Recipe Name: | Identify patients not on Lipid lowering medication with HDL<1 and Cholesterol >6.5mmol/L |
Rationale: | Biomedical risk factor modification – treat to target. |
Target: | All patients currently on your system that are not on lipid lowering medication and have had a HDL<1 and cholesterol>6.5 result in the last 12 months. Further information can be found here: http://www.pbs.gov.au/info/healthpro/explanatory-notes/gs-lipid-lowering-drugs |
CAT Starting Point: |
*The decision to select either "Active" or "All" patients is left to the practice to make |
In the Filters Pane:
In the "Medications" tab under "Medications – Heart" select
In the "Date Range (Results )" tab select
In the Reports Pane:
Click "Report" to display only those patients who had both results in the selected ranges (for more information on cross tabulation click here: Cross Tabulation Report)
This will display a list of the patients with matching results with their details and the last result:
The patient re-identification report allows you to further refine the list of patients, to export and also to send a SMS or Voice message directly to the patient (For full details on Recall CAT see here: Recall CAT - SMS and Voice Messaging for CAT4. If you are using Topbar, you can create a prompt for the clinicians. For more details see below.
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