Create and Manage Medication Orders from a New Encounter in Profile

article overview & feature requirements this article is part of the medication management workflow in profile you are currently viewing part 4 of the workflow start admission medication reconciliation in profile docid\ efzr4polc23wywhlc6woqsubmit or sign the admission reconciliation record in profile docid\ ap4azbx8csbjwhvuqxozyreview the medchart for a patient in profile docid\ abzjd iwqxzfneby0k5vpcreate and manage medication orders from a new encounter in profile ← you are here docid\ d0sjnlmfrfa8bq7eeefn0create and view new medication orders or new ad hoc medication orders from the medchart view in profile docid\ l7lxss8mxmf9dpioxx 5jdocument medication administration using careflow in profile docid\ w6jiu64bfxdfo5rvunhmz this article is written for clinical users, and provides a step by step walkthrough for creating a medication order from a new encounter topics covered in this article the new encounter view docid\ d0sjnlmfrfa8bq7eeefn0scenario 1 writing a new medication order docid\ d0sjnlmfrfa8bq7eeefn0scenario 2 issuing a repeat docid\ d0sjnlmfrfa8bq7eeefn0scenario 3 discontinuing medication docid\ d0sjnlmfrfa8bq7eeefn0scenario 4 changing the current medication docid\ d0sjnlmfrfa8bq7eeefn0 feature requirements medchart is available in profile version 8 and above access to profile's licensed medication module creating and managing a medication order from a new encounter once a provider has reviewed the patient's authorised medications in medchart (see review the medchart for a patient in profile docid\ abzjd iwqxzfneby0k5vp for details) the next part of the workflow is to create and manage medication orders from a new encounter the new encounter view within the new encounter view, actions can be taken to add new orders to the medchart when you create a new encounter you will see a medchart option in the action panel the bottom half of the screen displays a similar view to the main emr medchart view refer to that section of this document for further details note if you know the patient has no adverse reactions to medications you can tick the no adverse reactions tick box on the right side of the screen this means you will not need to check the problem list each time you write a medication order if you subsequently add an adverse reaction later, this box will automatically untick and be disabled scenario 1 writing a new medication order create a new encounter in the action panel click on medchart , the details of the patient's existing medication orders will be displayed in the bottom half of the screen (as per above) it's important to note that the view will default to display current medication orders to view discontinued or the patient's full medchart history click on the down arrow next to current and select as appropriate click on the down arrow next to the new icon to select the type of new order you wish to make the mims formulary window appears, search for the medication you wish to order by typing in the search field and clicking the rx button (or press enter) the list of possible medications is displayed expand the tree and select the applicable order by clicking on one of these icons any medications ordered previously by the logged in user (for any patient) will be shown in bold text, the description will show the details of the description and be displayed as for any medication that you have not ordered before the description will be displayed as double click on the relevant item to create the order instructions refer to the creating and managing a medication order from a new encounter docid\ d0sjnlmfrfa8bq7eeefn0 for a full explanation of each field complete the relevant fields and click ok to save and close the order will be added to the list showing in the bottom half of the screen an activity link is created and displayed in the top right column of the encounter complete the content of your encounter and save and close it the new ordered medchart item is now saved in the encounter as a hyperlink click on the hyperlink to view the details of the order the medchart item will now also be displayed in the emr medchart view and the relevant filter in the work centre medchart view scenario 2 issuing a repeat create a new encounter in the action panel, click on medchart , the details of the patient's existing medication orders will be displayed in the bottom half of the screen (as per above) note that the view will default to display current medications to view discontinued or full medchart history click on the down arrow next to current and select as appropriated single click to select the line of the order you wish to enter the repeat for if you would like to issue a repeat of the expiring medication (rather than discontinue it) you can click on the repeat icon in the toolbar the following window appears, click yes to continue profile will discontinue the current order and automatically duplicate it to issue the repeat the order discontinue window is displayed with the current date and time defaulted select the appropriate reason for discontinuing the medication from the drop down list a new line is now displayed showing the repeated order scenario 3\ discontinuing medication create a new encounter in the action panel click on medchart ,the details of the patient's existing medication orders will be displayed in the bottom half of the screen (as per above) it's important to note that the view will default to display current medications to view discontinued or full medchart history, click on the down arrow next to the current drop down, and select as appropriate single click to select the line of the order you wish to discontinue if you would like to discontinue the medication (rather than repeat it) you can click on the discontinue icon in the toolbar the following window is displayed, click yes to continue the order discontinue window is displayed with the date and time defaulted select the appropriate reason for discontinuing the medication from the dropdown box and enter a comment if applicable the discontinued medication disappears from the current list displayed to see all discontinued medications, you can change the view scenario 4 changing the current medication create a new encounter in the action panel click on medchart , the details of the patient's existing medication orders will be displayed in the bottom half of the screen (as per above) it's important to note that the view will default to display current medications to view discontinued or the patient's full medchart history click on the down arrow next to current and select as appropriate single click to select the line of the order you wish to change if you would like to change the medication (rather than discontinue or repeat it) you can click on the edit icon in the toolbar the change order window is displayed make the applicable changes to the medication order as required the updated order now shows in the medchart list what's next? the next part in this workflow is to create and view a new medication order, or to create a new ad hoc medication order from the medchart view in profile details on this can be found in our article entitled create and view a new or a new ad hoc medication order from the medchart view in profile docid\ l7lxss8mxmf9dpioxx 5j learn more for more information on medchart please click on the article links below medchart in profile docid\ sysvxbkocabmhj09vvhfzfaq medchart in profile docid\ ffs61ibiqbh3outavcaj9configure medchart in profile docid\ njp94rvb4773vik crfq review the medchart for a patient in profile docid\ abzjd iwqxzfneby0k5vpcreate and view new medication orders or new ad hoc medication orders from the medchart view in profile docid\ l7lxss8mxmf9dpioxx 5jmanage medication orders from the work centre view in profile docid\ poz7x5uykubqw9xjce07hcomplete a medchart phone or third party order from the new encounter view in profile docid\ sflzy8aurmdczr0yveegaprint various medchart items in profile docid\ sukxvmfdls3xsrmza78z use 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