January 2022 Edition
  • Introducing PAT
  • Daily Incremental Data
  • CAT Plus Forum - Save the Date
  • Topbar App Partners Updates
  • MyGPMPtool - Automated Internal Audit Reports
  • Upcoming Events
  • Pen CS Learning: Free Webinars
  • Release updates  
Introducing... PAT
Welcome to the new PAT

Welcome to the new PAT, a health informatics tool that combines data from multiple patient management systems in general practices and Aboriginal medical services to produce insightful,cohesive and sharable information.

Benefits and New Features:
  • Daily incremental data updates
  • Build what you want when you want with custom ‘drag and drop’ reports, on-demand
  • Simple and fast report building
  • Custom dashboards provide you with a visual snapshot of what's important to you
  • Longitudinal view of data to track the same data at different points in time
  • Data visualisation chart gallery to ‘see’ and understand your data like never before
  • How has a dataset changed over time? Simply access the custom timeline reporting
  • Manage practices all in the one portal
  • Standardised reporting from many patient management systems
  • Enhanced security with two-factor authentication
  • The access is in your hands with permission-based access levels
  • Data is secure with de-identified, aggregated data from consenting general practices
Daily Incremental Data - COVID-19 Vaccine 'Daily Status' Reports now available
Daily Incremental Data is now available for practices with Best Practice for Immunisation (including COVID-19 Vaccine), MBS and visit reports.

PHNs with the PAT BI Delta Database can now access daily incremental data for the above reports. Contact your Account Manager to book your migration to PAT BI Delta.

For practices with Medical Director, Daily Incremental Data will be available for Immunisation, MBS and visit reports by end of February.

Pen CS is currently developing this functionality, to make the full dataset available, as daily incremental data, by April across all major patient management systems.

For more information, please contact your Account Manager.
CAT Plus Forum 2022 - Save the Date
CAT Plus Forum - virtual event

The CAT Plus Forum is an event featuring informative presentations, break-out sessions, strategic exchange and exciting new updates from Pen CS. The program will include sessions on the new PAT, Daily Incremental Data, CV Event Risk Report, COVID Vaccine Daily Coverage Status Report and DaLi - data linkage insights.

Date: Thursday, 24th March 2022


Stay tuned for further information from your Account Manager.
Topbar App Partner Updates
Automated Internal Audit Reports through MyGPMPtool, available on Topbar
MyGPMPtool (MGT), available on Topbar, has introduced internal audit reports to monitor and prevent compliance red flags.

Traditional paper-based care planning can make it difficult to conduct internal audits, and therefore monitor any gaps or compliance red flags in chronic disease management plans.

The MGT App will analyse the care plans created and conduct automated audits on several key complicance red flags through internal audit reports. GPs can see their own trends, and nurses and practice managers can see the trends of the practice.

By identifying care plans that require attention, practices can take appropriate action.
Register for the upcoming webinar to find out more.

Webinar: Automated internal audit reports through MyGPMPtool
Date: Thursday, 17th February 2022
Time: 1:00-1:30pm AEDT

Upcoming Events
CAT Plus User Group Meeting
The CAT Plus User Group is a forum for discussion, updates and information sharing. We hope you can join us and welcome your ideas and questions.

Join us at the CAT Plus User Group Meeting:

Date: Monday, February 21st 2022
Time: 1:30pm (AEDT)
CAT Plus Forum
The CAT Plus Forum is an event featuring informative presentations, break-out sessions, strategic exchange and exciting new updates from Pen CS. The program will include sessions on the new PAT, Daily Incremental Data, CV Event Risk Report, COVID Vaccine Daily Coverage Status Report and DaLi - data linkage insights.

Date: Thursday, 24th March 2022
Pen CS Learning: Free Webinars
Topbar for General Practice
A demonstration of how Topbar, clinical decision support system, can be used in general practice to enhance practice efficiency.

Learning Outcomes:
  • Understand Topbar Data Governance
  • Learn and understand Topbar functionality
  • Learn about the Apps available on Topbar, and their benefits and purpose
  • Know how to access resources to optimise your working with Topbar

Date: Tuesday, 8th February 2022
Time: 1-1:30pm AEST
Automated internal audit reports through MyGPMPtool
MyGPMPtool (MGT), available on Topbar, has introduced internal audit reports to monitor and prevent compliance red flags.

This webinar will take you through the reports and demonstrate how you can review and monitor any compliance red flags from the care plans created, in order to take appropriate action.

Date: Thursday, 17th February 2022
Time: 1-1:30pm AEST
Chronic Disease Management and Health Assessments using CAT Plus
Learn how CAT Plus (CAT and Topbar) can be used to identify patients eligible for health assessments and GPMP/TCA in your general practice.

Learning Outcomes:
  • How to identify patients at risk of chronic disease
  • How to identify patients eligible for 45-49, 75+ health assessments
  • How to find patients with at least one chronic condition and eligible for GPMP/TCA in CAT
  • Identify where to access resources to better utilise CAT4 for chronic disease management

Date: Tuesday, 22nd February
Time: 1-1:30pm AEDT
More training?
Watch more webinars here.
View CAT recipes here.
Pen CS Release Updates
CAT
This release brings the following changes and improvements
  • Introduced delta collection for Best Practice practices only
  • Added new report for COVID-19 booster shot for general population
  • Added "Save As" option for Data Cleansing report
  • Added "Other" category for COVID-19 Immunisation report to map other vaccines
  • Added new categories for COVID-19 Vaccine Administration report
  • Updated existing COVID-19 vaccine mapping
  • Fixed issues while generating de-identifying extract for Medtech practices
  • Fixed issues where incorrect DoB was picked up for Genie practices
  • Fixed Multi-location practices data submission issues