June 2021 Edition
  • FREE AMA CPD Tracker App on Topbar
  • New PAT STAT QI Report 
  • New Favourites Topbar App - coming soon
  • Heart Foundation's templates embedded in MGT App - available on Topbar and in Heart Health Check Toolkit
  • National Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
  • AIDH HealthData21
  • Pen CS Learning: Free Webinars
  • Foxo launch on Topbar: release dates
  • Release updates  
Important Announcements
FREE AMA CPD Tracker App on Topbar
With upcoming legislation changes from 16 June 2021 streamlining GPs access to Medicare, GPs access to Medicare will no longer be linked to RACGP or ACRRM membership. 

AMA's CPD Tracker App, available on Topbar, complies with CPD Requirements monitored by the Medical Board of Australia (MBA). The App provides a personalised, trusted and accessible digital platform for doctors to take control of their learning opportunities and CPD requirements.

Read full article on Pulse+IT

NEW PAT STAT QI Report - available now
The new PAT STAT QI Report is designed to support PHNs and ACCHOs to monitor and track monthly data submissions of their General Practices and Aboriginal Medical Services.

Features of PAT STAT QI Report include:
  • Four unique reports which help track and monitor practice submissions
  • An easier way to track monthly data submission trends
  • A simplified view of the current month's practice data submission uploads

This report is available at no extra cost for the PHNs with PIP Professional or PIP Essential licences.

For further information, please contact your Account Manager.
NEW Favourites Topbar App - coming soon
In response to customer requests, Pen CS will be launching a new Favourites App on Topbar which aims to reduce time inefficiencies for Doctors during their consultations, by allowing one-click access to their most-used websites daily. 

The Favourites App is not connected to the API and no data leaves the practice using the Topbar API.

The Favourites App will launch mid July.
Heart Foundation's templates embedded in MGT App - available on Topbar and in Heart Health Check Toolkit
Heart Foundation's 'Heart Health Check' and 'My Healthy Heart Plan' templates are now available through the MGT App on Topbar, enabling practices to easily perform MBS items 699 and 177.


For more information, please register for MGT App webinar on Thursday 17th June at 1-1:30pm AEST.
National Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
June is Bowel Cancer Awareness month.
Bowel cancer is Australia’s second biggest cancer killer and the second most common type of newly diagnosed cancer in Australia

Almost 99% of bowel cancer cases can be treated successfully when detected early.

Preventive services, diagnostic screening and timely treatment are the first steps in helping fight cancer.

Our newly updated cancer guide demonstrates how you can better manage bowel cancer, as well as breast and cervical cancers, using CAT Plus.
Pen CS Events
AIDH HealthData21
Due to the COVID-19 related lockdown in Melbourne, HealthData21 will be delivered in a virtual format over three days on 15, 18 and 22 June.

Pen CS CEO, Edweana Wenkart, will be speaking on Day 2 in 'Data informing healthcare' session on the topic 'De-identified data linkage for whole patient journey modelling'.

Event Details - Day 2
Session Name: Data analytics - Practical applications
Date: Friday 18th June 2021
Location: Online
Heart Health Checks Made Easy with MGT Topbar App
Join Dr Dan Wijeratne, Modern Innovations CEO and GP, as he demonstrates how to use the new MyGPMPtool (MGT) Topbar App to easily complete Heart Health Checks using pre-filled Heart Foundation templates in your practice.

Date: Thursday, 17th June
Time: 1-1:30pm AEST
Focus on the Indigenous Population for Influenza Vaccine Administration using CAT Plus
Learn how to improve influenza vaccine administration for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in your practice using CAT Plus.

Learning Outcomes:
  • Identify and recall eligible Indigenous patients for the influenza vaccine using CAT Plus
  • How to combine CAT searches to improve influenza vaccine administration
  • How to use FLU Topbar App to identify Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 6 months and over for influenza vaccine
  • Access additional resources about CAT

Date: Thursday, 24th June
Time: 1-1:30pm AEST
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 the functionality of Topbar
  • Know how to access available resources to assist working with Topbar

Date: Thursday, 1st July
Time: 1-1:30pm AEST
COVID-19 Vaccination Administration and Monitoring using CAT
Learn how you can use CAT to manage COVID-19 vaccination administration and monitoring in your clinic.

Learning Outcomes:
  • How to use the available filters and reports in CAT
  • How to use CAT to identify at-risk patients in your clinic for COVID-19 vaccination
  • Access additional resources about CAT

Date: Tuesday, 13th July
Time: 1-1:30pm AEST
Digitally Transforming Healthcare with Real-Time Communications - Foxo release dates
Join Luke Fletcher, CEO of Foxo, as he demonstrates the new Foxo App on Topbar - Foxo was activated for their existing customers on 14 June, with a wide release to all Topbar customers from mid July.

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

Date: Thursday, 22nd July
Time: 1-1:30pm AEST
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Topbar
  • This release enables Topbar to be installed without configuring any clinical system. 
CAT
  • Fixed issue with the file formatting while exporting the report as csv or Excel.
  • Fixed issue for Zedmed practices where age was reported incorrectly.
  • Fixed issue with age filter.
  • Reviewed and updated Pneumococcal report.
  • Reviewed mapping for RACF MBS items.
  • Fixed issue where insulin was not being picked up.
  • New mapping added for FOBT
  • Added mapping for the practices participating in the Memory Study.