- Pen CS Awards - Nominations close this Friday 20 August
- COVID-19 Vaccination Reports CAT Guide available now
- COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker and Patient Eligibility Checker
- PAT BI Delta - Coming soon
- New Topbar Feature 'Favourites App' - available now
- Updated Pneumococcal At Risk CAT Report
- Pen CS 2021 National PHN Conference
- AIDH Nursing Informatics International Congress 2021
- Digital Health Institute Summit 2021
- Pen CS Learning: Free Webinars
- Release updates
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4 DAYS LEFT TO GO, Nomination Deadline closes on 20 August 2021 |
The Pen CS Awards recognise excellence in data-driven quality improvement in General Practices and Aboriginal Medical Services across Australia, by using health informatics.
Submit your application for the categories below.
- Closing the Gap Award
- Quality Improvement Initiative of the Year Award
- Data-driven Clinical Excellence Award
- Research in General Practice Award
- Data Quality Award
- Digital Innovation Award
- Patient-centred Care Award
- CAT Plus Super User Award
Winners will be announced on 16 September and will receive a cash prize of $500 with their trophy.
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COVID-19 Vaccination Reports CAT Guides available now |
15.3 million COVID-19 vaccinations have been administered across Australia.
Over half were delivered through primary care.
Share this new guide with practices and Aboriginal Medical Services to learn how CAT can help you identify, manage and recall patients with AstraZeneca and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations for their second dose in your practice.
View full guide on the new COVID-19 MBS Vaccination Items updated in the CAT Report.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker and Patient Eligibility Checker - Now available |
Pen CS is launching a new tool to help you track and manage the accelerating COVID-19 vaccine rollout for practices and Aboriginal Medical Services.
The COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker (COVID-19 Tracker) is designed to support healthcare providers to check patient eligibility and monitor the COVID-19 vaccine status of patients.
The COVID-19 Tracker, incorporated into the Disease Tracker App, shows the vaccine status for the patient in consultation and notifies the healthcare provider if they are eligible for Dose 1 or Dose 2 of the vaccine, based on information available in the patient record.
This new feature is now available for practices, with an active Topbar licence.
If you are interested in distributing this App to your practices, please contact your Account Manager for your onboarding and to receive advice on the setup process.
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PAT BI Delta - Coming soon |
The new PAT BI Delta is a data platform for value-based, patient-centred healthcare.
PAT BI Delta is scheduled for release this month.
Please contact your Account Manager for your onboarding and to receive advice on the setup process.
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Favourites App Topbar Feature - Quick access to your most-used websites |
The new Favourites App feature is available now on Topbar.
Aiming to reduce time inefficiencies for healthcare providers during consultations, this feature allows one-click access to their most-used 'favourite' websites.
Share this guide with Practices and Aboriginal Medical Services to learn how to 'Create a new App' on Topbar, using the Favourites App Feature.
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Updated Pneumococcal At Risk CAT Report available |
Pen CS has updated the Pneumococcal At Risk Report in CAT based on Australian Immunisation Handbook guidelines.
The report enables practices to search for patients with risk factors that relate to specific immunisations, using the risk factors filter tab.
We recommend that practices should have the latest version of CAT to use this function and access the most up to date CAT features and reports.
If practices require help with the latest update, please direct them to our Pen CS Support team at [email protected].
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Pen CS 2021 National PHN Conference |
The National PHN Conference is now online and scheduled for 16th September 2021.
Confirmed speakers include Richard Alcock, Chairman of Western Sydney LHD, Andrew Coe, CEO of Western NSW PHN, and Professor Gemma Figtree, University of Sydney, among other distinguished speakers.
The conference theme is Connected Healthcare Outcomes, focusing on the topics below, including:
- Future of Healthcare
- Risk Stratification
- Data Linkage
- Social Determinants of Health
- Reducing Potentially Preventable Hospitalisation
- World Solutions and Research in General Practice
- Closing the Gap
Event Details
Date: Thursday, 16th September 2021
Venue: Online
Program
More Speakers and Program to be announced soon.
For further information on the 2021 National PHN Conference please contact Shamjutha Vashanthan, Account Coordinator, at [email protected].
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AIDH Nursing Informatics International Congress 2021 |
Pen CS Clinical Quality Assurance Manager, Matthias Merzenich, will be speaking on 'Nursing activation and engagement at point of care'.
The Nursing Informatics International Congress 2021 will run from the 23 August to 2 September 2021.
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Digital Health Institute Summit - Global Speaker Showcase |
Join Pen CS at the Digital Health Institute Summit which features leaders, strategists, innovators and expert practitioners in digital health from around the world.
Our Managing Director, Edweana Wenkart, will be presenting on 'Novel on-demand data linkage for predictive analytics and patient to population health management'.
The Digital Health Institute Summit will run from the 18th to 19th October 2021.
Session Details:
Day 2, Session 15: Data Linkage and Exchange
Time: 11:15am AEDT
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Pen CS Learning: Free Webinars |
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Topbar for General Practice |
A short demonstration of how Topbar, clinical decision support tool, can be used to improve practice efficiency in general practice.
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand Topbar Data Governance
- Understand the functionality of Topbar
- Know how to access available resources to assist working with Topbar
For General Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Practice Managers, PHN Practice Support Team, and Practice Receptionist
Date: Thursday, 19th August
Time: 1-1:30pm AEST
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Foxo App on Topbar - Digitally Transforming Healthcare with Real-Time Communications |
Join Luke Fletcher, CEO of Foxo, as he demonstrates the new Foxo App on Topbar.
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
For General Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Practice Managers, PHN Practice Support Team, and Practice Receptionist
Date: Tuesday, 24th August
Time: 1-1:30pm AEST
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CAT Plus for General Practice |
Learn how to work with CAT Plus to maximise business potential and improve quality improvement activities.
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand what reports and filters are available in CAT
- Understand how to create CAT prompts and notify doctors on Topbar for quality improvement activities
- How to work with CAT Plus to increase business potential with MBS item eligibility
For General Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Practice Managers, PHN Practice Support Team, and Practice Receptionist
Date: Tuesday, 31st August
Time: 1-1:30pm AEST
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Chronic Disease Management and Health Assessments with CAT |
Learn how CAT can be used to identify patients eligible for health assessments and GPMP/TCA in your general practice.
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 CAT4 for chronic disease management
For General Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Practice Managers, PHN Practice Support Team, and Practice Receptionist
Date: Thursday, 9th September
Time: 1-1:30pm AEST
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Learn how CAT Plus can be used to efficiently recall and manage patients for cancer screening and reporting in your practice.
Learning Outcomes:
- Be familiar with the available functionality around cancer screening in CAT Plus
- Be shown examples for reports working with available filters in CAT4
- Creating greater health care autonomy – Recall patients not up-to-date with their cancer screening status using Recall CAT and CAT Plus Prompts
- Know where to get help and how to access resources to assist working with CAT Plus
For General Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Practice Managers, PHN Practice Support Team, and Practice Receptionist
Date: Tuesday, 21st September
Time: 1-1:30pm AEST
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Watch more webinars here.
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PAT BI - Upcoming changes to PAT BI database |
Pen CS will be removing the ‘Description’ field for the Diagnosis and Measurement related tables from the next version of PAT BI.
For existing PAT BI users, a memo was shared with your PHN on 13th August 2021.
For more information, please contact your Account Manager.
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- Fixed issue where CAT picked ‘non-visit’ as a visit type
- Added new medication
- Added ‘COVID-19 At Risk’ report to ‘Daily CAT’
- Fixed issue where low risk patient was incorrectly reported in CVD Risk graph
- Fixed issue with CVD risk score for CVD Risk graph
- Fixed issue for Zedmed practice where Pfizer was incorrectly reported
- Fixed issue with CAT Prompts notification
- Fixed issues with CHAT-GP – Memory study reports
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- Fixed issues with CAT Plus Prompt notifications
- Fixed issues with Waiting Room App
- Fixed mapping issues for Zedmed users
- Added COVID-19 at risk report to Daily CAT so Topbar prompts can be created
- Added digital signature for Topbar executables
- Improved filters for Medical Conditions
- Upgraded chromium to v88.2.90
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