Clinical Management
Use Helix to record your patients' medical details and consultations.
- Health Summary
  Information entered by a practitioner during a consult is added to a patient's Health Summary.
- Consultations
  Record details of a clinical consultation in the Consult panel of the patient's record.
- Patient Timeline
  A summary of the patient's clinical history is displayed in the Patient Timeline.
- Medications
  Helix uses the MDref medications database provided by AusDI.
- Immunisations
  Before you administer an immunisation to a patient, check the immunisations that have already been administered on the AIR and the immunisations due.
- Allergies
  A patient's allergies can be added to their record.
  - Record an Allergy
    Add a patient's drug or substance allergies or intolerance to their record.
  - Edit an Allergy
    If a patient's allergies are recorded incorrectly, you can edit the allergy record.
  - Delete an Allergy
    If a patient's allergies are recorded incorrectly or are no longer relevant, you can delete the allergy record.
- Chronic Disease Management
  Use the Chronic Disease Management (CDM) feature to specify care plans, cycle of care for asthma or diabetes, and GP Mental Health Treatment Plans.
- History & Examinations
  Record details of a patient's clinical history in the History section. Record details of today's examination of a patient in the Examination section.
- Measurements and Assessments
  Record metabolic, pathology and ECG measurements and other assessments in the patient's record as required.
- Recalls
  A Recall is a type of flag recorded against a patient's record that informs practitioners and practice staff of when the patient is due to return to the practice.
- Nursing Requests
  During a consult, add a request for a nurse to complete a nursing action.
- Obstetrics
  Record obstetrics information on the Obstetrics panel.
- Investigations
  Investigations can be requested by a practitioner from within a patient's clinical record.
- Tasks
  The tasks module allows users to send messages (tasks) to other users throughout the medical centre.
- My Health Record
  Securely upload a patient's health data to their My Health Record.

Allergies

A patient's allergies can be added to their record.

The allergy is safety-checked against the patient's current medications and prescriptions.

Permissions:

View Allergies
Update Allergies and Med Precautions

Clinicians will receive a warning if they prescribe a medication that contains a drug for which a patient has a recorded allergy.

Use the

Allergies / Adverse Reactions form to record allergy information.
Showing list of allergies and adverse reactions

If there are allergies recorded, they are listed in the banner of the clinical record.
Recorded patient's allergies

Warnings are colour-coded. Red indicates the highest severity, followed by orange, and then yellow.
Alert message that the patient has a rash reaction to a prescribed medication

Alert message that the patient has a rash reaction to a prescribed medication