Pen CS General Practice eNewsletter
March eNews:

  • QLD Health's My health for life case study
  • General Practice Q&A: Practice Manager, Makiko Omae on Topbar
  • App of the Month: My health for life
  • Pen CS Webinar: RACGP Plan - CAT4
  • Pen CS Webinar: Registrar View - CAT4
  • Pen CS Webinar: Medicare reports and prompts at the point of care - Topbar/CAT4 
  • Watch Previous Webinars
  • Topbar Tip of the Month: How to display filter results with one click using the ‘view population’ button
  • Pen CS gives back: $6,000 raised to build primary school in Sri Lanka
My health for life Topbar App supports Doctors to manage cardiovascular disease
Pen CS in collaboration with QLD Heart Foundation, Northern Queensland Primary Health Network (NQPHN) and QLD Health’s My health for life has implemented automated decision support in General Practice to help Doctors better manage cardiovascular disease.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one the biggest burdens on the Australian economy, killing one Australian every 12 minutes and with 43,477 deaths attributed to CVD in Australia in 2017.

Q&A with Cairns West Medical Centre's Practice Manager, Makiko Omae
'Managing patient data to improve patient outcomes'
Practice Manager and Team Coordinator of Cairns West Medical Centre, Makiko Omae, shared her experience on how Topbar has benefited her practice by providing a quick and easy way to manage patient data. As a result, Topbar is a tool that helps general practice with accreditation and improves the quality of care. 

“Topbar makes it a quicker and easier process to update patient information, which not only assists in our accreditation but improves the quality of our patients’ care.” Makiko Omae, Practice Manager and Team Coordinator, Cairns West Medical Centre. 

My health for life : Increasing risk assessments for cardiovascular disease
The My health for life Topbar App notifies the Doctor when a presenting patient is eligible for QLD Health's My health for life program.

An automated notification appears when a patient is eligible for a risk assessment and participation in the program.

The App provides automated decision support to help doctors better manage serious chronic disease, including cardiovascular disease. It also provides an opportunity for Doctors to participate in preventive health, in accordance with RACGP Guidelines for accreditation. 

Topbar is available for FREE from licensed PHNs. Contact your local PHN to find out if you are eligible for Topbar.
RACGP Plan - CAT4 Webinar
The RACGP Planning learning and need (PLAN) module in CAT4 allows general practitioners to meet the requirements of the PLAN and better understand their patient population. Full details of PLAN can be found here.

CAT4 provides the required information in an easy, graphical way and this module is designed for users with little or no experience in CAT4. The PLAN activity will attract CPD points for the user.

Learning Focus:
 
  • Know how to access the RACGP Plan reports in CAT4
  • Learn how to apply the relevant filters to make the report meaningful for a particular GP
  • Know how to use the information in the report to better understand your patients
  • Understand the limitations of the ethnicity/country of origin data
  • Know how to access further information on this functionality

Date: Wednesday 6 March
Time: 1:00pm to 1:30pm (ADST)

Registrar View - CAT4 Webinar
Registrar CAT4 provides supporting information for practice accreditation and reporting as a training post for Registrars. It allows the practice to report and manage Registrar activities. It provides graphical reports on the range of clinical presentations a Registrar has seen in the practice compared to the full set of presentations that are being seen at the practice. This enables the practice to ensure the Registrar is seeing a good coverage of practice presentations. It also provides graphs of clinical information that should be recorded in a patient's record. This can help determine if a Registrar has not carried out activities that should have been reviewed as part of the consultation. However the reports used in this module are also useful for a practice manager to look at overall presentations and data quality for all providers.

Registrar view is included free of charge in all CAT Plus software
 
Learning Focus:
 
  • Learn know how to access the registrar view module
  • Become familiar with all reports provided in the registrar view module
  • Be able to apply the relevant filters to create meaningful reports on any provider (including registrars) at their practice

Date: Wednesday 20 March
Time: 1:00pm to 1:30pm (ADST)

Medicare reports and prompts at point of care - Topbar/CAT4 Webinar
In this webinar we demonstrate how to use the MBS App in Topbar at the point of care to ensure the relevant MBS items are claimed for the eligible patients as well as showing MBS related reports in CAT4. 

Learning Focus:
 
  • Become familiar with the MBS App in Topbar and know how to customise it according to their preferences
  • Understand the criteria used to determine patient eligibility in Topbar
  • Learn about the different MBS related reports and filters in CAT4
  • Create meaningful reports using cross tabulation involving MBS reports in CAT4

Date: Wednesday 10 April
Time: 12:00pm to 12:30pm (AEST)

Previous Webinars
To view previous webinars, please:

How to display filter results with one click using the 'view population' button
Have a look at our brief video showing how you can save time by using the 'view population' button to see the patients matching your filter criteria. This will not only show you a list of all patients you are interested in, but also provide useful additional information on last visit and usual provider. Export, recall and Topbar prompt options are also available to make your planned care and reporting more efficient and easy.
Pen CS gives back: $6,000 raised to build primary school in Sri Lanka
The Pen CS office enthusiastically raised over $6,000 to build a school in Sri Lanka, in support of one of our team member’s charity project. We are excited to announce the school opened on 6 th February, 2019.

Shani, a valued member of our Pen CS support team, set out to make a difference in the lives of year 5 school children in rural areas of Sri Lanka by opening a school, Kalpe New School. Her goal was to raise funds to build a school that accommodates up to 60 children, allowing year 5 children to continue their education. 

“ If it wasn’t for faithful supporters like you (Pen CS team), those children's school education would have been discontinued. So thank you everyone for supplying the funds and also encouraging me… we all together made a huge difference in those school kids’ lives.” Shani Perera, Support, Pen CS.