Recipe Name: | QIM 1 – HBA1C status for patients with diabetes |
Rationale: | Diabetes was the underlying cause of around 10% of all deaths in Australia in 2016 and recent reports show death rates for people with Type 2 diabetes are rising. As part of their care, people with Type 1 and 2 diabetes should have their glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) measured at least every 12 months, or more frequently depending on the level of blood glucose control. Effective management of chronic disease can delay the progression of disease, improve quality of life, increase life expectancy, and decrease the need for high-cost interventions. |
Target: | Proportion of regular clients who have Type 1, Type 2 or undefined diabetes and who have had an HbA1c measurement result recorded at the primary health care service within the previous 12 months. |
CAT Starting Point: |
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CAT4 starting point
RECIPE Steps Filters:
- In the “Conditions” Tab, under the “Chronic” category, select “Yes" in the Diabetes category. This will select anyone with any type of diabetes.
Then select the 12 month date range result filter, to only show results that were entered in the last 12 months:
- Click "Recalculate"
- Click ‘Hide Filters’
Report Steps
- Select the "Pathology/HbA1c" tab
The Pathology/HbA1c report will show the proportion of those without a result in the last 12 months (or longer) under the ‘No HbA1c Recorded’ category:
The HbA1c report will show you the numbers/percentage of your patients Hba1c status and will allow you to measure improvement over time by comparing reports. It will also allow you to see more details of those patients with a result by double clicking on a selected slice of the graph to see the patient details and measurements:
To Export Patient List to Microsoft Excel:
1. Click on the “Export Icon” at the top of the Patient Reidentification window.
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
After you have applied one or more filters and/or cross tabulations and have selected the group of patients of interest, you will see the choices for SMS Recall and other options at the bottom of the patient re-identification report. This can be applied to all of our CAT Recipes or any custom search you want to perform. CAT Starting Point: Customising Steps Clicking on "Send" will send the message to all patients with a valid mobile phone number in their record. A confirmation message will prompt you with the number of messages to be sent and the required credits. Click yes to send the SMS recall.Optional: Use Recall CAT SMS and voice messages for patient recall
Full details are here: Recall CAT
The Patient Reidentification window displays your list of filtered patients
You can refine the selection manually by clicking the 'Refine Selection' button.
If you click on "SMS Recall", the "SMS Recall" window will be displayed with the name of your clinic. Enter a message that relates to the purpose of the notification. There are a number of options under the inclusion criteria:
After sending a SMS or Voice Message you will see a message like this one (for SMS)
For full details on the prompt history, click on 'Prompts' and select 'SMS and Voicemail'
Recall CAT - Message History: http://help.pencs.com.au/display/CG/Recall+CAT+-+Message+History
Remember you need to be in the CAT4 Daily View to be able to create prompts. Other pre-requisites are: 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. The full guide is available at CAT PLUS PROMPTS and a short guide on how to create prompts in CAT4 can be found at Creating a Prompt in CAT4 To start you have to use the drop-down menu at the bottom of the patient details report and select "Prompt at Consult - Topbar" then click on "Go" to give the new prompt a name. The name you enter is the prompt text displayed in Topbar, so choose a simple but clear name that tells the clinician seeing the prompt what should be done.Optional: Create a prompt to display in Topbar