Register Checks

Another data tidy search that Vision+ provides is Register Checks. Register Checks display a list of patients who may have fallen off a register due to some reason.

An example of a Register Check is a patient who has an Asthma diagnosis clinical term but has not been prescribed Asthma drugs in the last year. For a patient to be on the Asthma disease register they are required to have an Asthma diagnosis recorded and to have been prescribed Asthma drugs within the previous year. The patient therefore may have been overlooked or may not be taking their Asthma drug.

As with other templates, Alert Indicators are available, and patients can be sent letters or SMS from Practice Reports.

Accessing the Register Checks Template

To access the Register Checks template:

1. From the Windows Notification Area, right click Vision+ and select QOF Templates:

   

2. Select Register Checks.

3. The Register Checks Template displays:

   

4. Any relevant patient information displays.

5. You can update any indicator as follows:

   • History:
     • A blue arrow displays if the row contains none or one relevant clinical term.
     • A red arrow displays if the row contains more than one relevant clinical term.

     • To close the history screen, select Close . The window can also be resized by selecting and dragging Resize .

   • Contract - Add a code for the selected indicator, see below.
   • Exception - Add an exception code for the selected indicator.
   • Undo Last Entry - Select to delete the clinical term previously entered on that line during the current session.
6. Selecting Contract displays the Codeset Codes screen with codes for the selected indicator:

   

7. Select Apply. You can also select a priority and enter freetext notes.
8. Select OK to save the data or Cancel to return to the template.