Smart Electronic Medical Records
Making drugs regular
You can choose to list a drug as regular so that it can be prescribed again quickly.
Regular drugs will show up on the patient’s medication list (see Repeat Prescriptions).
- Select a new drug, update instructions and quantity, then press [Regular].
- Enter any additional information in the drug log and press [Finish].
- The selected drug will be displayed in the regular drug list.
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Prescribe regular medications
- Press [Enter] or the [Prescribe] button or the [Repeat] button to prescribe.
- If there is no ULM code the item will have a green background and a prompt will be displayed.
- Press [Ok] to proceed to select a coded drug from a list.
- Press [Cancel] if you do not wish to code this drug at this time.
or Press [Repeat all] to prescribe all drugs in the Regular list
Review before Repeat
A special task can be set to remind everyone when a patient should make an appointment to see the practitioner for a review before being issued with further repeat prescriptions
This can be set while reviewing correspondence or results in the Mail Screen
This task can be set any where the New Task option is available (select from the task batches list on the left)
The interval between reviews can be determined by setting a recurrence on the task
Each time a clinical note is written , a prompt will allow the practitioner to reset the task .
Modify Regular drugs
- Highlight the desired drug.
- Edit any of the details fields displayed on the left.
- Press the [Prescribe] button to prescribe without saving; ORPress the [Regular] button to save changes.
- Add an optional comment to the drug log
Note: If you press [Regular], no prescription is made so you will have to prescribe the newly modified regular medication using the process described above.
Remove drug from the regular drug list
- Highlight the drug in the Regular Drugs list.
- Select Remove from the right click menu or press the [Remove] button.
- Enter a reason if necessary and press [OK].
The program will add a note to the actions list documenting that the drug was removed from the regular drug list and the reason.
Right Click Menu
Classify Drug Group
– Drugs not yet classified are displayed with a yellow background colour. Select a Generic Pharmaceutical Drug Group for use with interactions and disease management forms.
Replace Drug Name and Add ULM code
If there is no ULM (Universal List of Medicines) code the item will have a green background in the regular drug list. These drugs will not participate in drug interaction checking and reduce e-prescribing safety.
You will be able to search for the correct drug name and code .
If the search list does not contain the correct drug, try entering less text such as just the drug name and try again
Ensure the the correct dose and form are selected
