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Medication Reasons

NextGen® Enterprise EHR uses the Medication Reasons master file as a repository for the reasons that a medication is being prescribed in the Medications Module. This reason becomes part of the Sig for the prescribed medication. File Maintenance includes a default list of reasons, but you can add custom reasons.

To add a medication reason:

  1. From the Master Files > System, select Medication Reasons.
    The Medications Reasons List window opens.

  2. From the list, do one of the following:
    • To add a new item, select Open Menu , and then select New.
    • To modify an item, select the item in the list, select Open Menu , and then select Open.
  3. In the Add/Modify Medication Reasons Information window, enter the name of the reason in the Medication Reason Description field and, if necessary, enter a Note. For the reasons that were installed by default, the Note field displays the text System Generated.

  4. If you want to hide a custom medication reason to prevent users from selecting it for future prescriptions, select the Hide check box.
  5. Select Next to add another item or select OK to return to the Medications Reasons List.
  6. Check the Include Hidden Items check box to include hidden items in the master file list. If you do not check this box, the items do not display in the list and they cannot be accessed.