Review the MedChart for a Patient in Profile
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article overview & feature requirements this article is part of the medication management workflow in profile you are currently viewing part 3 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 ← you are here docid\ abzjd iwqxzfneby0k5vpcreate and manage medication orders from the medchart view in profile 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 reviewing the medchart for a patient in profile topics covered in this article step 1 accessing medchart docid\ abzjd iwqxzfneby0k5vpstep 2 reviewing the medchart for a patient docid\ abzjd iwqxzfneby0k5vp feature requirements medchart is available in profile version 8 and above access to profile's licensed medication module reviewing the medchart for a patient in profile once a provider has submitted and signed the admission reconciliation record in profile ( see submit or sign the admission reconciliation record in profile docid\ ap4azbx8csbjwhvuqxozy ) the next part of the workflow is to review the patients authorised medications in medchart step 1 accessing medchart the medchart view provides details of an individual's medications, showing pending, normal (current), expiring, expired and discontinue status you can access the medchart view by opening the medical record of the applicable patient and clicking on medchart from the left the medchart view is displayed step 2 reviewing the medchart for a patient the medchart view is split into two main areas on the screen with an extra panel on the right providing further details about individual orders you can change the view of what is displayed on the screen by selecting the applicable filter at the top of the screen regular medications are displayed at the top of the screen prn or irregular medications are displayed in the bottom half of the screen current medications will be displayed in standard black text pending medication orders will be displayed in light grey text expiring medications will be displayed in bold orange text expired medications will be displayed in bold red text discontinued medications will be displayed with a strike through single click on the line item for the order you would like to review the panels on the right side of the screen now display further information about that order the top panel gives a summary of the order, medication, orderer and author it's important to note that the orderer is the person legally entitled to issue a medication order, and the author is the person who wrote the order (e g phone or third party orders) the bottom panel displays any encounters related to the orders with hyperlinks to open each encounter medchart icons icon functionality & example add a new order, select from the list of relevant order types displayed create a new adhoc order click on the down arrow to select the relevant order type from here you can also save the order as a template create a new adhoc order using a template click on the down arrow to select the relevant order type, a window is displayed to select the template displays the detail of the original order order displays consumer medicine information when there is no information available for a medication the following message is displayed turns on a dragging mode that allows items to be sequenced according to clinical relevance turn it off to lock in that sequence toggles between the default sort order and the clinical sequence order checks selected medications for interactions, contraindications, warnings and allergies refer to the printing section below for details of all print options allows you to print the order or associated information by clicking on the down arrow next to the print icon and selecting from the list select from the drop down to view whether the ordered drugs have interactions with each other what's next the next part in this workflow is to create a new medication order from a new encounter details on this can be found in our article entitled create and manage medication orders from a new encounter in profile docid\ d0sjnlmfrfa8bq7eeefn0 learn more for more information on medchartplease click on the article links below medchart in profile docid\ sysvxbkocabmhj09vvhfzfaq medchart in profile docid\ ffs61ibiqbh3outavcaj9configure medchart in profile docid\ njp94rvb4773vik crfq create and manage medication orders from a new encounter in profile docid\ d0sjnlmfrfa8bq7eeefn0create 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 medchart print variables in profile docid\ ma4zvt8cgiyarxd5tnsfrmedchart reports in profile docid\ kcrnsko5yhm5uzicyrf5mstart admission medication reconciliation in profile docid\ efzr4polc23wywhlc6woqsubmit or sign the admission reconciliation record in profile docid\ ap4azbx8csbjwhvuqxozydocument medication administration using careflow in profile docid\ w6jiu64bfxdfo5rvunhmz