Increase cardiovascular risk recording in your practice
About this activity
Use the QI template below to better record patients’ cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and meet the requirements for the PIP QI Incentive.
Goal
Increase the percentage of Indigenous patients 35–80 and non-Indigenous patients 45–75 with cardiovascular risk factors recorded.
Measures
Percentage of target patients with all risk factors recorded.
Improvement ideas
- Use PIP QI Report inPOLAR to pull the list of patients who are missing recording of cardiovascular risk factors. If you have a lot of patients identified, you could consider targeting one group at a time.
- Decide how you will recall the patients on the list (for example: phone call, SMS, email or letter), how you will invite them in for care (what you will say) and how you will divide the tasks.
- You could identify gaps in cardiovascular risk factor recording on an opportunistic basis, or consider inviting patients for a ‘Heart Health Check’ in line with the MBS item 699
Download the QI template below for more improvement ideas.
