Steroids and No Bone Sparing Agent (HP085)
Purpose:
Where a patient has had more than 3 courses of steroids in the last 12 months and hasn't had any bone protection prescribed, this protocol alert will highlight the need for review.
What does it actually do?
The protocol performs the following functions:
- Checks to see the patient has had a reason for a bone sparing agent not to be used added
- Identifies patients who have all of the following characteristics:
- had 3 or more courses of steroids in the last 12 months
- not on any bone sparing oral agents
- has not had a bone sparing infusion
What does it look like?
The alert looks like this:
If the user hovers over the alert the following information is shown:
System Dependencies:
The use of this protocol depends on practices using the clinical system to record all issues of steroid medication (including OOH/A&E etc so there is accurate data in the system)
System Trigger
System Trigger: Load patient record
Fitting your practice
Your team need to be aware that this alert will show for appropriate patients and what action to take.
How to get it
This is a base handy protocol so is installed in your system by default.
Support Information
Development Log
VERSION NUMBER 1.0.0
Published 30/5/24
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