Disease Management

Define which diseases are managed by your practice, and which vaccines you have available to administer to combat each disease you select.

Before you begin

Permissions:
  • Configure Immunisation Settings

About this task

Once you have configured this list of diseases, you can add them to a schedule. For more information see, Manage a Schedule's Rules.

Procedure

To add a disease and vaccines:
  1. Select User iconuser > Settings iconSettings.
  2. In the Settings window, select Clinical > Immunisations.
  3. In the Immunisation Schedule panel, select Manage Disease.
    Example Manage Disease Window
  4. In the Disease name field, enter the name of the disease you want to manage.
    For example, we have entered Japanese Encephalitis.
  5. In the Select vaccine options field, enter the name of the first vaccine you want to associate with the disease. A list of matching vaccines is presented. Select the vaccine you want from the list.
  6. Repeat step 5 for each vaccine you want to associate with the selected disease.
    Example Disease with Selected Vaccines
    Tip:
    Include all states of a vaccine for different applications.
  7. To add the disease and vaccine combinations, click Add.

Results

The disease definition is added to the list of diseases.

What to do next

To edit the required disease definition and its associated vaccines, click Edit buttonEdit and make the required changes.
Tip:
A disease cannot be renamed if it has been used in a schedule.

To delete a definition that has no vaccines associated with the disease, and that has not been used in a schedule, click Delete buttonDelete.

To view the list of added vaccines along with their Medicare codes, maximum doses and other details, select the Manage Vaccine tab. For more information, see Vaccine Management.