Care Plans
Use the Chronic Disease Management (CDM) feature to specify care plans.
About this task
Helix provides a set of care plan
templates:
- GPMP
- TCA
- GPMP + TCA
Procedure
To add a care plan:
- From the Patient Search or Patient Queue, select the Consult panel.
- In the Consult panel, select .
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In the CDM panel, select a care plan from the list of
available Care Plan templates.
Tip: Care plans that have previously been added are listed. Select an existing plan to review it, or add a new plan.In our example, we have selected GPMP.
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In the care plan, the existing authority information, Conditions, Health Summary, and
Biometrics for the patient are displayed on the left-hand side. If you need to update
this information, click Update.
- To include or exclude information, set Include.
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To add a condition to the care plan:
- From the Conditions list, select a condition. In our example, we have added
Asthma.
- To edit a row of information, click in it to activate edit
mode. Make changes as desired. Click off the panel to accept the changes.
- The image below displays an example of edit mode. Notice that each field
of information becomes active, awaiting your input.
- Assign providers to the suggested needs. For example, we have indicated that the need of Give a patient a better understanding of asthma in the Needs column must be provided by an Asthma Educator, in the Assignee column. Remove providers you don't need. To add more providers, click in the field, and select the provider from the list.
- If you feel that an entire row of information does not relate to you
patient, click Delete. Tip: You must be in edit mode to see this button.
- You can 'favourite' a condition, making it easy to select the next time
you generate a Care Plan. To do so, go into edit-mode (explained above),
make changes as desired (at the very least you must add a Description for
the favourite), and click Favourites will appear at the top of the Conditions list.
- The image below displays an example of edit mode. Notice that each field
of information becomes active, awaiting your input.
- Add more conditions as required. Each additional condition will appear below the next.
- To add extra goals, needs or tasks, scroll to the bottom of the Condition section, and click Add needs/ goals/ task.
- (optional) Depending on the condition, you may be required to include
additional providers in your plan. This list will appear towards the bottom of
the condition details. Enter an assignee for each speciality listed. This is a
mandatory field.Tip: The providers that appear in the Additional Providers list are replicated from those listed in the Assignee sections of your Care Plan. If there is a provider you want to remove from this list, you will need to locate them in the Care Plan body, and remove them from there.
- Depending on the condition, a recall is automatically added to the condition
for 6 months in the future. To edit the recall date, click the calendar and
select a new date. For example:
- To remove an entire condition from your care plan, clickRemove next to the name of the condition. If you cannot see this button, it is probably because you are in edit mode.
- From the Conditions list, select a condition. In our example, we have added
Asthma.
- Click Save and Print.
Results
The completed care plan is saved to the Actions section of the
Consult panel, and printed.
For the TCA and GPMP+TCA care plans, an EDC form is also added to Actions. This is a government requirement when certain specialities are selected.
Alternatively, to save the care plan to complete at a later time, click Save as Draft.
closes the Care Plan panel without saving. If what you really want to do is to return to the list of care plans, click instead.