What you need to know if you use MedicalDirector or Best Practice Software for your Recalls and Reminders.
Cervical Screening Program Changes as of 1/12/17:
The two-yearly Pap test for women aged 18 to 69 will be replaced by a five yearly Cervical Screening Test (CST) for women aged 25 to 74. Key changes include:
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- your recall and reminder system!!
- the age at which screening starts will increase from 18 years to 25 years
- self-collection option for under screened or never screened women
- the time between routine tests will change from two to five years
- new National Cancer Screening Register (due 2018) who will invite women to participate in screening
- women aged 70 to 74 years will be invited to have an exit test.
RACGP Standards 5th edition (released Nov 2017) specify practices need to remind patients when they need to have another screening and not rely on patients receiving reminders from the registers.
How are you going to manage the change? What are you going to call your recalls/reminders? What about your patients who are under 25 and due for a Pap test reminder right now? How can you educate and alleviate any possible concerns from your patients (or staff) with this change?
Katrina Otto has been educating practice staff across Australia on the new Cervical Screening Program guidelines and how to effectively manage the change, optimising use of Bp Premier, MedicalDirector Clinical and Pen CAT4 software.
Let Katrina, an experienced Practice Manager & qualified teacher, explain cancer screening changes relevant to your practice support team and lead your practice to an improved recall, reminder and screening program.
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Many practitioners do not effectively use the software to manage recalls… Katrina provides excellent education via webinars…” Marianna Kelly, Senior Medico-Legal Risk Manager, Avant Mutual Group Ltd
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We have compiled a list of our favourite free resources related to the new Cervical Screening Program that you can use to further educate your staff and patients:
National Cervical Screening Program – Dept of Health – FAQs
Cervical Screening Changes FAQ – Video – Dr Sally Sweeney Hunter New England Central Coast PHN (HNECCPHN)
NPS Information & FAQs
NPS free eLearning
Self-Collection for HPV test – Quick Reference Guide
National Cancer Screening Register – FAQs
National Cervical Screening Program Guidelines – shortform
Cancer Council Australia Cancer Guidelines Wiki
‘Cancer Council study confirms starting cervical cancer screening at age 25 is safe’
Cancer Institute NSW ‘Information for Health Professionals’
Untold Stories – Cervical Cancer Screening – Audio-visual stories (Family Planning NSW). Spoken in Arabic, Assyrian, Dari, French, Hindi, Karen, Khmer, Mandarin, Nepalese & Vietnamese.
‘Changes to cervical screening will benefit Australian women’ RACGP media release
Cancer Screening QI activities – Coordinare
7 QI ideas for Cancer Screening – Western Sydney PHN
NCPHN Cervical Screening Workshop Presenter Slides – Drs Adendorff, Rattray & Strazarri
Educate your patients! Here’s a great educational youtube video for your practice website/facebook page
Why are we changing? WE HAVE A MORE EFFECTIVE TEST! Yes, this is a big change but it is a good change. Let us help you make it a simple change for your staff and patients.
Thank you for making a challenging subject interesting and simpler” Georgie, Parkview Clinic
Acknowledgements: Thank you to MedicalDirector, Best Practice Software, Pen Clinical Systems, Cancer Institute of NSW and Sara Gloede from NCPHN for their assistance and support in development of up-to-the-minute expertise.