Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment Calculator

This article describes accessing and using the Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Calculator in Bp Premier.

1. From the patient record, select Clinical > Cardiovascular risk. The Cardiovascular risk screen will appear.



2. Some of the fields in this screen will be prepopulated based on existing observations in the patient's record. Edit or complete the remaining fields.
3. Bp Premier will display the percentage probability the patient has of developing cardiovascular disease.
4. Click Reference to view the formula used to calculate the probability.

Online CVD Check

The Australian Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance's CVD risk calculator is available in Bp Premier. AusCVDRisk is a risk assessment, communication, and management tool for health professionals. To learn more about how this calculator works, refer to the Australian Guidelines for assessing and managing cardiovascular disease risk.

1. From the patient record, select Clinical > Cardiovascular risk. The Cardiovascular risk screen will appear.



2. Click Online CVD Check to open a browser window displaying the calculator.



3. Enter a value for each Variable, then click Calculate. The Consider Reclassification Factors screen will appear



4. If applicable, select reclassification factors that are relevant to the patient. Reclassification factors are most beneficial when an individual's risk level is near the risk threshold.

EXAMPLE   If the patient is of East Asian ethnicity (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese, or Mongolian), you may consider reclassifying them down a category, or up a category if they have a family history of premature cardiovascular disease.



5. To proceed to the results page, click one of the following options: Continue without reclassifying, Reclassify up to intermediate risk, or Reclassify to high risk.
6. The CVD Risk results will be displayed, along with information to assist you in discussing the results with the patient, as well as resources promoting healthy habits and behaviours that can help lower the risk.



7. Fill in the fields and click Calculate to display the percentage probability the patient has of developing cardiovascular disease in the next five years.
8. The CVD Risk results will display the percentage probability the patient has of developing cardiovascular disease in the next five years.

Results from the Online CVD Check (AusCVDRisk) will not be recorded in Observations > CV Risk; only results from Bp Premier's built-in Cardiovascular risk tool will be shown. Online CVD Check results can be manually recorded in Today's notes.

NOTE  Results from the Online CVD Check (AusCVDRisk) cannot be added in Observations > CV Risk; only results from Bp Premier's built-in Cardiovascular risk tool will be shown. Online CVD check results can be manually recorded in Today's notes.

Last updated 18 March 2024.