The takings

Disease registers

Everyone with each long-term condition — and what each of them is overdue for.

Open Reports → Disease registers. There are seven: diabetes, hypertension, kidney disease, heart disease, thyroid, asthma and COPD, and epilepsy. A patient joins one when the condition — or its short form, DM, HTN, CKD — is written in the diagnosis or the history of any visit.

Nobody is put on a register because of a medicine — metformin is given for PCOS too, carbamazepine for neuralgia. Only what you wrote counts.

Beside each patient: the last prescription, the last BP, the HbA1c and the kidney figures (eGFR, or creatinine where there is none), and TSH on the thyroid register — each with its date. The most overdue come first, and a name opens the file.

What counts as overdue

Not seen for three months (red at six)
In diabetes, an HbA1c every six months and a kidney test every year; an HbA1c of 8% or more is said too
A last BP of 140/90 or more (red at 160/100), or no BP on file in hypertension
In kidney disease, a creatinine every six months; an eGFR below 30 in red
On the thyroid register, a TSH every year, and a TSH outside the usual range

Tick Only those needing attention to hide everyone who is up to date. Search by name, ID or phone, and print the page if you want it on paper.

These are a few plain checks every guideline agrees on. The register only reminds — what each patient needs is your decision.

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