Medication Interactions

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Prescribe a New Medication

You can prescribe a new medication to a patient from the Medication Search window. Note: NextGen® Enterprise EHR automatically checks a new prescribed medication against the patient’s other prescribed medications and displays an alert if a drug interaction exists. NextGen® Enterprise EHR displays an alert for inactive ingredients with the associated allergic reactions and the percentage of available formulation that contains the inactive ingredients. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Open Medications module. Select Prescribe New. The Medication Search window opens. Search for a medication. Note: If you select a medication that is a duplicate of an active or a pending medication for the patient, or if you select a medication that has contraindications to an existing patient's diagnosis, NextGen® Enterprise EHR displays a warning message. Enter the medication's details. Select a SIG and enter additional medication information. Perform a manual drug interactions check. Save the prescribed med

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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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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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Medication Universal Preferences

The Medication Universal Preferences control various elements in the Medications module and the Medication Allergies module in NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Preference Description Allergy Interaction Level Display Default Sets the default display levels for allergy interactions for all users in the system. Allergy Interaction Level Display Minimum Sets the minimum allowed display level that a user is able to set in the User Preferences in NextGen® Enterprise EHR. The following display levels are available: 3 - All significant and cross sensitivity allergy alerts 2 - All significant allergy interactions 1 - Most significant allergy interactions 0 - Disable allergy alerts Setting the minimum display level determines the level of allergic interactions displayed. For example, setting the preference to display Level 2 displays both Level 1 and Level 2 alerts whereas setting the value to Level 3 displays Level 1, 2, and 3 alerts. Allow Entry of User Defined Medication When set to True, the Add UD

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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

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Check Medication Allergy Interactions

You can check for interactions between a patient allergy and all of the active medications prescribed to the patient. Open the Medication Allergies module. Select an active medication allergy. Select Interactions. NextGen® Enterprise EHR checks the selected allergy against the list of all active medications. If there is an interaction, the Interaction Check DUR window opens. Interaction Check DUR Note: The display of allergy interaction is based on the display levels set for the system, a specific user, or both. Highlight the listed medication to view the summary of the existing conflict. NextGen® Enterprise lists a summary of effect and level of risk. Select OK to close the Interaction Check window. Review the prescribed medications and take necessary steps to avoid an adverse reaction for the patient. Parent topic: Medication Allergies Module Related tasks Access Medication Interaction

Medication Interactions

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Drug to Allergy Interaction

Disease Contraindication

Medication Universal Preferences

Drug to Drug Interaction

Check Medication Allergy Interactions