Have you ever looked at the patient record during a consult and thought…”Wow, I sure don’t need any more useful information on this person”? It’s unlikely isn’t it. Knowing more about your patient’s current and historic family and social history can prove very useful for those of us who are short on time.
When you start a consult with a patient, take a moment to check their smoking and alcohol history (Ctrl +F10 from the clinical record). This history should always be complete and up to date. You will want to ensure that Smoking, Alcohol history and Ethnicity are all recorded for your PIP QI reporting!
To save time, did you know you can simply double-click the Summaries in the patient record to edit them? Once recorded, this information is easily scannable.
Don’t forget to record a patient’s ethnicity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have differing recommendations for vaccinations than non-indigenous Australians.
While we’re in the patient record, did you know that you can use the ABC button to spellcheck your notes?
Don’t forget to use the database search and supplied searches to generate lists of patients who have missing data. Learn more about it in the knowledge base article on Searching the database.
And for one of the last tips, did you know that from the main screen of Bp Premier you can select Setup > Preferences > ‘Open patient in’ to change how the record opens by default for your patients?
Authored by:
Jesse Maddren
Content Developer at Best Practice Software
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