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Clinical Management
Use Helix to record your patients' medical details and consultations.
Measurements and Assessments
Record metabolic, pathology and ECG measurements and other assessments in the patient's record as required.
BMI
Add BMI data in the Health Summary panel.

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 drug allergies can be added to their 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.
  - Record Measurements
    Record metabolic, pathology and ECG measurements in the Consult window.
  - Assessments
  - Record Measurements Using Shortcuts
    Add measurements data directly into the Consult window using keyboard shortcuts.
  - Measurement Charts
  - SNAP
    Record SNAP (Smoking, Nutrition, Alcohol, Physical Activity) data in the patient's Health Summary.
  - BMI
    Add BMI data in the Health Summary panel.
- 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.

BMI

Add BMI data in the Health Summary panel.

About this task

BMI data can be recorded in the Health Summary module or in the Measurements module, and changes made in either module are immediately reflected in the other. For more information, see Health Summary and Measurements.

Procedure

To add the BMI data in the Health Summary section:

In a patient's record, go to the Health Summary panel.
In the Health Summary, locate the SNAP section.
Click BMI to display the BMI section.

Results

In the BMI section, enter the data as desired.
BMI Example