Using your Practice Clinical Software Katrina Otto, Train IT - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Using your Practice Clinical Software Katrina Otto, Train IT Medical

Objective: Record data in practice software to improve identification of patients at risk of cardiovascular disease.

Improve health outcomes Improve revenue Improve relationships Improve data

Identifying risk • S moking • N utrition • A lcohol • P hysical activity level • Blood pressure • Pathology / Serum lipids • Waist circumference and BMI • Family history of premature CVD • Social history & social determinants of health

Data to identify risk

Entering data

Other risk factors Related conditions: • Diabetes • Chronic Kidney Disease • Familial hypercholesterolaemia • Evidence of atrial fibrillation

Ken’s ‘Past History’ list Add important detail in Comment

Coded diagnoses ONLY for Chronic conditions & significant active or inactive ‘events’ eg cabg BEST TIP!! Add detail/comment eg Care team involved

Download the ‘Data Quality’ Checklist

Ken’s medications

Cardiovascular risk calculators

Physical Activity Script

Care Plans & Health Assessments

ACCREDITATION Criterion Q1.1 – Quality Improvement Activities

Analyse data within your software

Data reports to drive improvements

Pen CS Download PEN CS PIP QI booklet

TopBar for continual improvements

What is our GOAL (what are we trying to accomplish) Raise Awareness of Clinical Coding What measures will we use? (i.e. data) Data Extraction Tools eg. Pen CAT or POLAR What ideas can we use? List ideas here to work on in table below Start a Quality improvement folder (how are we going to achieve our goal) Team meeting Organise education eg. webinars / face to face sessions Post-education follow-up team discussion GP & RN team review of clinical documentation (opportunistic or planned) Pen CAT / Polar Data Quality Audit PLAN DO STUDY ACT IDEAS How will we do it – who, Did we do it What happened? What is our next step? what, where and when? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

‘Actions’ • Recheck BP • Ask about smoking • Record weight

Actions

Reminders & Recalls REMINDERS eg. health assessment RECALLS - clinically significant eg abnormal result

A systematic approach! 1. Improve patient engagement. 2. Code and routinely update data. 3. Use software to help identify patients at risk. 4. Screen proactively. 5. Improve your recall and reminder system. 6. Improve efficiency of care plan & health assessment templates 7. Lead your team in continual quality improvements.

Thanks for inviting me! KATRINA OTTO: katrina@trainitmedical.com.au Twitter: trainitmedical . Facebook: trainitmedical www.trainitmedical.com.au Access more free practice resources & blog posts Subscribe to my blog