adding the eFi score to all patients over 65 years old
If you wish to add the eFi score to all patients over 65 years these instructions explain how to do this. Some organisations, including EMIS Health and the BMA, do not endorse doing this. This is due to concerns about clinicians misunderstanding what an eFi score is.
The benefit of adding an eFi score to all patients over 65 is that it allows practices to plan how they might review these patients. Our frailty searches make this very easy.
After discussion with your clinicians, if you have decided to add the eFi score to all records please follow these instructions:
We understand that some users are not familiar with the "Batch Add" module. Please contact us if you require assistance in following these instructions.
- An eFI score does NOT mean a patient is frail. It is simply a calculation based on data within their clinical record indicating their risk of frailty (but please see our update at the bottom of this page).
- The eFi score should be used as a guide to identify patients who may be suffering from frailty.
- Clinical judgement, alongside knowledge about the patient, should be used before recording a formal diagnosis of moderate/severe frailty.
The benefit of adding an eFi score to all patients over 65 is that it allows practices to plan how they might review these patients. Our frailty searches make this very easy.
After discussion with your clinicians, if you have decided to add the eFi score to all records please follow these instructions:
- Run the "Patients eligible for frailty score" search.
- Select Batch Add -> Protocol from the top menu and search for our "add eFi score to record" protocol.
- In the "Description field" write "add eFi score to over 65s".
- In the "search population included" field search for the "Patients eligible for frailty score" search in our folder.
- Press "OK". That's it! Now you can run the searches we have provided to help you plan how you will manage frailty in your GP practice.
We understand that some users are not familiar with the "Batch Add" module. Please contact us if you require assistance in following these instructions.