Document Administered or Dispensed Medications Manually
When a medication is prescribed or ordered from Medications module or Procedure Orders template, it appears in the Medication Management grid. You can document the dispensing and administration of that medication.
- On the MICS Med Management template, expand the Medication Management panel.
- In the top grid, select the prescribed or ordered medication.
The details of the medication appear in the Manage Selected Medication section.
- If sub-locations are turned on for the practice, select the sub-location the medication is pulled from, and select OK.
Note: Sub-Location is a required field, if turned on.
- To add the diagnosis codes for selected medication, select diagnosis codes in the Diagnosis and Second Dx fields.
Note: You can not edit the diagnosis codes that are associated with the medications in the Medications module or Office Procedures template.
- Select Dispensed or Administered for non-injectable or injectable medications respectively.
The corresponding fields are available.
- In the Source field, select the source of medication.
- In Lot number field, select a lot number.
The system runs a DUR Check for the medication. If the system cannot complete the DUR Check, a message appears and a note is added to the bottom of the template notifying you that a manual DUR Check should be completed.
- The Amount field fills in with 1.
- The Expiration date field fills in for the lot number selected.
- The Date Administered field fills in with today’s date.
- If more than one unit is being dispensed or administered today, select the Amount field and change the quantity.
Note: For single dose medications, if you enter the less quantity than the vial amount, a confirmation message appear to confirm wasting the remaining quantity. You must select Yes.
If you are giving multiple injections to a patient from a single dose vial, document the total quantity in single row. You can enter the location, side, and number of injections in Comments field.
- For administered medications, enter the sequence, administration type, body part, side, position, and reaction.
Note: The sequence, administration type, body part, side, position, and reaction fields are only enabled on selecting the Administered option. You can configure picklists for the administration, body part, side, and position in the Administering Template Body Part/Location panel on the Medication Picklist system template.
For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Configuration Guide forNextGen®Medication Inventory Control.
- Enter your comments in the Comments field.
- Select Submit.