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PEN CS is proud and excited to be part of the Health Care Homes (HCH) trial currently being rolled out to 10 PHN regions and around 200 general practice clinics and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS). Topbar and CAT4 support the enrolment and management of patients eligible for the HCH and both tools provide easy enrolment and reporting.

Please note that Topbar is available for MD3, BP and Zedmed, while CAT4 is compatible to a range of other clinical systems. Any participating clinic or ACCHS will have to decide between Topbar and CAT4 as an enrolment tool prior to commencing the enrolment of patients. We recommend, where possible, to use Topbar at the point of care while the patient is present at the clinic.

Topbar and CAT4 provide different functionality in the context of the HCH trial:

Topbar is mainly used to enrol patients and has a basic enrolment report showing all enrolled patients at the clinic
CAT4 can enrol patients if Topbar is not compatible to the clinical system
CAT4 provides new reports and filters to enable clinics to analyse their data with regards to patients HCH status

We have created a number of quick reference guides to illustrate the functionality of Topbar and CAT4 for HCH:

For Topbar users:

Health Care Homes App User Guide - Topbar

HCH Topbar video

For all HCH trial participants:

Health Care Homes CAT4 Management

For users who will use CAT4 for patient enrolment:

Health Care Homes CAT4 Enrolment

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