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 13.8*
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 | Multi-Morbidity Annual Review Multi-Morbidity Initial Consultation | |
Other Templates (Templates for non-QOF areas) | Clinical admin | ADHD monitoring Ambulance Request Case closure template Death Documentation |
Dermatology | Acne Skin Lesion Wound management | |
Ear Nose and Throat | Ear irrigation Otitis Externa Otitis Media Sore throat | |
Gastroenterology | B12 deficiency Coeliac Disease Haemorrhoids Inflammatory bowel disease Irritable Bowel Syndrome Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Rectal Bleeding | |
Infectious Diseases | Cellulitis Mastitis and breast abscess Notification of infectious disease Urinary Tract Infection Shingles Suspected sepsis / sick person Urinary Tract Infection in adults | |
Mental Health | Autism Eating disorders Mental capacity assessment MMSE | |
Misc | Chronic pain review Clinical Diagram Deep Vein Thrombosis General examination Hernia Insect animal and human bites LBGT and Gender Dysphoria Minor injuries Observations Pre-Diabetes | |
Musculoskeletal | Bunions Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Low back pain Polymyalgia Rheumatica | |
Neurology | Dizziness Head injury and concussion Headache Parkinsons Disease Restless Leg Syndrome | |
Ophthalmology | Blepharitis Cataract Chalazion | |
Obs/Gynae | Antenatal checks Menopause and HRT Menorrhagia Postnatal checks (mother) Sexual Health | |
Paediatrics | 6-8 week baby checks Childhood immunisations Constipation in children Croup Enuresis Fever in child <5 yrs Infant Feeding Postnatal checks (newborn) | |
Palliative Care | Anticipatory Prescribing Future Planning | |
Pharmacy | Anticoagulation (warfarin, DOAC) Structured Medication Review Pharmacist review | |
Procedures | Adult Immunisations Cervical Smears Injections (B12, Denosumab etc) NHS Health checks Phlebotomy PSD Travel vaccinations Travel vaccines PSD or PGD Urinalysis | |
Respiratory | Bronchiectasis Cough and breathlessness Spirometry | |
Safeguarding | Adult safeguarding Child safeguarding | |
Social | Care Home Review Carer review Social Prescribing Universal care plan | |
Urology | Erectile dysfunction Lower urinary tract symptoms in men | |
Reception Admin Templates | Abnormal lab result template Equipment loan template New patient template 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 Child with Limp Cough or Breathlessness in Child over 1 year Cough or Breathlessness in Child under 1 year Diarrhoea and Vomiting in Child under 18 Earache in Child under 18 Fever & Temperature in Child under 18 Head Injury in Child under 18 Rash in a Child under 18 Sore throat in a Child under 18 Unsettled baby under 3m | |
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 | |
Other Alerts | 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 |
Ardens Resources - Document Templates
Document Templates | Home blood pressure diary Adult DNACPR form Edinburgh Postnatal Depression questionnaire Consent forms for implants, coils, injections, minor surgery BMA Template letters DS1500 Insurance report Universal care plan Learning Disability Health Action Plan Symbicort SMART Asthma action plan New patient registration (Full and Short) GP referral – coroner AUDIT alcohol screening questionnaire GPPAQ 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 generating system Recall QOF Box alert protocol Recall reception pop-up protocol Recall template |
Ardens Resources - Searches
Searches and Reports | Best Practice Searches Staff Activity Searches Contract Searches Clinical Safety Searches Childhood Immunisation Searches Case Finding Searches Equipment Loan Searches Frailty Searches Ardens COVD-19 searches Recall System Searches QOF Monitor Searches Prescribing Alerts Searches Remote Review Searches Seasonal flu Searches CQRS Searches Shingles Eligibility Searches Cancer Screening Searches Ardens Manager System Reports |
If you have any queries on the resources mentioned above or a development request. Please contact Ardens support on: support-emis@ardens.org.uk.
