Happy New Year from the team at Pen CS! We are wishing you all the best as we enter 2021! |
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January eNews
- NSW R&D Innovation Districts Challenge Award
- Training and Professional Development
- New Year, New Look CAT4
- 2021 Upcoming Events and PHN Event Calendar
- Research: PHN Invitation to Participate
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Introducing Pen CS' New Chief Technology Officer
- Product Updates
- Release Notes
- Webinars
- Chronic disease management - Improving health outcomes for patients with diabetes using CAT Plus
- Practice essentials - Improving data quality in your general practice with CAT Plus
- How to use CAT4 filters
- Overview of Cardiovascular Event Risk Report in CAT4
- Practice Essentials - Topbar Overview
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Pen CS is a winner of the NSW R&D Innovation Districts Challenge Award
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Pen CS is a proud winner of the NSW Government’s first R&D Innovation Districts Challenge, designed to find research and development solutions that reduce the impact of COVID-19 on the health and wellbeing of the people of NSW.
“Pen CS is delighted to be a winner of this Innovation Challenge which demonstrates our commitment, to continue to push boundaries, to find better ways to improve healthcare for all Australians,” said Edweana Wenkart, Managing Director, Pen CS.
More than 110 businesses applied to be part of the NSW Government’s R&D Innovation Districts Challenges.
Pen CS thanks Western Sydney University, our innovation district partner for the collaboration and NSW Treasury, NSW Health, Office of the NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer and Massachusetts Institute of Technology who evaluated the applications.
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Training and Professional Development |
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Pen CS is committed to train and help general practices and PHNs strive towards data-driven improvement.
In 2020, we ran 59 free online training webinars for PHNs and general practices.
Valuable topics ranged from PIP QI, Virtual Chronic Disease Management, Mental Health, Asthma, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder, Cancer Screening, Data Quality Improvement as well as practice essentials such as Introduction to CAT4 and Topbar.
We encourage PHNs to redeem your available training sessions. These sessions can be tailored to suit your organisational needs.
To book a training session for your PHN, please contact your Account Manager.
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CAT4.3 is out now - refreshed and simplified.
Practices will now be able to view the updated user interface (UI) in CAT4 including:
- New Graph types
- Consistent colour scheme throughout all graphs
- Traffic light scheme applied where relevant
- Simplified logon and improved user interface
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User Group Summit 2021 - Save the Date |
The annual CAT Plus User Group Summit 2021 is an event featuring informative presentations, break-out sessions, strategic exchange and exciting new updates from Pen CS.
The CAT Plus User Group Summit will be on:
Date: Tuesday 30th March and/or Wednesday 31st March 2021
Venue: Online, with hosted events in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane (pending COVID updates)
Invites will be sent out soon from your Account Manager.
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CAT Plus User Group Meeting |
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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: Thursday 18th February 2021
Time: 1:00 - 2:00PM (AEDT)
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CAT Plus Advisory Committee Meeting |
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The CAT Plus Advisory Committee is designed to provide transparency and alignment between the CAT Plus Roadmap and PHN needs, to ensure Pen CS is delivering relevant, fit-for-purpose, innovative products that drive data-driven improvement with PHNs.
The next CAT Plus Advisory Committee will be meeting on:
Date: Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM (AEDT)
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PAT BI Working Group Meeting |
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The PAT BI Working Group meeting is a forum for technical discussion and a networking opportunity for PHNs working with the PAT BI Database.
The next PAT BI Working Group is scheduled for:
Date: Thursday 18th March 2021
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM (AEDT)
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Updated Pneumococcal Vaccination Reports |
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We have reviewed our reports on the existing pneumococcal vaccinations and are in the process of implementing changes. The updated reports in CAT4 will be available in mid-February. |
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PIP QI JSON Integration Update |
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Pen CS is currently integrating the PIP Eligible JSON File dataset with the PIP QI 'Summary' Report in PAT CAT. PHNs with the PIP QI Professional will be able to soon access JSON file dataset in the PIP QI 'Summary' Report.
Please note, individual PIP QI measures reports in PAT CAT will not reflect the JSON file information.
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MRFF 2020 Primary Health Care Research Data Infrastructure - 23rd February 2021 |
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The grant opportunity closes Tuesday 23rd February 2021.
Pen CS is supporting applications for this grant. If you are planning on applying for this grant, ensure you keep us in mind.
If you wish to find out more about how Pen CS can support your application, please contact your Account Manager.
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A client has engaged Pen CS to create a Topbar Influenza Immunisation App. The aim is to increase coverage and uptake of the influenza vaccine, by improving workflow and motivating healthcare providers to increase vaccinations in their patient population.
Pen CS is looking for a PHN to work with us on a pilot study, commencing in March 2021.
For expressions of interest or further information, please contact [email protected] or 02 9506 3202.
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Heart Failure Treatment - Invitation to Participate
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Pen CS is looking for a PHN to partner with us in a heart failure project, with the aim of improving heart failure treatment in general practice.
If heart failure is an area of interest for your PHN and you wish to find out more information, please contact [email protected] or 02 9506 3202. |
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Hepatitis C - Invitation to Participate
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Pen CS is looking for a PHN to partner with us in a Hepatitis C project.
If Hepatitis C is an area of interest for your PHN and you wish to find out more information, please contact [email protected] or 02 9506 3202.
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Introducing Senthu, Chief Technology Officer, Pen CS |
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Senthu joins Pen CS in the role of Chief Technology Officer, to accelerate data linkage, interoperability and innovative health technology solutions to improve health outcomes for all Australians.
Before joining Pen CS, Senthu led digital initiatives, transformations and data analytics in multiple industries such as Healthcare & Life Sciences, Primary Care, Pharma, Travel, Oil, Gas & Mining, Construction and Manufacturing industries.
With collaboration as a strong driving force, Senthu is looking forward to working with Pen CS partners to enhance data-driven improvement in healthcare.
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Chronic disease management - Improving health outcomes for patients with diabetes using CAT Plus |
Perform quality improvement activities in your practice using CAT4 and Topbar for the prevention and management of diabetes.
Learning outcomes:
- Learn how to identify patients with pre-diabetes related measurements using CAT4 reports
- Learn about available CAT4 reports and filter to identify patients at risk for diabetes
- Learn how to identify patients with indicated diabetes without coded diagnosis recorded using CAT Plus
- Identify where to access resources to maintain a good diabetes register using CAT Plus
For General Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Practice Managers, PHN Practice Support Team.
Date: Thursday, 28th January 2021
Time: 1-1:30pm AEDT
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Practice essentials - Improving patient data quality in your practice with CAT Plus |
Improving data quality in your practice helps to increase practice efficiency, improve patient care, and can be counted as a quality improvement activity as PIP QI. Join this webinar to learn more.
Learning outcomes:
- Learn how to use CAT4 reports and filters to improve patient data quality in your practice
- Learn how to track practice data against the accreditation guidelines
- Learn and understand how Topbar can assist with good quality patient data
- Learn how to access resources to assist working with CAT Plus to improve practice
For General Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Practice Managers, PHN Practice Support Team.
Date: Tuesday, 2nd February 2021
Time: 1-1:30pm AEDT
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Learn how to use CAT4 reports and filters in your general practice.
Learning outcomes:
- Understand how to use filters in CAT4 to find patients of interest
- Learn how to combine multiple filters and the limitations of filters and reports
- Learn how to access resources to assist working with CAT4 filters
For General Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Practice Managers, PHN Practice Support Team.
Date: Thursday, 11th February 2021
Time: 1-1:30pm AEDT
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Overview of Cardiovascular Event Risk Report in CAT4 |
Learn how to create Cardiovascular Event Risks reports in CAT4 that would be suitable for quality improvement activities related to PIP QI Quality Improvement measures.
Learning outcomes:
- Learn how to find at-risk patients for cardiovascular disease using CAT4
- Learn how to perform health assessments in general practice using CAT4
- Learn how to identify patients with CV event risks as a part of PIP QI measure using CAT Plus
- Learn how to access resources to assist working with CAT Plus for CV Event Risk
User Level: Intermediate
For General Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Practice Managers, PHN Practice Support Team.
Date: Tuesday, 16th February 2021
Time: 1-1:30pm AEDT
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Practice Essentials - Topbar Overview |
Learn the basics of Topbar, our clinical decision support tool, and how it can be used to improve practice efficiency in general practice.
Learning outcomes:
- Understand the functionality of Topbar
- Know how to access available resources to assist working with Topbar
User Level: Beginner
For General Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Practice Managers, PHN Practice Support Team.
Date: Thursday, 25th February 2021
Time: 1-1:30pm AEDT
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