Step 5 of 10 · Decision support
Clinical pathway
What this step shows
The patient is assigned to a clinical pathway from the history entered. The pathway decides which risk assessment is used next.
Clinical pathway
Primary Prevention — Older-person pathway
No CVD, no FH, no diabetes, age 65+: uses the age-adjusted primary-prevention risk methodology.
How this was decided
- ✕ Established cardiovascular disease on file? (secondary prevention) No prior CVD event on file.
- ✕ Familial hypercholesterolemia suspected or confirmed? No FH flag on file.
- ✕ Diabetes present? No diabetes on file.
- ✓ Age 65 or older? Uses the older-population risk methodology (age-adjusted).