Respiratory Guidelines

The following can be called up from the Select Guideline screen by typing the mnemonic, shown in bold:

Local Guidelines – Respiratory Disease

Quality and Outcomes Framework Quality Indicators Guidelines enable you to enter the correct Read Codes required for the contract. The guidelines can be downloaded from the Vision website, the files unzipped into a separate directory, and then imported from the Select Guideline screen. Each guideline begins its mnemonic with nc, and the guidelines index is ncqi. The mnemonic for the Asthma QI guideline is ncasthma, and that for COPD nccopd.

Management Plan – Asthma

Right click on the relevant line on the navigation pane of the Patient Record and select Management Plan:

Asthma Management Plan

Diagnostic Tests Management Plan