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Stop a Medication

You can stop a medication or mark the medication as ineffective in the Medications module when one of the following conditions are met:
  • You are not enrolled to Cancel Rx.
  • You are enrolled to Cancel Rx and the medication was prescribed more than two years ago.
  1. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR.
  2. Open Medications module.
  3. Select an active medication.
    To stop multiple medications, either select and hold the Shift key and select the desired medications or select and hold the Ctrl key and select multiple medications. The Last Audit column must be same when selecting multiple medications to Stop or Mark Ineffective.
  4. Select the arrow on the Stop button, and then select either Stop or Mark Ineffective.

    • If you mark an active medication as ineffective, a stop type Rx Note is automatically added to the medication. The note includes text indicating it was stopped due to ineffectiveness.
    • If you try to prescribe the ineffective medication, an Ineffective Warning is displayed on the Drug Interactions window.
      Drug Interaction