April 2021 Edition
  • Pen CS launches COVID-19 Vaccine Administration and Monitoring Dashboards for Primary Care
  • COVID-19 Vaccine CAT Report Guide updated with New Astra Zeneca Vaccine Recommendations
  • New MyGPMPtool (MGT) Topbar App - out April
  • New Sanofi 'FLU' Topbar App - out April
  • Preventive Healthcare in One Ecosystem – Pen CS and Western Sydney Partnership lead the way
  • World Immunisation Week
  • New DEXA CAT Report available
  • AIHW Suppression Rules
  • Updated Pen CS CAT Recipes
  • CAT Plus Forum 2021: Photo Gallery and Speaker Presentations
  • CAT Plus User Group Meeting
  • Pen CS Learning: Free Webinars
  • Release updates  
Pen CS COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
Pen CS launches COVID-19 Vaccine Administration and Monitoring Dashboards 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 phase 1b of rollout
  • Practice view of their whole patient population to understand what percentage of eligible patients have received the vaccine and vaccine status including Dose 1 and Dose 2
  • 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.
COVID-19 Vaccine CAT Report Guide updated with New Astra Zeneca Vaccine Recommendations
With the latest update to the recommendations for the Astra Zeneca vaccine, our COVID-19 CAT Vaccine Reports will need to be filtered to exclude anyone younger than 50 years, regardless of their underlying medical conditions.

For any questions or further information, please contact Pen CS Support.
Product Launches
NEW MyGPMPtool (MGT) Topbar App - out April
Pen CS and MyGPMPtool (MGT) have partnered to launch a new care plan App for General Practices on Topbar App.

The MGT App features include:
  • Covering over 120 chronic diseases
  • Unlimited Care Plans, TCAs, Reviews and Health assessments
  • Intuitive interface - easy to learn in 15 minutes
  • Dedicated practice manager's dashboard for easy monitoring, planning
  • Free access to Heart Health Check feature for all general practices - coming soon


NEW Sanofi 'FLU' Topbar App - out April
The FLU app is designed to help practices identify patients (while in consultation) who are recommended for influenza vaccination but are yet to be vaccinated, including those for whom it is funded via the NIP.

A notification appears on the FLU app on Topbar when a patient is yet to be vaccinated this season. The notification system is based on the Australian Department of Health recommendations and NIP eligibility criteria.
 
The FLU app helps to:
  • Identify missed vaccinations
  • Reduce the risk of vaccination double-dosing
  • Increase visibility of vaccination and NIP eligibility status
  • Support doctor - patient conversations about the need for vaccination
  • Easily view patient alignment to PIP QI measures



For more information, please contact your Account Manager.
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 Immunisation Week with Pen CS
World Immunisation Week is on 24th to 30th April 2021.
World Immunisation Week 2021 aims to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease. Pen CS has developed guides to help PHNs and ACCHOs and support general practices in providing immunisations for disease prevention.

Pen CS follows the Australian Immunisation Handbook, Immunise Australia and National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance guidelines to ensure quality and completeness of patient information data.

Share with practices the Immunisation CAT Guide

Pen CS Announcements
New DEXA CAT Report now available
The new DEXA CAT report provides information on Bone Mineral Density screening and is now available in all general practices. The report shows all patients and their DEXA screening status and helps support practice management of osteoporosis.
AIHW Suppression Rules
Pen CS is in the process of implementing the AIHW suppression rules for the AIHW report in PAT CAT.

Initially, some PHNs will be testing this new functionality but we expect this new option to be available for all our partners.

PHNs will still be able to see the full report as well as the one with suppressed small cell numbers.
Updated Pen CS CAT Recipes
Pen CS CAT recipes are now up to date with the new CAT user interface and continually updated with the latest information aligned with recommended guidelines.
CAT Plus Forum 2021: Photo Gallery and Speaker Presentations
Pen CS Events
CAT Plus User Group Meeting
The CAT Plus User Group is a forum for discussion, updates and information sharing. We hope you can join us and welcome your ideas and questions.

Next CAT Plus User Group Meeting:

Date: Tuesday 11th May 2021
Time: 11:30 - 12:30PM (AEST)
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 AEST
MGT App: How to create time efficient care plans for chronic disease management
Join Dr Dan Wijeratne, Modern Innovations CEO and GP, as he demonstrates how to use the new MyGPMPtool (MGT) Topbar app to better manage chronic disease efficiently in your practice.

Date: Thursday, 29th April
Time: 1-1:30pm AEST
Chronic Disease Management and Health Assessments with CAT
Learning Outcomes:
  • How to identify patients at risk of chronic disease
  • How to identify patients eligible for 45-49, 75+ health assessments
  • How to find patients with at least one chronic condition and eligible for GPMP/TCA in CAT
  • Identify where to access resources to better utilise CAT for chronic disease management

Date: Tuesday, 4th May
Time: 1-1:30pm AEST
Increase influenza immunisation coverage in your practice with CAT Plus
Learning Outcomes:
  • Learn how to use the FLU Topbar App to identify missed vaccinations and reduce the risk of vaccination double-dosing
  • Learn how to easily identify patients eligible for the free vaccine under the NIP
  • Utilise new CAT reports for monitoring influenza vaccine uptake in your practice

Date: Tuesday, 6th May
Time: 1-1:30pm AEST
New COVID-19 Vaccination Reports in CAT
Learning Outcomes:
  • Identify at-risk patients for COVID-19 vaccination
  • How to utilise the new COVID-19 Vaccination MBS item report
  • Access additional resources about CAT4

Date: Tuesday, 18th May
Time: 1-1:30pm AEST
More training?
Watch more webinars here.
View CAT recipes here.
Pen CS Release Updates
CAT
  • This release brings new reports for Influenza status, utilisation and related MBS item claims, minor update to REFRAME reports formatting, COVID-19 vaccination suitability assessment related MBS item report and other fixes.
  • This release brings an update to the REFRAME Osteoporosis module.
  • 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.