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 14.4*
Ardens Resources - Clinical Templates
Chronic Disease Templates | Asthma Atrial Fibrillation Cancer COPD CHD CKD Dementia Diabetes Depression Epilepsy Heart Failure Hypertension Learning Disability Mental Health Osteoporosis PAD Pre-Diabetes/Non hyperglycemia Rheumatoid Stroke | |
Multi-Morbidity Templates | ||
Other Templates (Templates for non-QOF areas) | Clinical admin | Ambulance Request Asylum seekers and marginalised groups Blood Results Case closure template Clinical Diagram Near patient testing |
| Cardiology | Chest Pain | |
Dermatology | Acne Fungal skin and nail infections Skin Lesion Wound management | |
Ear Nose and Throat | Ear irrigation Otitis Externa Otitis Media Sore throat | |
Gastroenterology | Abdominal pain in adults B12 deficiency Coeliac Disease Dyspepsia Haemorrhoids Inflammatory bowel disease Irritable Bowel Syndrome Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver 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 | Autism Eating disorders Mental capacity assessment MMSE ADHD monitoring Self Harm | |
Misc | Chronic pain review Deep Vein Thrombosis General examination Hernia Insect animal and human bites Insomnia LBGT and Gender Dysphoria Minor injuries Observations Ankylosing spondylitis | |
Musculoskeletal | Bunions Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Low back pain Musculoskeletal template Physiotherapy and First contact practitioner Polymyalgia Rheumatica | |
Neurology | Dizziness Head injury and concussion Headache Parkinsons Disease Restless Leg Syndrome | |
Ophthalmology | Blepharitis Cataract Chalazion Eye and Visual Acuity | |
Obs/Gynae | Antenatal checks Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Menopause and HRT Menorrhagia Pain/bleeding in early pregnancy Postnatal checks (mother) Pregnancy likelihood template Prolapse and pessary template Sexual Health | |
Paediatrics | 6-8 week baby checks Childhood immunisations Constipation in children Cow's milk allergy Croup Enuresis Fever in child <5 yrs Infant Feeding Postnatal checks (newborn) | |
Palliative Care | Anticipatory Prescribing Future Planning | |
Pharmacy | Adrenaline auto-injectors Anticoagulation (warfarin, DOAC) High risk drugs review Pharmacist review | |
Procedures | Adult Immunisations Cancer screening follow-up Cervical Smears ECG template Faecal immunochemical (FIT) testing Injections (B12, Denosumab etc) Minor surgery/joint injections NHS Health checks Over 75 health check Phlebotomy PSD Pulses-ABPI Travel vaccinations Travel vaccines PSD or PGD Urinalysis Urinary catheter template | |
Respiratory | Bronchiectasis Cough and breathlessness FeNO testing template PEFR variability & reversibility template Smoking cessation template Spirometry | |
Safeguarding | Adult safeguarding Child safeguarding | |
Social | Care navigation template Carer review Occupational therapy template Over 75s review Smoking Status Social Prescribing | |
Urology | Erectile dysfunction Hematuria Lower urinary tract symptoms in men PSA monitoring template | |
Reception Admin Templates | Contact details verification template Items received New patient template Patient online access Prescription admin templates | |
Reception Admin Protocols | Failed telephone encounter protocol Inform clinician - abnormal results | |
Contraception Templates | Contraception master template IUD / IUD / Coil template Implant template | |
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 | |
| Specialist Templates | Coronavirus (2019 nCoV) COVID oximetry at home | |
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 prescribing oestrogens to a woman without a hysterectomy advising to check type of HRT is correct Alert if recent IBS diagnosis made in woman over 50 and no recent Ca125 recorded 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 Reminder re NICE guidance in children with fever Alert if prescribing Mirabegron in uncontrolled hypertension Alert when co-prescribing NSAIDs and antidepressants Alert when IBS coded in a female over 50 with no Ca125 Alert if issuing amiodarone and pre-treatment investigations missing Alert if issuing Denosumab and pre-treatment investigations missing Alert if adding a ‘Diabetes Resolved’ code 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 Alert if latest platelet count is high to prompt consideration of neoplasm as per NICE guidance NPSA steroid alert Alert if Lithium monitoring due | |
Other Alerts | Some of our individual Diabetes care status alerts have been replaced by the Diabetes 9 key care processes alert, which will give clinicians a snapshot of key care items for diabetes patients if the mouse is hovered over the alert Alert if issuing levothyroxine and no recent TFT Alert if no valid smoking status recorded in diabetic patient Alert to MHRA advice in women of childbearing age when issuing Carbimazole Alert to MHRA advice in women of childbearing age when issuing Valproate (updated with template for recording pregnancy prevention plan) Alert to remind of pre-treatment tests when issuing amiodarone Alert to remind of monitoring requirements if issuing Denosumab Alert when issuing Quinolone antibiotics Alert for DOAC patients with antiphospholipid syndrome and h/o thromboembolic disease LD Health action plan launcher Medication review diary checker Protocol to check for ethnicity coding (triggers to be applied by practice if required) |
Ardens Resources - Document Templates
Document Templates | 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 Consent forms for implants, coils, injections, minor surgery COPD care plan DS1500 Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Questionnaire 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 New patient registration forms (full and short) New QOF Recall Letters NHS Health Check results generic Structured medication review by clinical pharmacist Symbicort SMART Asthma action plan Universal care plan Corticosteroid monitoring card General referral letter First recall letter for QOF chronic disease Second recall letter for QOF chronic disease COVID19: COVID admission letter Shielding letter Cremation form 4 Notification of Infectious Disease form Not in shielding list letter (for those who self-registered) |
Ardens Resources - Diary Recall System
Diary Recall System | Diary completion detector protocol Recall QOF Box alert protocol Recall reception pop-up protocol Recall template |
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 Risk Stratification 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.
