services across Australia, through the use of health informatics.
The inaugural Pen CS Awards provides an opportunity to reflect and recognise the continuous hard work and achievements of primary health care in Australia.
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Nominations open soon - STAY TUNED |
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Bennelong Medical Clinic increases HbA1c recording to 95% |
Watch as Dr Margaret Bryce from Bennelong Medical Clinic, shares how her practice utilises data-driven improvement to increase HbA1c recordings to 95% and improve patient outcomes. |
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Topbar Data Governance Framework Available on Request |
Pen CS Topbar Data Governance Framework, which explains how data is managed by Topbar, is now available on request.
We recommend that all healthcare providers read this information to ensure you understand how Apps work on Topbar. The Framework explains how you can control and manage Apps, used by your practice, on Topbar. It explains the types of Apps, consent management and dataflow.
Be informed by reading the Topbar Data Governance Framework.
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Pen CS Learning: Free Webinars |
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COVID-19 Vaccination Administration and Monitoring using CAT |
Use CAT to manage COVID-19 vaccination administration and monitoring in your clinic.
Learning Outcomes:
- How to use the available filters and reports in CAT
- How to use CAT to identify at-risk patients in your clinic for COVID-19 vaccination
- Access additional resources about CAT
Date: Tuesday, 13th July
Time: 1-1:30pm AEST
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MyGPMPTool Webinar: Creating Medicare Compliant GP Management Plans
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This webinar, hosted by MyGPMPTool, will provide you with an overview of how MyGPMPTool and MGT App on Topbar can be used to create GP Management Plans (Medicare items 721, 229).
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Dr Dan Wijeratne, GP and founder of MyGPMPtool
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Riwka Hagen, Practice Management Specialist and Principal Consultant at Medical Business Services
Date: Thursday, 15th July
Time: 12:30-1:30pm AEST
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Digitally Transforming Healthcare with Real-Time Communications |
Join Luke Fletcher, CEO of Foxo, as he demonstrates the new Topbar Foxo App - coming soon.
Explore how Foxo can help you:
- Digitally transform manual operations to modernise your clinic and boost efficiency across the board
- Leverage a secure borderless communication platform purpose-built for Health
- Reduce referral leakage and easily create appointments to enhance the patient experience and compliance
- Empower staff with practical team collaboration tools including real-time messaging and filesharing
- Gain instant access to your professional network, specialists, and their admin teams
- Ensure security, privacy, and patient confidentiality in line with Australian industry standards
- Minimise errors, interruptions, and miscommunication associated with old-school systems
Date: Thursday, 22nd July
Time: 1-1:30pm AEST
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Watch more webinars here.
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- Added new features in Topbar
- Create a new App: enables Topbar users to create a new Topbar app to access essential URL links through Topbar
- Favourites App: to mark Topbar apps as favourite apps
- Fixed issue with CAT Plus Prompt notifications
- Fixed issue with Waiting Room App display for Pracsoft users
- Fixed issue with notification to update Topbar client
- Fixed issue with CAT Plus Prompt display
- Added new MBS item in Data Cleansing App for COPD
- Improved Data Cleansing App to show current diagnosis sorted by date
- Fixed issues with Waiting Room App filters
- Improved medication and diagnosis mapping
- This release enables Topbar to be installed without configuring any clinical system.
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- Added new categories for COVID-19 Immunisation report
- Added new MBS items for COVID-19 Vaccine Assessment report
- Fixed issue where de-identified data did not load
- Fixed issue with CAT Plus Prompt Notifications
- Improved CAT hashes
This release brings the following changes and improvements:
- Fixed issue for Zedmed practices where age was reported incorrectly
- New mapping added for STI Screening
- Fixed issue with the file formatting while exporting the report as csv or Excel.
- Fixed issue for Zedmed practices where age was reported incorrectly
- Fixed issue with age filter
- Reviewed and updated Pneumococcal report
- Reviewed mapping for RACF MBS items
- Fixed issue where insulin was not being picked up
- New mapping added for FOBT
- Added mapping for the practices participating in the Memory Study
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