No 0833: September 18, 2008
eNews is a weekly electronic newsletter
sent to all GP practices (with email addresses) within the
Editorial Making Clinical Audit Tool available to multiple users
Aged Care Dementia Awareness Week
Professional Development CPD events
HMR Obstructive
Sleep Apnoea
Information
Management Problems with
MD3 conversions, General Computer Tip,
Medical Director Tips and New on the Web
Items of interest Guidelines
for the Prevention of Infective Endocarditis, HopSCOTCH, Medicare
Australia’s National Compliance Program, NEMICS newsletter, GP Network
News
News for Practice
Staff Diabetes Update for
Practice Nurses, Practice Managers network meeting, Nurse Training Calendar, Australian
Ophthalmic Nurses Association Conference, Nurse Pap Test Provider Seminar, Recruiting participants for a survey
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In many cases when we installed CAT it was on the C drive of a single PC and all extracts were saved only to that PC. You are however, able to save the extracts to the server and then access those extracts from any PC on the network
1. On the C drive of the server create a folder called ClinicalAudit.
2. Open Clinical Audit on your local PC and from the Edit menu select Preferences.
3. Next to Extract Directory click on the Browse button and navigate your way to the ClinicalAudit folder on the server and then click OK (you may want to copy any previous extracts from the ClinicalAudit folder on your C drive to the ClinicalAudit folder on the server).
4. You need to install CAT on the other computers. Instructions to do this are here. Make sure on the new installations you change the extract folder to the server as outlined in points 2-3 above.
If any of this is too difficult or
daunting call Noel on 9496 4333 and he’ll help you.
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From Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s
Australia website – What’s happening in
Article – Dementia risk reduction (Better health Channel)
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Meetings are held each Tuesday starting at 12.30 in the
Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor,
There is no lecture for the next 2 weeks. Term 4 program will commence
on Tuesday 7th October
For full term 4 Tuesday lecture program click here
Austin Health - Division
of Medicine Grand Round
Department
of General Medicine - (Medical Unit 3) “To D or Not to D: A Bard’s Perspective”
Presentation
by: General Medical Unit 3, Comments by Professor Ego Seeman
Wednesday 24th September, 12:10pm at John Lindell
Lecture Theatre, Level 4,
Three-night ALM. Speakers: 6 Nephrologists and one urologist
1. CKD stage 3 (eGFR 30-59mL/min);
2. Kidney disease in the elderly
3. Haematuria and UTI
Thursdays 9, 16 & 23 October, 7:30-9:30pm. Refreshments from 6.45pm. At Northern Division Training Room. Enquiries to Jenny Gowan on 8480 4611. Application form.
GP Workshop in Skin Cancer Basic Techniques: a hands-on practical workshop
at St. Vincent's Education Centre, 3rd Floor, Healy Wing,
Saturday, October 25th 2008, 8.45am - 4.15pm Learning Objectives: Punch biopsy, shave biopsy, excisional biopsy, cryotherapy, curettage & diathermy, simple ellipses, topical treatments including photodynamic therapy. Strictly 26 places only, so get in early. Accommodation deal available at Metropole Apartments for rural GPs and/or families.
Contact: Juliet Gavens on 9288 4781 or Juliet.gavens@svhm.org.au. See www.svhm.org.au/gp for detailed flyer, program & accommodation offer.
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Also Making HMRs, RMMRs (Items 900, 903) work for your practices. Speakers: Dr Russell Goudge, La Trobe Medical Centre, Mr John Wooller, consultant pharmacist , Prof Louis Roller Monash University, and Dr Jenny Gowan, NDGP.
Wednesday 1 October, 7-9pm. Refreshments from 6:30pm. Main speaker 7.30pm. At Northern Division Training Room.
Enquiries to Jenny Gowan on 8480 4611. Application form.
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With many practices now migrating to MD3 there are a few little problems arising, particularly with LetterWriter templates where the wrong letterhead appears. The simple solution is to find the letterhead you want (LetterWriter – File >Modify template >Letterhead) and resave it. This will fix the problem. Ring Noel if there is any confusion on this. Some of the Options also get “lost”. For example, a nurse is no longer able to view investigation results. To fix this select Tools > Options >Investigations and place a tick in the Display results to staff box. If you encounter any problems please don’t hesitate to contact Noel at the division. In one case all the selected options for a GP were “lost” and had to be redone. Such problems are an inconvenience but not too serious.
AutoText entries are standard pieces of text (or text and graphics) that you may need to type over and over again. Instead of retyping them you can create AutoText entries and quickly insert them with just a few keystrokes. Some common AutoText entries can be:
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· memo headings |
· signature lines |
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· workplace name and address |
· standard notices |
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· business logos |
· fax template |
Creating and Using Autotext to insert your letterhead
1. Create the letterhead for your practice.
2. Highlight all the text of your letterhead
3. From the Insert menu select AutoText and AutoText…
4. Type in LH for the AutoText name and click on the Add button and then OK.
5. Open a new document, type the name of the AutoText entry – LH and press <F3> – this will insert your letterhead.
Question: How do I generate a list of all patients on a specific medication?
Answer: This is part of the patient database search and we did this a few years ago to find all patients on Vioxx so we could send out a recall letter.
1. No patient record open:
· MD2: Search >Databases
· MD3: Search >Patient…
2. Under Drug/Condition click on the Currently taking drug radio button and type in the first few letters of the medication and select the drug from the drop down list.
3. Click on the Search button.
4. Once the search is complete print the list.
1. Term 4 Calendar of Events - Found under CPD Calendar of Events
2. Term 4 Tuesday Lecture Program – found under GP Tuesday Lecture Program
3. Practice Managers Network Meeting October 16 - found under CPD Calendar of Events
4. MD templates – HoNOS Score Sheet (Mental Health) and Austin Health Neuroscience Laboratory Referral updated (Hospital referrals) - found under IM Resources – MD templates
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New Australian guidelines for the prevention of infective endocarditis were published in July 2008. The guidelines
were revised by a multidisciplinary group to reflect recent changes in
international recommendations regarding antibiotic prophylaxis for infective endocarditis. The reasons for the changes are explored in
this review and the implications for dental practice are discussed. The new
guidelines can be found here
This is a randomised trial of an innovative
shared-care approach to managing obesity in 3-9 year-olds. GPs will share care
with a specialist multidisciplinary team, supported by shared software. If
you are interested in contributing to the development of the intervention,
participating in the study, or would like more information, please contact
Melinda Soós on (03) 8344
3392 or via msoos@unimelb.edu.au.
Medicare
For information on Medicare
For the latest newsletter from NEMICS - Spring 2008 click here.
The latest edition can be found here.
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**TONIGHT** Session 1 (Introductory) Thursday 18th September Topics covered: What is diabetes, possible complications, MBS Item Numbers (including new item numbers), Diabetes Annual Cycle of Care, Use of Medical Director and the PEN Clinical Audit Tool, Self Monitoring and Practical Sessions with Glucometers.
Session 2 (Follow up) Thursday 25th September Topics covered: Current Management of Diabetes, Medications, Self Management, Footcare, Practical session with Insulin Pens and Monofilaments
Both sessions: 6.30pm – 9.00pm at John Scott Meeting House. To register download invitation
These workshops will provide education and training specifically around evidence
based best practice diabetes management. Please note that these two sessions
are one week apart. For further information contact Janina
or telephone 9496 4333.
For more information
on ‘Diabetes - resources for
identifying
and managing "at risk" patients of developing type 2 Diabetes’
see the website
This will be held at La Trobe Uni on the evening of Thursday October 16. The emphasis will be on building skills for practice managers and nurses – using the PEN Clinical Audit Tool and your practice management software to produce reports through business modelling processes. You are then able to present this information in graphical form to practice team meetings. [Application Form]
General Practice
1. Chronic
Condition Self Management for Health Professionals – run by Health Active
Partners to be held in November 08
2. Introduction
to Health Coaching for Health Professionals - run by Health Coaching Australia
to be held in October 08
For more information follow the Link
to the Training Calendar
The Australian Ophthalmic Nurses Association,
PapScreen Victoria are holding their Professional Development Seminar in
Dr Rhian Parker and Professor Helen Keleher of
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Paddy was driving down the street in a sweat because he had an important meeting and couldn't find a parking space. Looking up to heaven he said, "Lord, take pity on me. If you find me a parking spot I will go to Mass every Sunday for the rest of me life and give up me Irish whiskey"
Miraculously, a parking place appeared.
Paddy looked up again and said, "Never mind, I found one."
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