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Recipe Name: | Patients with respiratory conditions and no smoking status recorded |
Rationale: | Compared with non-smokers with asthma, smokers with asthma have: • more asthma symptoms • worse asthma control • a more rapid decline in lung function • more airway inflammation • less response to preventer medication Therefore it is important that the smoking status is recorded for every patient diagnosed with a respiratory condition. |
Target: | To effectively manage asthma and COPD patients through establishing adequate recording systems. |
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RECIPE Steps Filters:
- In the ‘General’ Tab, enter the ‘Start Age’ 10
- In the ‘Conditions’ tab, in the ‘Respiratory’ category select ‘Yes’
- Click ‘Recalculate’
- Click ‘Hide Filters’
Recipe Steps Reports
- Select ‘Smoking’ tab
- Click on ‘Nothing Recorded’ part of the graph
- Click on ‘Export’ or on ‘Report’ to see the list of patients selected
This will list all active (if selected on the general filter tab) patients with chronic respiratory problems that have no Smoking status entered.
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To Export Patient List to Microsoft Excel: 1. Click on the “Export Icon” 2. Click on “Excel” 3. Choose a file name and a location to save to (eg. Create a folder C:/ClinicalAudit/CAT Patient FollowUp) 4. Click “Save”
The steps above will produce a list of patients with contact details in MS Excel which can then be used to: 1. Go back through the individual patient records in the GP Clinical Desktop System (CDS) and update known records 2. Phone patients to update their record 3. Produce a mail merge to recall patients for follow up |