Thalamus Dashboard

Here’s what the Smoking cessation dashboard offers:

• Like our other dashboards, you can filter by age and ethnicity.

• You’ll be able to identify patients who need a smoking read code and brief advice and have an appointment in the next 30 days.

• You can prioritise smokers who are also living with a long-term condition.

• Exception reporting will show you patients who were incorrectly reclassified from ‘current smoker’ to ‘never smoked’ and, as a result, missed receiving smoking cessation advice

If you have any questions, please email Glen Knol glen.knol@wellsouth.org.nz.

Coding and Data

Having accurate coding in your PMS helps to ensure that our understanding of smoking and vaping in our region is accurate, which in turn helps us to target our intervention and support.

In your patient dashboard (except for Profile for Mac practices) you can choose the smoking and vaping options available to you. This will ensure your individual practice’s data, as shown in the new smoking dashboard on Thalamus, is accurate (Thalamus a list of readcodes that are picked up in the Documentation).

If you have a HIP or health coach in your practice, talk to them about how they can support this mahi.