Using CAT Prompts in Topbar

Background

CAT Prompts are created in CAT4 (on the practice level) or in PAT CAT (on the PHN or other organisation level). Prompts created in PAT CAT will have to be activated by the practice before they are displayed in Topbar and are sent once a day (over night) from PAT CAT to Topbar. Prompts created in CAT4 in the practice are effective immediately and don't need any further activation in Topbar to be displayed.

Topbar has to be linked to CAT4 in the practice to display CAT Prompts created locally, the details are explained here.

The clinic has to be set up in PAT CAT to receive prompts created in PAT CAT, the details are explained in the PAT CAT Prompts guide.

 

Once a patient is opened in the clinical system matching the criteria of the prompt, the CAT Prompts App in Topbar will display a notification. As with all Topbar apps, the notification is displayed as a red circle with the number of notifications in the circle. In the example below the patient has two notification in the CAT Prompts App.

 

 

To open the CAT Prompts App click on 'cat plus prompts' in Topbar to display the full screen. Prompts displayed for the patient are labeled according to the name given to the prompt when created, and also show which software was used to create the prompt. In the example below we can see the same prompt originating once from PAT CAT and once from CAT4.

 

 

From this screen prompts can be dismissed or deferred using the respective button. Dismissing a prompt will open up an optional field for a dismissal reason. Clicking on 'Cancel' will return to the previous screen and not dismiss the prompt. Dismissed PAT CAT prompts are recorded and their status will be shown in PAT CAT, for details please refer to the section on viewing and removing prompts in PAT CAT

 

 

Deferring a prompt will by default defer until three months from today's date, but the date can be changed to a custom date if required. An optional reason for deferring can be entered below.