Patient Medication Trigger Overview

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Patient Medication Trigger Overview

If you are using the Patient Medication trigger to prescribe a new medication to the selected patient, the trigger supports both the NDC ID and the Med ID. Contact your system administrator regarding the specific setup of your templates. The Patient Medication Renew trigger now displays a SIG dispensable message for a medication with weight-based dosing for a pediatric patient. The message requires you to confirm if you want to use the new dispensable SIG or the original SIG. To use the Patient Medication Education or External Reference trigger in NextGen® Enterprise EHR: You can enter the External Drug Reference Site URL under Medications preferences. For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest Layout and Preferences Guide for NextGen® Enterprise EHR. In the Medications module, you can select an existing medication, and select External Reference from the Education drop-down. PRN is not a valid refill value. For existing records, 99 is the e

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

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

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

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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Select a SIG

After you enter the required medication information, you must select a SIG. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR and access the Medications module. Select a medication. Enter all required medication information. Select or build a SIG. The selected SIG is automatically assigned to the medication. If the SIG contains more characters than the display allows, the text is truncated. If you hover the cursor over the truncated text, a tooltip displays the complete SIG. If the SIG exceeds the 140-character maximum for electronic prescriptions, an alert appears next to the SIG text. Select a SIG You can change the quantity and the interval of the medication by either typing the values or using the arrows to select the appropriate values. Change the quantity and the interval of the medication If you made any changes to the SIG, you must select Accept. The Dose Range window opens displaying the message that the dosage resulting from the SIG built exceeds the maximum daily dose. Select OK. The SIG and the

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

Select a SIG

After you enter the required medication information, you must select a SIG. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR and access the Medications module. Select a medication. Enter all required medication information. Select or build a SIG. The selected SIG is automatically assigned to the medication. If the SIG contains more characters than the display allows, the text is truncated. If you hover the cursor over the truncated text, a tooltip displays the complete SIG. If the SIG exceeds the 140-character maximum for electronic prescriptions, an alert appears next to the SIG text. Select a SIG You can change the quantity and the interval of the medication by either typing the values or using the arrows to select the appropriate values. Change the quantity and the interval of the medication If you made any changes to the SIG, you must select Accept. The Dose Range window opens displaying the message that the dosage resulting from the SIG built exceeds the maximum daily dose. Select OK. The SIG and the

NextGen® Mobile Help

Medication Favorite Groups

If you have defined medication favorite groups in NextGen® Enterprise EHR, the favorite groups appear for a patient on the New Rx view in NextGen® Mobile. If you have not defined any favorites, a message appears stating that there are no favorites. If the specific brand of the selected favorite medication is not available, a message appears for you to select from the available brands. When you select a medication favorite group from the New Rx view, the list of medication names in the group appears with the corresponding data entries for the following fields saved in NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Sig Quantity Units Refills PRN Limit Renewals Generic OK Duration Note: If PRN and Limit Renewals are selected in NextGen® Enterprise EHR, the list displays the PRN and limit renewal values. When you select a medication from a medication favorite group, the values defined for the group is filled in the corresponding fields in RxDetails. Based on PRN and Limit Renewals selection in NextGen® Enterpri

Patient Medication Trigger Overview

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Patient Medication Trigger Overview

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Medication Favorite Groups

Patient Medication Trigger Overview

Patient Medication Trigger Overview

Prescribe a New Medication

Prescribe a New Medication

Select a SIG

Select a SIG

Medication Favorite Groups