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Access Medication Interaction

You can access medication interaction in the following ways: Automatic Interactions/Contraindications/Duplications check for new medications or medication renewals - available based on the setup of the Universal Preferences AND NextGen® Enterprise Preferences. Manual Interaction check - you can select Interactions. Parent topic: Medication Interactions

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Drug to Allergy Interaction

A new medication prescribed to a patient can have a negative interaction with a patient's medication allergy. If such interaction occurs the Drug Interaction window opens. The Drug Interaction window lists the medication that caused the interaction, and information for each listed patient medication allergy. The Reference at the bottom of the window displays the citation for the DUR information. You must acknowledge all notices listed in the Drug Interaction window and specify the reason for overriding the warning. The medication interaction process displays drug interactions according to the display levels set for the system and a specific user. The medication interaction process does not perform checks on user-defined medications or user-define allergies. If the Enterprise option to check for interactions across practices is enabled, the medication interaction process checks for possible interactions across all practices. If you cancel out of the Drug Interaction window, your action

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Medication Duplication

A medication prescribed to a patient could be already prescribed to the patient. If such instance occurs the Drug Interaction window opens. The window lists the duplicate medication. You must acknowledge all drug interactions and select a reason for overriding the warning before you can add the medication. The medication interaction process displays drug interactions according to the display levels set for the system and a specific user. The medication interaction process does not perform checks on user-defined medications. If the Enterprise option to check for interactions across practices is enabled, the medication interaction process checks for possible interactions across all practices. If you cancel out of the Drug Interaction window, your action is audited and you must enter a reason. Drug Interaction Parent topic: Medication Interactions Related concepts Acknowledging Interactions

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Disease Contraindication

A new medication prescribed to a patient can have a negative interaction with an existing patient diagnosis. If a contraindication occurs, the Drug Interaction window opens. The window specifies the medication that caused the contraindication, and information about each prescribed medication that causes a drug interaction. The Reference at the bottom of the window displays the citation for the DUR information. You must acknowledge all drug interactions and select a reason for overriding the warning before you can add the medication. The medication interaction process displays drug interactions according to the display levels set for the system and a specific user. The medication interaction process does not perform checks on user-defined medications. If the Enterprise option to check for interactions across practices is enabled, the medication interaction process checks for possible interactions across all practices. If you cancel out of the Drug Interaction window, your action is audi

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Overview of Inactive Medication Ingredient Interaction

Inactive ingredients of a new medication prescribed to a patient can have a negative interaction with the patient's allergies. If such interactions occur, you can see alerts in the Drug Interaction window. The alerts display the inactive ingredients that can cause the allergy. You must acknowledge the alerts in the Drug Interaction window, and specify the reason for overriding the alerts. Note: The inactive medication ingredient interaction check happens only when the Inactive Medication Ingredient Alert option in System Administrator is True. For more information on System Administrator, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest System Administrator Guide forNextGen®Enterprise. Parent topic: Medication Interactions Related concepts Acknowledging Interactions

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Drug to Drug Interaction

A new medication prescribed to a patient can have a negative interaction with another medication that has been previously prescribed to the patient. If such interaction occurs the Drug Interaction window opens. The window specifies the particular medication that caused the interaction, and information about each prescribed medication that causes the interaction. The Reference at the bottom of the window displays the citation for the DUR information. You must acknowledge all drug interactions and select a reason for overriding the warning before you can add the medication. The medication interaction process displays drug interactions according to the display levels set for the system and a specific user. The medication interaction process does not perform checks on user-defined medications. If the Enterprise option to check for interactions across practices is enabled, the medication interaction process checks for possible interactions across all practices. If you cancel out of the Drug

Available Interaction Checks

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Access Medication Interaction

Drug to Allergy Interaction

Medication Duplication

Disease Contraindication

Overview of Inactive Medication Ingredient Interaction

Drug to Drug Interaction