Viewing Morphine Milligrams Equivalent (MME) Value

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Set Up Morphine Milligrams Equivalent (MME) Calculation

OpenFile Maintenance. From theMaster Filesmenu, selectSystem > Practices.ThePractices Listwindow opens. From thePracticeslist, double-click a practice.TheModify Practice Informationwindow opens. SelectPreferences.ThePractice Preferenceswindow opens. From thePreference Liston the left pane, selectMedication. Medication option is selected from the Preference List To view the MME calculation in the Medications module, select the Display MME Calculation check box.The MME calculation per day and total MME for the prescribed medications appear in the Medications module. When you select the Display MME Calculation check box, the Display MME/Day Threshold Limit Increase Alert (MME/Day) field is enabled and selected by default. If you clear the Display MME Calculation check box, the field retains the counter value and is disabled. The (MME/Day) field has 1 to 999 numeric values, which indicates the threshold limit of MME per day for a patient. You cannot leave the field blank, set the value as

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Morphine Milligrams Equivalent (MME) Calculation

The Morphine Milligrams Equivalent (MME) calculation feature provides information about the patient's MME load and alerts you when the MME load exceeds the current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) risk threshold. The MME calculation feature does the following: Calculates and displays MME per active opioid medication in the Medications module. Calculates and displays the total MME for a patient in the Medications module. Alerts you when the MME load for a patient exceeds the risk threshold . The MME/Day value and Total MME value of a patient appear in the following places in NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Medications module Rxfill requests in the Workflow module RxChange requests in the Workflow module Note: The MME/Day and Total MME fields do not appear if MME calculation is not set up for the practice in File Maintenance. Set Up Morphine Milligrams Equivalent (MME) Calculation You can set up MME calculation in File Maintenance. Viewing Morphine Milligrams Equivalent (MME) Va

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Medications Module

The NextGen® Enterprise EHR Medications module enables you to prescribe, print, fax, and e-prescribe (requires enrollment) patient medications. The Medications module also enables you to educate patients on medications prescribed to them, and check whether the prescribed medication has adverse interactions with other prescribed medications, existing allergies, or known diagnoses. Drug and Medication Data Open Medications Module You can open Medications module from the Quick Button panel. No Active Medications Indicator Enabling NextGen Communication Services Enabling the PDR BRIEF The prescriber can enable the PDR BRIEF in the Preferences window or Modify Practice Information window in File Maintenance to view the drug safety information. eRx Custom Denial Reasons Setting Up Medication Deletion Reasons Patient Savings Programs Tall Man Medications Enabling Create Medication Entry Configure Medication Verification Narcotics Addiction DEA Number Layout of Medications Module Medication Se

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MME Prescription Report

The MME Prescription Report displays the list of controlled substance medications prescribed by providers during a specific date range. The report also displays the total MME/day value of the prescribed controlled substance medications for each patient. The total MME/day value appears in red if it exceeds the threshold value. The MME/day column displays Unable to calculate if the system cannot calculate MME value due to an unstructured SIG. You can set up the parameters to view the MME Prescription Report in the Enter Parameters Values window under File > Reports > Crystal Reports. Parent topic: SAP Crystal Reports for NextGen Enterprise EHR

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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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View Patient Medications

Before you begin You must ensure that you have the View access right enabled in MODULES > Medical Records > Medications in System Administrator. For more information on user access rights, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest System Administrator Guide forNextGen®Enterprise. You can view a quick list of the patient's active medications and also open the Medications module to add, update, or reconcile the patient's medications. A total count of the patient's active medications appears on the Medications button on the Quick Buttons panel. Note: The icon indicates that the patient account does not have any active medications records and the No Active Medications check box in Medication Module is not selected. The icon indicates that the patient does not have any active medications and the No Active Medications check box in Medication Module is selected. For more information on the Medications module, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download t

Viewing Morphine Milligrams Equivalent (MME) Value

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