Cycle of Care

Use the Chronic Disease Management (CDM) feature to define the cycle of care for patients with diabetes or asthma.

Procedure

To add a cycle of care:
  1. From the PatientPatient Search or Patient Queue iconPatient Queue, select the Consult buttonConsult panel.
  2. In the Consult panel, select More > CDMCDM.
  3. From the Cycle of Care section, select Asthma or Diabetes. In our example, we have selected Asthma.
    Cycle of Care - Asthma example
  4. A list of care steps related to the condition is displayed. When you feel a step has been completed, check the box beside it.
  5. A recall is set for 6 months from the current date. To edit the recall date, click the calendar and select a new date.
  6. Click Save as Draft buttonSave as Draft.

Results

A draft of the Cycle of Care plan is saved in the Current Cycle of Care section.
Example ongoing asthma cycle of care

What to do next

When you next want to update the cycle of care:
  • To continue working on the Cycle of Care, in the CDM, click Resume button .
  • To delete the Cycle of Care, click Delete button.
When all items in the Cycle of Care have been ticked and the Cycle of Care is complete, click Complete buttonComplete. In the CDM panel, the status of the Cycle of Care is changed Completed .
Example completed Asthma Cycle of Care in CDM