BIOSOFT HELP FILES

HOW TO ENTER DATA FOR A CASE OF URTI

1. Focus on the Respiratory Module
2. Click and Select fever few day, cold few days, cough few days, sore throat few days, swallowing difficulty few days, hoarseness few days,
3. Click and Select the from the ILLNESS DATA PANEL - First episode, current episode < day, Total duration < 1 month, illness onset sudden, Continues in the same severity, consultation number, degrees of functional status in impairment, disability and handicap, Select the applicable FAMILY MEDICINE VITAL SIGNS
4. Click the diagnose button and you will get the CAMEOS-P output

HOW TO ENTER DATA FOR A CASE OF URTI NOT RESPONDING TO THE FIRST CONSULTATION
1. Focus on the Respiratory Module
2. Click and Select fever few day, cold few days, cough few days, sore throat few days, swallowing difficulty few days, hoarseness few days,
3. Click and Select the from the ILLNESS DATA PANEL - First episode, current episode < few weeks, Total duration < 1 month, illness onset sudden, Progressive severity, consultation number, degrees of functional status in impairment, disability and handicap, Select the applicable FAMILY MEDICINE VITAL SIGNS - may be smoking, obesity, alcohol etc
4. Click the diagnose button and you will get the CAMEOS-P output

HOW TO ENTER DATA FOR A CASE OF MIGRAINE
1. Focus on the headache module
2. Click and select headache, headache attack lasts 4-72 hrs, headache unilateral, headache throbbing, severe headache, headache worsen with physical exertion, headache and vomiting
3. Now focus on the ILLNESS DATA PANEL - select Recurrent episode (migraine by definition is recurrent), current episode few days, total duration < 1 yr, illness onset sudden, illness in discrete attacks, continues in the same severity, consultation number, functional status according to the definitions given in the glossary
4. Click on the relevant Family Medicine Vital Signs
5. Click the diagnose button and you will get the CAMEOS-P output

HOW TO ENTER DATA FOR A CASE OF MIGRAINE and TENSION HEADACHE or A MIXED HEADACHE DSIORDER
1. Focus on the headache module
2. Click and select headache, headache attack lasts 4-72 hrs, headache unilateral, headache throbbing, severe headache, headache worsen with physical exertion, headache and vomiting
3. You will have a another set of symptoms suggestive tension headache - may be the same or different duration - enter them also
3. Now focus on the ILLNESS DATA PANEL - select Recurrent episode (migraine by definition is recurrent), current episode few days, total duration < 1 yr, illness onset sudden, illness in discrete attacks, continues in the same severity, consultation number, functional status according to the definitions given in the glossary
4. Click on the relevant Family Medicine Vital Signs
5. Click the diagnose button and you will get the CAMEOS-P output

HOW TO ENTER DATA FOR A CASE OF DIABETES CONSULTATION
1. Focus on the Chronic Disease Manager Module of CDMM
2. Select Diabetes
3. Focus on CDMM Overall Management - Parameter is the blood sugar or Hba1c, impairment, disability, handicap, emotions as relevant, Quality of Life,
4. Focus on the CDMM - Knowledge - patient's knowledge about the disease
5. Focus on the CDMM - Empowerment - how the patient copes up with the illness experience
6. Focus on the CDMM - Adherence - the degree of adherence to the prescribed regimen
7. Focus on the CDMM - Patient Engagement - steps taken to empower patient
8. Focus on the CDMM - Disease related Quality of Life - patient's perception of physical and mental health as experiencing the illness experience of the known disease
9. Focus on the CDMM - Selfcare

HOW TO ENTER DATA FOR A CASE OF multi-morbidity (URTI and Migraine)
1. Focus on the patients history - particularly the symptoms and their duration
2. You will observe 1 set of symptoms are merely of day duration
3. You will observe 2nd set of symptoms for years or months and recurrent
4. Obviously you run the program twice - once for each set of symptoms
5. If you happen to enter all the symptoms together this will be caught as the rule out probability and comorbidity probability