When you open a patient in your clinical system, the FLU App will check the patient details (age, ethnicity, measurements and clinical history) against the National Immunisation Program criteria and, depending on the patient, display the influenza vaccine eligibility. There are three possible recommendations:
- NIP Patient eligible for free vaccine
- Strongly recommended but not NIP Eligible
- Recommended but not NIP Eligible
For full details please see https://immunisationhandbook.health.gov.au/vaccine-preventable-diseases/influenza-flu
Topbar will display different coloured notification, depending on the NIP eligibility and recommendation level.
For a patient not NIP eligible but recommended the app will show this:
For a patient not NIP eligible but strongly recommended the app will show this:
For a patient NIP eligible the app will show this:
Clicking on the
in each patient recommendation category will display the full NIP criteria