Assessing Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk

cardiovascular disease risk assessment (cvdra) calculator assessing cvdr risk features calculator that integrates directly with the cvdra api (supplied by health nz) save function to allow completion at a later time real time retrieval of calculated cvd risk result using the latest algorithm auto population of certain data where it exists in the patient record side navigation menu to allow the user to easily move back through the calculator form preview summary prior to submission calculator can still be used from care plans requirements this calculator is available from profile 10 0 9 onwards (it replaces the old cardiovascular risk calculator ) the screenshots currently in this article apply to profile 10 0 11 this calculator is available only in new zealand an hpi facility id (assigned by health nz) is required in the hpi facility id field on the reference tab when editing the pos the user must have a provider number applied to their record the emessage service must be installed and the api key entered for the emessage service this api key is given to intrahealth by health nz speak to your intrahealth customer service representative to arrange for this to be configured for you how to calculate cvd risk this section describes how to complete a cvd risk assessment from a new encounter navigate to clinical / calculators / cardiovascular risk click the start cvd risk assessment button on the home page of the assessment form, tick any conditions that apply to the patient click the next button to move to the next page the demographics page is auto populated with the patient's demographic data where it exists, and all fields are mandatory on this page the auto population feature is a common function throughout the calculator form, where data may exist in the patient record alternately, users can manually populate missing data click the next button to move to the next page note as you work through the calculator form, you can use the side navigation menu to move back to a previous page the lifestyle page contains smoking status , height , and weight as mandatory fields bmi is not required as it will be calculated by the api based on the height and weight values click the next button to move to the next page the medical history page requires systolic blood pressure to be entered in addition to the following (if applicable) family history of premature cvd ( populated automatically where a problem of family history of cardiovascular disease or family history of early cvd has been recorded ) atrial fibrillation which should be confirmed by ecg diabetes type ( populated automatically where a recorded problem contains either type i diabetes or type ii diabetes ) click the next button to move to the next page the results page contains the following fields that will need to be populated if they apply hba1c acr (urinary albumin to creatinine ratio) ( populated automatically where a result containing albumin/creatinine is recorded ) egrf (estimated glomerular filtration rate) hdl cholesterol ( populated automatically where a result containing hdl is recorded ) tc (total cholesterol) ( populated automatically where a result containing total cholesterol is recorded ) serum creatinine click the next button to move to the final medications page the medications page contains multiple checkboxes for the clinician to indicate if the patient is currently on any medications tick any that apply click preview to be presented with a summary or click the submit button to submit the information to the api after submitting the information, a visual indicator of the submission is presented the calculated 5 year % cvd risk result is returned and presented as a notification note the result returned provides an exact result and rounded result profile stores the rounded result as a measure after clicking the ok button to close the notification, the result is added as a measure to the patient's medical record what's next? now that you have calculated your patient's 5 year cardiovascular disease risk, you may wish help your patient improve their cardiovascular health by generating a hearth health plan docid\ ebldnm rh4wfcw14tm2xr in collaboration with your patient, taking into account their goals and steps to achieve those goals learn more for more information on calculators in profile, please click on the article link below clinical calculators in profile docid\ d 5tnrewt0 b dibfeqpngenerating a hearth health plan docid\ ebldnm rh4wfcw14tm2xr