Last review date 03/02/2023

The Hypertension Consultation template can be found by either going to Auto-Consultations > ardens CONDITIONS CARDIOVASCULAR > Hypertension or by clicking the BP icon under the patient's name.


Home

This page gives you an overview of the condition, other relevant conditions, values, tests and medications as well as blood test alerts, please see our Home Tab Support Article for more information.



Diagnosis

Use this tab to support a decision to diagnose.  You can record that there is suspected Hypertension and use the '?' template to see the criteria which would lead onto a potential diagnosis.  




Review 

Note:  Yellow stars link to income available under a local enhanced service, red stars relate to QOF.


Record review data including BP values, accessing a HBPM diary, target values and a QRISK.


Record your overall impression based on their BP values added previously - what you select here will offer different management options to tick i.e. Green - Good control will open up  the 'Routine' management option.


Management - give leaflets, give medication, give advice, record follow up and issue a care plan


Note:  when using Care Plans from the template, ensure that you have a) completed all the relevant data in the template first b) press ok on the template (this will close it) c) open the template d) click to open the care plan.  This will ensure that the data you have added is transferred into the journal which makes it available to merge when you open the care plan as the final step 





BP Monitoring at Home

Use this tab to loan a machine and to record data from home recordings


Referral

Record reason for considering a referral, or criteria met for a referral


Online

Use this tab if managing Hypertension online - if you have published any Questionnaires to SystmOnline and the patient has completed them, they will be visible here once they have been received back into SystmOne. 


Notes

Use this section for free text patient note recordings. 


Resources

Print, SMS or email resources from this tab


Note: to text/SMS or email, copy & past the leaflet link into the 'Send Message' button