QAIF Retired Indicators

We have introduced the QAIF Retired Indicators pathway to enable GP practices in Wales to improve patient care by reinstating some retired QAIF indicators.

You can view the QAIF Retired Indicators either as a Practice Report or a Clinical Template, see either Running the QAIF Retired Indicators Practice Report or Accessing the QAIF Retired Indicators Clinical Template for details.

Running the QAIF Retired Indicators Practice Report

Vision+ contains a comprehensive suite of pre-defined QAIF Retired Indicators reports. From these you can manage your patients list, export to a CSV (spreadsheet) file or use the Vision+ Mail Merge facility to contact your patients.

To run and view the QAIF Retired Indicators reports:

1. Log into Vision 3 in the usual way.
2. From the Windows Notification Area, right click Vision+  and select Practice Reports:

   

3. From the Practice Reports menu, select Practice Lists:

   

4. From Search for practice lists, search for and select QAIF Retired Indicators.

5. A message displays stating 'Do you want to run this practice list now, or schedule it to run in the next 24 hours?':

   

   Select from:

   • Run now - To run the report. The report screen displays with a progress bar.

     Training Tip - To run a report for call and recall invite purposes, you must select Run now.

   • Schedule - To schedule the report in the next 24 hours, the Schedule screen displays, enter a start time in the next 24 hours to run the report:

     Training Tip - This must be set using the 24 hour clock, for example, for 4pm use 16:00.

     

     You can now continue working as usual and the report runs as scheduled. Once a report is complete it displays in the Practice Reports - Last Run screen.

   • Cancel - To exit the confirmation screen.

6. Once the reports have run, the QAIF Retired Indicators reports display:

   

7. Depending on your selection, you have the following options:

   Category

   

   • Print Preview - Select to preview the current report view.

   • Print - Select to print the current report view.

   • CSV File - Select to export to a CSV file.

   • Merge Category - Select to mail merge the category, see Running a Mail Merge from Patient Target Lists for details.

   Indicator

   

   Displays within a Category:

   • Print Preview - Select to preview the current report view.

   • Print - Select to print the current report view.

   • CSV File - Select to export to a CSV file.

   • Merge Indicator - Select to merge the indicator group, see Running a Mail Merge from Patient Target Lists for details.

   • Add Patient Group - Select to save the list of patients as a group in Reporting - Patient Groups, see Saving a List of Patients as a Patient Group for details.

   Individual Patient

   

   Displays within Category - Indicator:

   • Print Preview - Select to preview the current report view.

   • Print - Select to print the current report view.

   • CSV File - Select to export to a CSV file.

   • Open Patient - Select to open the highlighted patient in Consultation Manager.
   • Codeset - Select to add an appropriate clinical term directly into the patient's record.
   • Show Template - Select to launch the QAIF Retired Indicators template for the patient without having to open Consultation Manager. See Accessing the QAIF Retired Indicators Clinical Template for details.
   • Show Indicators - Select to launch the patient's Alert screen without having to open Consultation Manager.
   • Indicator Logic - Select to see why the patient is on the cohort list, this opens the pathway in Pathway Developer.

Accessing the QAIF Retired Indicators Clinical Template

To access the QAIF Retired Indicators Clinical Template:

1. Open the patient in Consultation Manager.

2. From the Vision+ floating toolbar , select Clinical Templates and then select QAIF Retired Indicators:

   

3. The QAIF Retired Indicators template displays:

   

   The template is split into two tabs:

   • History - Displays clinical information from the patient's record.

     See Viewing the History Tab for details.

   • Retired Indicators - The main template tab, complete as required.

     See Using Templates for details.

4. Select Save & Close to save the data to the patient's record.