- Mental Health Month
- Mental Health Resources
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NEW MyGPMPtool Mental Health Treatment Plans, Available on Topbar
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Breast Cancer Resources
- Pen CS Awards - Winners
- Pen CS Learning: Free Webinars
- Release updates
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October is the national Mental Health Month and 10th October is World Mental Health Day.
This year’s World Mental Health Day campaign is encouraging everyone to make a promise to “Look after your mental health, Australia.”
It is a simple call to action for the one in five Australians affected by mental illness annually, and for the many more impacted by the current COVID-19 pandemic, and the increased uncertainty and anxiety that has ensued over the last six months.
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NEW MyGPMPtool Mental Health Treatment Plans, Available on Topbar
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Mental Health Treatment Plans made easy.
Recent Medicare data show a 15% increase in the number of Medicare-subsidised mental health services in 2020, with psychological issues being reported as the most common presentation in general practice.
Managing a patient with mental health issues is not easy. Consultations often involve taking a detailed mental health history, assessing risks, discussing and conducting the treatment plan and the paperwork can be challenging, especially when you are running behind.
MyGPMPtool (MGT) have now launched Mental Health Treatment Plans. MGT comes with features to conveniently customise MHTPs for various age groups and presentations.
The MyGPMPtool (MGT) App is available on Topbar.
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Webinar: Mental Health Treatment Plans on MGT
Join us as Dr Dan Wijeratne, CEO of MyGPMPtool and GP, shows GPs how they can use Topbar and the MGT App together to create comprehensive Mental Health Treatment Plans easily and efficiently.
Date: Tuesday, 12th October
Time: 1-1:30pm AEDT
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Pen CS Mental Health Resources |
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month |
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October is also Australia’s national Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It provides an opportunity for all of us to spread awareness of breast cancer in Australian women.
Breast cancer remains the most common cancer among Australian women (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer).
For women diagnosed with breast cancer, the risk of death is 42% lower for women who were diagnosed through BreastScreen than for those women who had never screened 1. |
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Upcoming Webinars:
Improve Cancer Screening Participation using CAT Plus
Date: Thursday, 7th October
Time: 1-1:30pm AEST
Videos:
Recipes:
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2021 Pen CS Awards Winners |
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Congratulations to the Inaugural 2021 Pen CS Awards Winners |
Pen CS is delighted to announce the Award winners for the inaugural 2021 Pen CS Awards.
The Pen CS Awards recognise data-driven quality improvement in General Practices and Aboriginal Medical Services and were celebrated in a virtual award ceremony, with presenters including Jacinta Price, Australian Activist and former Deputy Mayor of Alice Springs Town Council; Dr Tom Wenkart, CEO, Macquarie Health Corporation; Dr Ross Walker, Cardiologist, Sydney Heart Health Clinic; and Gillian Mason, Board Member, Australasian Institute of Digital Health.
Congratulations to the below winners:
- Closing the Gap Award - Aboriginal Medical Services Co-operative (AMS Redfern)
- Quality Improvement Initiative of the Year Award - Mandurah and Lakelands Doctors
- Data-driven Clinical Excellence Award - MQ Health General practice
- Research in General Practice Award - Faulconbridge Health Centre
- Data Quality Award - Lejeune Family Medical Practice
- Digital Innovation Award - Terrey Hills Medical Centre
- Patient-centred Care Award - Chatswood medical and dental centre
- CAT Plus Super User Award - Forbes Medicine and Mind
- Multidisciplinary Care Award - Hunters Hill Medical Practice
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Pen CS Learning: Free Webinars |
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Overview of CAT CV Event Risk Report in General Practice |
This webinar focuses on the CV Event Risk reports in CAT that would be suitable for quality improvement activities.
Learning outcomes:
- Find patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease using CAT
- Perform health assessments in general practice using CAT
- Identify the percentage of patients with CV event risks in your practice as a part of PIP QI measure using CAT Plus
- Access resources to assist working with CAT Plus for CV Event Risk
For General Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Practice Managers, PHN Practice Support Team, and PHN staff
Date: Thursday, 7th October
Time: 1-1:30pm AEDT
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Mental Health Treatment Plans with MGT App on Topbar |
With COVID-19, there is an increase in demand for Mental Health Treatment Plans. With GPs already busy, this can put extra strain on their day-to-day workload.
MyGPMPtool (MGT) have introduced Mental Health Treatment Plans, for GPs to create MHTPs with ease.
During this webinar, Dr Dan Wijeratne, CEO of MyGPMPtool and GP, will show GPs how they can use Topbar and the MGT App together to create comprehensive MHTPs easily and efficiently.
Learning Outcomes:
- Learn how to create Mental Health Treatment Plans using MGT App and Topbar
- Learn how to create GP Eating Disorders Plans using MGT App and Topbar
- Know how to access the MGT App on Topbar
For General Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Practice Managers and PHN Practice Support Team
Date: Tuesday, 12th October
Time: 1-1:30pm AEDT
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Improve Cancer Screening Participation using CAT Plus |
Learn how CAT Plus can be used to efficiently recall and manage patients for cancer screening and reporting in your practice.
Learning Outcomes:
- Be familiar with the available functionality around cancer screening in CAT Plus
- Be shown examples for reports working with available filters in CAT4
- Creating greater health care autonomy – Recall patients not up-to-date with their cancer screening status using Recall CAT and CAT Plus Prompts
- Know where to get help and how to access resources to assist working with CAT Plus
For General Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Practice Managers, PHN Practice Support Team, and Practice Receptionist
Date: Thursday, 21st October
Time: 1-1:30pm AEDT
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Watch more webinars here.
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- Added new features for Multi-location practices
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Multi-location Filter options are added for the below filter tabs
- General Filter
- Date Range(Visit) Filter
- MBS Filter
- Added new mapping for FOBT
- Added New report called EXTRACT which identifies COPD patients at risk of exacerbations – available to selected practices only
- Fixed issue where the de-identified extract was unable to load
- Fixed issue for Zedmed practices to pick up COVID-19 Immunisation information
- Fixed issue with MBS date range visit filter
- Fixed issue with Medication filter, where the patients were incorrectly reported for Hypertensive and Lipid-lowering medications.
- Fixed issue for Genie practices where DOB was not being picked up correctly.
- Removed Diagnosis “Descriptions” field from the de-identified file
- Removed COVID-19 At Risk Vaccination Status report
- Updated COVID-19 Vaccination name as per new guidelines.
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- New feature added to collect analytics data and recording into ELK
- Edits made to the user telecoms are now displayed in Topbar in the Provider Details Request.
- Topbar now defaults to install SQL Express 2016.
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