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Enter Additional Medication Information

You can set up or add additional information for the medication after you have entered the required medication information. Enter required medication information. To select the unit in the Units list, do one of the following: Select a unit of measure from the list. Enter a unit of measure up to a maximum of 32 characters. If the medication is an oral liquid medication, the field automatically displays Milliliter and cannot be changed. Additional Medication Information If the Units field is left blank, the auto-population feature that is used for prescribing new medications is used for the renewal while renewing a medication. In the Comments filed, enter non-clinical comments to the pharmacist of up to a maximum of 250 characters. For ePrescribing, the maximum characters limit is 210 characters. Comments Note: You can enter additional clinical instructions for the prescription in the Additional Instructions section of the Sig Builder. To add a medication note, do the following: Select t

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Set Up Default Values for Medications in the Favorites List

You can configure default values for the Sig, including Refills, Units, Quantity, Duration, PRN, Limit Renewal, and Generic OK fields for any medication saved in your Medication Search Favorites List. Open the Medication Search window. Medication Search window Select a favorites list. Select a medication. Right-click the medication and then select Edit. Medication Search Edit The information for the selected medication appears. Selected Medications Enter your changes. For any oral liquid medication added to the list, the Units field automatically displays Milliliter and cannot be changed. If you are modifying an oral liquid medication that already exists in your Favorites list and the Units field is not set to Milliliter, the field becomes red to notify you to correct the field. Set Generic OK to Yes to automatically select the Dispense As Written check box when the medication is selected. If you change the Duration, select the Calculator button to auto-calculate the Quantity. Select S

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Document a Medication

In the Medications panel, click Add/Update below the Medications grid to document the patient's current medications. The Medications module opens. Click Prescribe New. The Medication Search template opens. Search and select a medicine from the list, and then click Select. Enter the Sig, Quantity, Refills, and Start date from the corresponding list. Select the Prescribed elsewhere check box, if applicable. Click Accept. Close the Medication module. Note: If applicable, click the Comment link to launch the Medication Comment template. Do not use this template to list medications that the patient is consuming. You can use the template as a temporary location to list all the unknown medications that the patient is consuming. Enter as much information about the dosage and sig as possible. Parent topic: Medications

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Medication Fields to Configure a Medication

This table describes how to use the medication fields that appear to configure medication procedure orders. Field Description Medication Select a medication from the list. The associated National Drug Code (NDC) ID appears in the NDC ID field. If available, the medication dosage appears in the Sig, Dose, and Units fields. Sig Enter the Sig values. Note: : If you enter values in the Sig field, any pre-existing values in the Dose, Units, Route, and Site fields clear. The document Sig value clears from the Sig field, if you attempt to enter values in the Dose, Units, Route, and Site fields. Dose If Sig is not documented, enter the number of dosage. The values entered in the Dose field appear in the Sig field. Units If Sig is not documented, select the unit of dosage. The values entered in the Units field concatenate in the Sig field. Route If Sig is not documented, select the medication route. The values entered in the Route field concatenate in the Sig field. Site If Sig is not documente

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Medications List

The medications list displays all medications prescribed for the selected patient, including any combination of Active, Inactive, Pending and Temporary medications. You can customize the display of available medication information in the medications list. CAUTION: Whenever you add a new column to the medications list, you must reset the view and then rebuild your list preferences. Medications List Note: The Original Start Date field was added to NextGen® Enterprise, version 5.7. This field displays the date a medication was originally prescribed using the renewals functionality. The Start Date field automatically displays the date a medication was first prescribed. For the original medication in a renew chain, both the Original Start Date and Start Date fields display the same date. When the medication is renewed, the Original Start Date remains the same and the Start Date field reflects the date of the renewal. Expanding/Collapsing Medications List Select Medication Statuses to Displa

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Enter Required Medication Information

You must enter the required medication information after selecting a medication. The required medication information depends on the settings in System Administrator. The fields that are enabled in the universal preference for your practice are highlighted in red in the Medications module. Contact your System Administrator regarding specific requirements for your medical facility. Search for and select a medication. Add a SIG. Do one of the following: In the Problem section, select Add. Select Patient Conditions View. The Patient Condition panel opens. Patient Condition pane To select the diagnosis from the Patient Condition panel, do one of the following: Double-click a diagnosis. Right-click a diagnosis and then select Add To Medication. Drag a diagnosis to the Problem section. You can add up to three diagnoses to a medication. Select a pharmacy. Note: The Pharmacy field is available only for medications in Temporary status. You can modify pharmacy from the Destination field in the Se

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