Thank you to all the healthcare providers who so valiantly delivered critical care to so many Australians this year.

Healthcare is a measure of success for any country and as Australians we can be proud that we are navigating this difficult time with a considered approach. Pen CS' goal is to support healthcare providers to focus on prevention, and to digitally enable the workforce, to deliver better patient outcomes and improve provider satisfaction. We do this by supporting data-driven improvement in general practices and Aboriginal medical services.

2020 was disruptive in many ways and we are proud of our shared achievement with you, to support the Department of Health’s PIP QI initiative, which is a first step in outcome-based care.

As a winner of the Australian Digital Health Agency’s Innovation Challenge for Disease Tracker: outbreak surveillance in primary care, we are continuing to push new boundaries and deliver real-time data analytics for population health management. This information is utilised at a local level to inform needs assessment by Primary Health Networks or Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations and to support practices to better manage their patients.

This month, Pen CS is launching the new look CAT which brings a fresh design to our trusted clinical audit tool.

Pen CS also supports GP led research and celebrates a strong history of collaboration with research organisations and universities to implement studies in primary care. This year has been equally engaging with studies in areas such as Bowel Cancer screening, Dementia, Smoking Cessation, Cardiovascular Disease, Prescribing Education, Quality Improvement and Osteoporosis.

Pen CS wishes you well over the holidays and is looking forward to a vibrant, empowering 2021.

Here’s to a focus on prevention in healthcare!

Best wishes,

Edweana.

Edweana Wenkart