These updates are intended for Ardens EMIS customers only. To view a full list of the available Ardens resources click here.
Recent Email Communication:
12/08/24 - Seasonal Influenza/RSV/COVID-19 Vaccination Resources
08/07/24 - Patient Info Analyser (New Resource)
25/06/24 - QOF Analyser (New Resource)
17/06/24 - What's New for June - CQRS Webinar (TOMORROW)
20/05/24 - Blood Tests Due Analyser - Update
11/04/24 - Whats New for April
25/03/24 - GP Contract Changes 2024/25
Ardens Searches:
Latest versions of the Ardens searches can be downloaded from the Ardens Portal.
19th January 2025
Search Folder | Version | Description |
| V3.30 | Updates - Updated DOAC monitoring intervals based on new guidance; Added Data Quality searches to identify patients who simply need a re-calculation of CrCl or BMI with monitoring already done; Improved the height monitoring timeframe. |
16th January 2025
Search Folder | Version | Description |
5.35 Contracts - SMI Health Check
| V33.30 | Updated - 'blood glucose' and 'nutritional assessment decline' codelists to match technical requirements. New - added searches/reports to show the differences between the Ardens searches and national extraction. Refined pregnancy codelist. |
12th January 2025
Search Folder | Version | Description |
| V4.60 | New - searches to support practices to identify and review patients currently prescribed novorapid flextouch or insulatard penfill. Consider switching to an alternative due to planned discontinuation from March 2025. |
| V4.90 | Update - Refined the smear done searches; Refined pregnancy codelist where relevant. |
| V6.30 | Update - DOB range added to Compliant Code Last Month - Child Flu to include only 2-3y olds; Refined pregnancy codelist where relevant. |
30th December 2024
Search Folder | Version | Description |
HbA1c Error Search Report | V1.20 | These searches are to support practices affected by the Scarborough Hull York Pathology Service HbA1c issue only. IMPORTANT - When importing these searches into your EMIS web system, please ensure they are saved outside the Ardens searches folder. Searches saved within the Ardens folder are at risk of being overwritten via the national publishing cycle.
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20th December 2024
Search Folder | Version | Description |
| V3.20 | Update - Enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drug searches updated to match new guidance. |
| V4.50 | New – suite of searches to support practices in prioritising structured medication reviews and to see the outcomes of these reviews. Update – several minor updates.
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1.20 Ardens Diary Recall System
| V15.90 | New – Addition of a new report in each folder to show patients who have a diary outstanding that appears to have been actioned. |
| V20.20 | New – search for diabetic medication sick day advice. Update – a few small updates to codelists. |
13th December 2024
Search Folder | Version | Description |
4.10 Conditions - Cardiovascular
| V19.20 | Minor update - NHYA codes removed from HF searches |
| V3.10 | Minor update - Invitation search names updated for clarity. |
4.15 Conditions - Learning Disability
| V2.50 | Update - LD health checks searches updated. |
| V1.50 | Minor update - On AKI at risk drug definition updated |
8th December 2024
Search Folder | Version | Description |
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| Update - Addition of topiramate pregnancy prevention SNOMED codes to search. |
30th November 2024
Search Folder | Version | Description |
| V33.20 | Minor name changes to reports\n\nUpdates to Cholesterol and Alcohol indicators; Familial Hypercholesterolemia (eligibility exclusion) codelist expanded. |
| V1.90 | Significant update - This suite has been reviewed and updated. The following folders were updated as part of this review:\nAnticholinergic, Diabetes, DMARDs, Frailty, Gastroenterology, Mental Health, NSAIDs, Potentially addictive, Renal, Respiratory, Womens Health. All reports are now in the new format, with the 'patient list report' showing useful data to help users identify why a patient is included. |
26th November 2024
Search Folder | Version | Description |
| V6.20 | Update - Pneumococcal searches updated to more closely follow business rules. Note - if a patient has a 5-yrly booster after the start of the fiscal year, they will not be extracted for manual claim - i.e. pt vaccinated October 2019 then November 2024, they will not be picked up and require manual claim for which we have provided a search. |
| V3.60 | Update - diabetes and NDH casefinders updated to absorb content previously in the 'Conditions - Diabetes' folder; new Heart Failure casefinder added due to removal of NYHA codes from QOF heart failure register. |
| V19.10 | New - new 'Case finder' search to identify young people (6y-18y) with 6+ SABA over past 12 months and not on the asthma register. |
Ardens Clinical Templates & Protocols:
Please note the following updates will reflect instantly for Resource Publisher sites.
December 2024
Template Name | Change Type |
Suspected Asthma template Osteoporosis Menopause and HRT Headache Sexual Health templates Contraception IUC Coil Implant Delirium Suspected Dementia EBI templates | Significant Updates
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Protocol Name | Change Type |
BRCA | New Protocol |
NPSA steroid card | Update |
ADHD protocols | Update |
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