Ardens provide practices with a number of resources based on national and best practice guidance, to offer standardised coding and a streamline approach. The following support article outlines the available Ardens resources.
Important Information
The templates, alerts and searches that comprise the resources are intended to help clinicians by presenting relevant information in an accessible manner. They are not intended to replace the clinical judgement of an independent clinical practitioner in the care of individual patients.
Each of our resources goes through a rigorous clinical safety assessment and is carefully tested before being made available for use.
However, it is also the responsibility of the end user to ensure that they make their own assessment of the clinical risks of using any software in practice.
Please note also that we cannot accept responsibility for any tools which are modified locally. We would recommend that if you wish to edit a resource for local use, you should copy it into your folder before you edit the copy and deactivate the original. This will prevent our updates overwriting your changes.
*Please note the following resources are based on version 15.1*
Ardens Resources - Clinical Templates
Chronic Disease Templates | CHD CKD Depression Epilepsy Heart Failure Hypertension Pre-Diabetes/Non hyperglycemia Rheumatoid Stroke | |
Multi-Morbidity Templates | ||
| COVID19 Templates | COVID 19 Vaccination COVID oximetry at home Long COVID Novel Coronavirus COVID19 | |
Other Templates (Templates for non-QOF areas) | Administrative (Clinical) | Ambulance Request Asylum seekers and marginalised groups Blood Results Case closure template Duty of Candour Near patient testing Paramedic (Ambulance assessment) PCN DES |
| Cardiology | Chest Pain | |
| Contraception templates | Contraception IUS / IUD / Coil template Implant template | |
Dermatology | Acne Eczema and dermatitis template Fungal skin and nail infections Skin Lesion Wound management | |
Ear Nose and Throat | Ear irrigation Hearing loss Otitis Externa Otitis Media Sore throat | |
| EBI | Adult snoring surgery (not OSA) Arthroscopic shoulder decompression Breast Reduction | |
| Frailty | Falls Assessment Frailty | |
Gastroenterology | Abdominal pain in adults Abnormal LFTs (including NAFLD) B12 deficiency Coeliac Disease Dyspepsia Haemorrhoids Inflammatory bowel disease Irritable Bowel Syndrome Nutrition checklist Rectal Bleeding | |
Infectious Diseases | Cellulitis Mastitis and breast abscess Notification of infectious disease Shingles Suspected sepsis / sick person Urinary Tract Infection in adults | |
Mental Health | ADHD monitoring Anxiety Autism Community Outreach Eating disorders Mental capacity assessment MMSE Self Harm | |
Misc | Chronic Fatigue Chronic pain review Deep Vein Thrombosis General Consultation General examination Hernia Insect animal and human bites Insomnia LBGT and Gender Dysphoria Minor injuries Observations Substance misuse | |
Musculoskeletal | Ankylosing spondylitis Bunions Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Duputyrens Gout Low back pain Musculoskeletal template Physiotherapy and First contact practitioner Podiatry Polymyalgia Rheumatica | |
Neurology | Dizziness Head injury and concussion Headache Parkinsons Disease Restless Leg Syndrome | |
Ophthalmology | Blepharitis Cataract Chalazion Eye and Visual Acuity | |
Obs/Gynae | Amenorrhoea Antenatal checks Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Fertility issues Menopause and HRT Menorrhagia Nausea/vomiting in pregnancy Pain/bleeding in early pregnancy Postnatal checks (mother) Pregnancy likelihood template Prolapse and pessary template Sexual Health | |
Paediatrics | 6-8 week baby checks Constipation in children Cow's milk allergy Croup Enuresis Fever in child <5 yrs Infant Feeding Postnatal checks (newborn) UTI in children | |
Palliative Care | Anticipatory Prescribing Future Planning | |
Pharmacy | Adrenaline auto-injectors Anticoagulation (warfarin, DOAC) Community pharmacy consultation service Community pharmacy referral (protocol) Corticosteroid Monitoring DRUM Review High risk drugs review Pharmacist review Pharmacy Technician Review | |
Procedures | Adult Immunisations Cancer screening follow-up Cervical Smears ECG & Screening template Faecal immunochemical (FIT) testing Injections (B12, Denosumab etc.) Minor surgery/joint injections NHS Health checks Over 75 health check Phlebotomy PSD Pulses and ABPI doppler Travel vaccinations Travel vaccines PSD or PGD Urinalysis Urinary catheter template | |
Respiratory | Bronchiectasis Cough and breathlessness FeNO testing template Latent TB PEFR variability & reversibility template Smoking cessation template Snoring Spirometry | |
Safeguarding | Adult safeguarding Child safeguarding | |
Social | Carer review Lifestyle & Social history Occupational therapy template Frailty and Over 75s review Smoking Status Social Prescribing | |
Urology | Erectile dysfunction Hematuria Lower urinary tract symptoms in men PSA monitoring template Urinary incontinence Vasectomy | |
| Vascular | Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Varicose veins | |
Reception Admin Templates | Coding template | |
Reception Admin Protocols | Failed telephone encounter protocol Inform clinician - abnormal results | |
Remote Consultations Templates | Abdominal pain in Child under 18 Cough or Breathlessness in Child over 1 year Cough or Breathlessness in Child under 1 year Diarrhoea and Vomiting in Child under 18 Fever & Temperature in Child under 18 | |
Ardens Resources - Protocols/Alerts
Alerts | QOF Alerts | Alerts to help with correct coding for Asthma, COPD, Cancer, Dementia, Heart Failure, Smoking |
Clinical Safety | Alert if adding a 'Diabetes Resolved' code Reminder re NICE guidance in children with fever Cancer: Breast & Bowl Screening Due Alert Alert if latest platelet count is high to prompt consideration of neoplasm as per NICE guidance New diabetes - alerts to possibility of pancreatic Ca if new diabetes diagnosis entered for patient over 60 Alert if recent IBS diagnosis made in woman over 50 and no recent Ca125 recorded Smoker fatigue Prescribing: Alert if prescribing oestrogens to a woman without a hysterectomy advising to check type of HRT is correct Alert if prescribing miconazole to a patient on warfarin Alert if prescribing Metformin to patient with low eGFR Alert if prescribing Gliflozins re ketoacidosis risk Alert if adding a gastroenteritis-like illness for a patient on ACE or diuretic Alert if prescribing Mirabegron in uncontrolled hypertension Alert when co-prescribing NSAIDs and antidepressants Alert if issuing amiodarone and pre-treatment investigations missing Alert if issuing Denosumab and pre-treatment investigations missing Alert if active courses of both Amitriptyline and Oxycodone in last 3 months Alert when adding new prescription of NSAIDs to allow non-steroidal risk assessment to be done NPSA steroid alert Alert if Lithium monitoring due Alert if prescribing Spironolactone if no recent U&E Fentanyl patch alert C Difficile risk alert Alert to MHRA advice in women of childbearing age when issuing Carbimazole Alert to MHRA advice in women of childbearing age when issuing Valproate Alert to remind of pre-treatment tests when issuing amiodarone Alert when issuing Quinolone antibiotics Alert for DOAC patients with antiphospholipid syndrome and h/o thromboembolic disease Alert to remind when adding Prostap/Leuprorelin of the different dose options | |
Other Alerts | Alert if issuing levothyroxine and no recent TFT LD Health action plan template Medication review diary checker Protocol to check for ethnicity coding (triggers to be applied by practice if required) Perinatal psychiatry referral alert Hypothyroid TSH due alert PPA protocol DRUM Alert QOF Box 21-22 Home BP alert |
Ardens Resources - Document Templates
Document Templates | 2WW and Fast track leaflets Adult DNACPR form AUDIT alcohol screening questionnaire Benefits forms BMA Template letters Care home data gathering for clinicians Cervical screening letters (including opt out letters and recall letters) Child protection letters Community Pharmacy Consultation Referral Consent forms for implants, coils, injections, minor surgery COPD care plan Corticosteroid monitoring card Cremation forms Dose reduction plan for oral preparations DS1500 Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Questionnaire FCP Patient Satisfaction Feedback Form Future Care Plan General admission letter GP referral - coroner GPPAQ GP Workload Template Letter Home blood pressure diary Insurance report Learning disability data gathering for clinicians Learning Disability Health Action Plan Letter to Parents re proxy online New patient registration forms (full and short) New QOF Recall Letters NHS Health Check results generic NHS+ I Digital Weight Management Programme (DWMP) Notification of Infectious Disease form Structured medication review by clinical pharmacist Symbicort SMART Asthma action plan Universal care plan COVID19: COVID admission letter COVID vacc 2nd dose reschedule COVID-19 SELF-REPORT Yorkshire Rehabilitation Screening Tool COVID-19 Vaccination Service - Record Form GP All case-admission Letter COVID-19 Letter to immunocompromised patients Shielding letters Shielding List removal Cremation form 4 |
Ardens Resources - Diary Recall System
Diary Recall System | Diary completion detector protocol Recall QOF Box alert protocol Recall reception pop-up protocol Diary Recall Duplicate Entry Warning |
Ardens Resources - Seasonal Immunisations
| Seasonal Immunisations | Seasonal Flu Protocol Pneumococcal Protocol Reception flu+pneumo pop up alert 2020_21 |
Ardens Resources - Fast Track Safety Netting Tools
| Fast Track Safety Netting Tools | Ardens Fast Track Safety netting template Auto-complete safety netting symptom monitoring diary Fast Track Safety Net QOF Alert |
Ardens Resources - Searches
Searches and Reports | Ardens Chronic Disease (QOF) Recall System Ardens Frailty Management Searches Ardens Risk Stratification Searches Ardens Time Sensitive Searches |
If you have any queries on the resources mentioned above or a development request. Please contact Ardens support on: support-emis@ardens.org.uk.
