Life! pProgram eligibility A
Recipe Name |
How to find patients that may be eligible for the Life! pProgram referral using elements of the AUSDRISK tool |
Rationale |
Help practices identify patients who can be recommended for AUSDRISK and are eligible for the Life! pProgram |
Target Population |
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CAT Starting Point |
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In the Filter panel:
- Under 'General' tab, select 'Active Patients (3x < 2 years)'
2(a). Enter '45' in the Start Age box under 'Age' for general population
[ |http://www.racgp.org.au/your-practice/guidelines/diabetes/3-screening,-risk-assessment,-case-finding-and-diagnosis/31-identifying-risk-of-diabetes-in-asymptomatic-patients/] 2(b). For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander enter '30' in the Start Age box and in 'Ethnicity' tab select 'Indigenous'
- Under 'Risk Factors' tab, select 'Smoking'
- Click on the 'Recalculate' button to apply these filters.
Click Hide Filter.
In the Reports Pane:
- Under 'Measures' Report, select 'BMI' tab and select 'Overweight', 'Obese' and 'Morbid'
- Select 'BP' tab, select '>140/90'
- Click on 'Report' button to see the list of patients meeting the criteria for Life Referral
(If applicable, add a 'Cholesterol' measure from 'Pathology' report before step 3)
- Save or print the patient list or send the list a SMS/Voicemail Recall from 'Patient Reidentification' window
Create a prompt to display in Topbar
Remember you need to be in the CAT4 Daily View to be able to create prompts. Other pre-requisites are:
- Topbar is installed
- CAT4 is linked to Topbar via Edit/Preferences/Topbar - check here for details: Linking CAT4 to Topbar
To start click on the 'Daily View' icon on the top of your CAT4 screen:
Once you have applied the filter(s) and displayed the patients of interest as described above, you can create a prompt that will be shown to all clinicians using Topbar if a patient meeting the prompt criteria is opened in their clinical system.