Pen CS General Practice eNewsletter

October eNews: PIP QI CAT4 '10 Improvement Measures' Report Topbar '10 Improvement Measures' App Training Manual Cancer Screening Recipes Support Update Extended Support Hours & PIP QI Data Submission Priority Security Enhancements for Pen CS Support Help Desk Pen CS and Patient Connector featured in Australian Doctor General Practice Resource Portal Webinars

PIP QI for General Practices PIP QI '10 Improvement Measures' Report for General Practice in CAT4 - Available Now  CAT4 will provide a new PIP QI report to see the 10 Improvement Measures as graphs and to identify the patients behind the graphs.   Pen CS' clinical audit tool, CAT4, supports data-driven quality improvement and is used to analyse the practice population and better manage patient cohorts. CAT4 will feature the ‘10 Improvement Measures’ as an easy to use Report with the ability to drill down to patient level. Please contact your PHN to find out if this report is available to you.   PIP QI Topbar '10 Improvement Measures' App - Available 7th October The new Topbar PIP QI App will drive better data quality for the ‘10 Improvement Measures’. This App notifies the Doctor when a presenting patient’s record is missing information pertinent to the ‘10 Improvement Measures’. The Practice may opportunistically update clinical information, for the presenting patient, during the patient’s attendance at the Practice. The PIP QI App is available to all users on Topbar.

PIP QI on Topbar

PIP QI Training Manual for General Practices - Available Now The Pen CS PIP QI Training Manual is now available for General Practices. It is designed for new and experienced users of CAT Plus and details the new improvement measures as well as additional examples for quality improvement (QI) activities in a general practice setting.  Download Training Manual

Cancer Screening Recipes Pen CS have developed Cancer Screening how-to guides (recipes) with Cancer NSW. People with breast, cervical and bowel cancers detected through national cancer screening programs have better cancer survival outcomes than those diagnosed who had never been screened. These recipes will support your practice to: Establish and monitor bowel, breast and cervical cancer screening participation rates in their practice Identify and: send invitation reminders to patients who have recently become eligible to attend cancer screening send reminders to patients who have previously screened and are due to re-attend screening engage under-screened and never-screened patients. Cancer Screening Recipes. View all recipes here .

Extended Support Hours and PIP QI Data Submission Priority Current Wait Period - 1 Day Wait Time In the count down to 15th October, Pen CS is making sure our Support team is ready to service your requirements. From 23rd September we are prioritising the installation of Scheduler, the software required for PIP QI data submission. These 30 minute booking requests will take priority from  23rd September to 15th October. Extended support hours: Monday – Friday: 7:30am to 6:00pm Saturday: 9:00am to 5:00pm Visit  Make a Booking , and select ' Scheduler Installation'  to request a booking.

Notification of Security Enhancements for Pen CS Support Help Desk Pen CS wishes to notify you of a recent case where an unknown caller falsely represented themselves as an employee of Pen CS and asked a Practice for access to their server. This case was reported to Pen CS by a PHN. Pen CS will commence issuing Support Appointment Codes so that Practices may confirm legitimate callers from the Pen CS Support team. For practices this adds additional security to Pen CS Support workflow before launching an interactive session.  Please download this  support update  to see how to verify that Pen CS Support is calling your practice and the Support Help Desk Policy.

Pen CS' Patient Connector Topbar App featured in Australian Doctor Australian Doctor featured the new Topbar Patient Connector App, where GPs can find suitable wait times and affordable specialists, at a convenient location for your patient. "Specialists to make bids for GP referrals on new website tackling 'bill shock'." Download Article

CAT Plus and PIP QI - more on Improvement Measures

Last month we covered the improvement measures related to diabetes, now we will be highlighting the remaining six improvement measures. These sessions are aiming at intermediate users as we will be focusing on the reports and filters related to the improvement measures defined for the PIP QI. Learning Outcomes: Improvement Measure Smoking Status Improvement Measure Weight/BMI Improvement Measure Alcohol Status Improvement Measure Cervical Screening Improvement Measure Influenza for COPD/65+ year old patients Upcoming Dates : Thursday, 10th October 2019. Register. Tuesday, 15th October 2019. Register. Time : 1-1:30pm AEST View all webinars here .

Topbar for Beginners

A demonstration of Topbar, clinical decision support tool. This 30 minute demo will show the functionality and value of Topbar for new and mid-level users. Date: Thursday, 24th October 2019 Time : 1-1:30pm AEST Register .

CAT4 for Beginners

This 30 minute session is designed to give new and existing users of CAT4 an overview of the functionality and showcase examples of the use of the tool in general practice. Date: Tuesday, 29th October 2019 Time : 1-1:30pm AEST Register .

Previous Webinars

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