Recipe Name:

QIM 4 – Influenza immunisation for patients aged 65 and over

Rationale:

The administration of influenza vaccine to persons at risk of complications of infection is the single most important measure in preventing or attenuating influenza infection and preventing mortality. There is evidence that influenza vaccine reduces hospitalisations from influenza and pneumonia and all-cause mortality in adults aged ≥65 years of age. While best practice guidelines recommend annual immunisation, a 15 month interval allows for cases when a client decides to receive a vaccine earlier than recommended (e.g. from a pharmacy),or delay and wait for the release of an ‘enhanced’ vaccine.

Target:

Proportion of regular clients aged 65 years and over and who are immunised against influenza. A person is immunised against influenza if they have received an influenza vaccine within the previous 15 months.

CAT Starting Point:

  1. CAT Open - CAT4 view (all reports) loaded
  2. Population Extract Loaded and Extract Pane “Hidden”
    1. Filter Pane open and under the ‘General’ tab ‘Active Patients’ (3x <2 years) selected


CAT4 starting point

 

RECIPE Steps Filters:

 

Then select the 12 month date range result filter, to only show results that were entered in the last 12 months:


 

Report Steps

This report will show you the BMI status of your selected patient group and will allow you to measure improvement over time by comparing your reports. The report title shows the percentage of patients where a BMI could be calculated as they had a weight and height recorded.


The ‘Incomplete’ report will show what is missing in the patient records to calculate the BMI:


The report above will make it easy to see which results are missing and what will be most effective in raising the number of patients with a current BMI result.



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