Cardiovascular Risk

Record cardiovascular risk in Communicare.

Record cardiovascular risk in Communicare using one of the following clinical items:

CV Risk Calculator (CARPA STM) - used by the NT for NKPI reporting.
CV Risk Calculator (Framingham) - used by other states for NKPI reporting.
CV Risk Calculator (AusCVDRisk) - use to record the results from the CVD Risk Guideline and Calculator (AusCVDRisk) so that the output is stored in a patient's clinical record and is available for reporting.
Note:
The CVD Risk Calculator (AusCVDRisk) clinical item, used to capture the output of the online AUSCVDRisk calculator for the patient’s record, is not currently used for NKPI reporting.

AusCVDRisk

Before you use the Australian cardiovascular disease risk calculator | AusCVDRisk, add the CV Risk Calculator (AusCVDRisk) clinical item to the patient's clinical record in Communicare. The qualifiers required by the AusCVDRisk online calculator are listed on the Investigations as required tab making it much easier to complete the calculator. The qualifiers will display the most recent values recorded for the patient in Communicare.

After you have added data to AusCVDRisk tool, record the output on the Results of Calculator tab. Both the AusCVD Risk Initial Score and AusCVD Risk Reclassification are added to the clinical record, Main Summary > Qualifier Summary.
Example AusCVD Risk qualifiers in the Qualifier Summary

Example AusCVD Risk qualifiers in the Qualifier Summary

Tip:

By default, the CV Risk Calculator (AusCVDRisk) clinical item is not included in a short cut menu. For information about adding it to a menu, see Clinical Item Keywords and Shortcuts.