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The rollout of the vaccine has commenced and the recipes below can be used to identify your patients at risk. Please note that the current reports and filters in CAT4 are not 100% aligned with the priority groups. We are releasing an update to CAT4 and Topbar this month (March 2021) with reports showing all patients at high and moderate risk based on the Department of Health advice detailed here: https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert/advice-for-people-at-risk-of-coronavirus-covid-19

Who is at high risk of severe illness

You are at high risk of severe illness from COVID-19 if you:

are 70 years of age or over
have had an organ transplant and are on immune suppressive therapy
have had a bone marrow transplant in the last 24 months
are on immune suppressive therapy for graft versus host disease
have blood cancer eg leukaemia, lymphoma or myelodysplastic syndrome (diagnosed within the last 5 years)
are having chemotherapy or radiotherapy.

Who is at moderate risk of severe illness

You are at moderate risk of severe illness from COVID-19 if you have:

chronic renal (kidney) failure
heart disease (coronary heart disease or failure)
chronic lung disease (excludes mild or moderate asthma)
a non-haematological cancer (diagnosed in the last 12 months)
diabetes
severe obesity with a BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2
chronic liver disease
some neurological conditions (stroke, dementia, other) (speak to your doctor about your risk)
some chronic inflammatory conditions and treatments (speak to your doctor about your risk)
other primary or acquired immunodeficiency (speak to your doctor about your risk)
poorly controlled blood pressure (may increase risk – speak to your doctor).

The advice lists people at high and moderate risk, both groups are combined in the roll-out below under 'Adults with underlying medical conditions'

Phase 1b
Elderly adults aged 80 years and over
Elderly adults aged 70-79 years
Other health care workers
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people > 55
Adults with an underlying medical condition, including those with a disability ^{*People will need to provide proof of these conditions to demonstrate their eligibility for vaccination via My health record, a health professional referral if required or a declaration form.}
Critical and high risk workers including defence, police, fire, emergency services and meat processing ^{* Workers will need to provide proof of occupation to demonstrate their eligibility.}
Number of doses	up to 14.8m
Phase 2a
Adults aged 60-69 years
Adults aged 50-59 years
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 18-54
Other critical and high risk workers

The recipes below will allow you to find most of the at risk patients, but once the update is released you will be able to use one simple report to identify those patients as well as their immunisation status.

Additional filters can be added to make the recipes more specific, for example only those patients who have visited in the last 12 months or only active (three visits in two years) patients. Full details on the available filters can be found here: DATA FILTERING

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