DMARDs Manager (NHS Scotland)
We have introduced the DMARDs Manager (NHS Scotland) pathway to assist you in managing patients prescribed with anti-rheumatic drugs. DMARDs (Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs) are a group of medicines that are used to ease the symptoms and reduce the damaging effect of rheumatoid arthritis.
Using the DMARDs Manager (NHS Scotland) pathway, you can:
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Run a Practice Report to view patients in your practice that are on disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, see Running the DMARDs Manager (NHS Scotland) Practice Report for details.
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Open the Clinical Template to easily add appropriate clinical terms to a patient's record, see Accessing the DMARDs Manager (NHS Scotland) Clinical Template for details.
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View missing or due data for a patient who is on disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs from the Alert screen, see Accessing the DMARDs Manager (NHS Scotland) Template from the Alert Screen for details.
What do I need to do?
Once you have downloaded the DMARDs Manager (NHS Scotland) pathway you must record a patient's shared care agreement and their drug monitoring frequency. DMARDs Manager (NHS Scotland) can then flag due or overdue tests in line with this.
- Download the DMARDs Manager (NHS Scotland) pathway, see Downloading Web Files.
- Add a shared care agreement to the patient record, see Shared Care Agreement and Drug Monitoring Frequency.
- Add drug monitoring frequency to the patient record, see Shared Care Agreement and Drug Monitoring Frequency.
- Ensure patients receive monitoring in line with their shared care agreement.
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