Recipe Name:

Patients eligible for cervical screening aged 25 years and 4 months or older with no recorded Pap/CST or who are 4 months or more overdue for a CST

Rationale:

Rationale from Sara

Target:

The female patients aged 25 years and four months or older, with no recorded PAP/CST who are at least 4 months overdue for a CST

CAT Starting Point:

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


CAT4 starting point

 

RECIPE Steps Filters:

You can select the Gender/Female but the report will automatically show female patients as well as patients with no gender entered. This is the preferred approach, as it will include all patients potentially at risk including those without gender information entered

 

Report Steps

This report will show the selected patients and the patients without a CST or Pap Smear recorded. While the title of the report still shows (Ages 25 - 74) the age filter we applied will ensure that only patients who have turned 25 in the last three months are listed in the report. Select the following categories from the graph:

This report excludes patients with a number of conditions, including hysterectomy. Full details can be found here: https://help.pencs.com.au/display/CG/Diagnosis+Codes+Screening+Tests


To see the list of eligible patients, click the 'Export' button after selecting the categories listed above. The list of patients can then be sorted by the Cervical Screening Date to find those overdue by at least four months:

The report can also be exported to be sent to the national cancer register for bulk enquiries on patients cervical screening status.


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