Stop a Medication

NextGen® Mobile Help

View the Current Medications for a Patient

You can view the medications of a patient in the Medications module. The controlled substances medication names appear in red color. In NextGen® Mobile, select a patient.The Patient Chart view opens. If the medications are prescribed to the patient, the Medications module displays a value in parenthesis. The value indicates the number of active medications prescribed. If no value is displayed, the patient does not have active medications. The patient can have inactive or pending medications. Select the Medications section.The list of active patient medications appears. Medication section For properly configured NextGen Healthcare clinics, the patient’s medication formulary eligibility status appears in Rx Eligibility. To view the patient’s inactive or pending medications, select Active and select Inactive or Pending in the displayed list. To see the summary of a medication, select Tap to Preview.The medication summary view opens displaying details of prescribing information for the sel

NextGen® Mobile Help

Edit Medications

You can make changes to an active medication for a patient. After you make your updates, you can save your changes to the NextGen® Enterprise EHR Medications module, and send the updates to a pharmacy. Note: You can edit a controlled substances medication only if you have set up the necessary ePCS permissions. In NextGen® Mobile, open the Patient Chart view. Select the Medications section.The list of patient medications appears. Select View/Edit for the medication that you want to edit. Note: The View/Edit option is not available for a provider without ePCS setup. The RxDetails view opens. RxDetails view Note: The View PDMP link appears for CS medications. You can select the link to view the report of the medications assigned to the patient. The link is not available if you do not have the required permissions. Modify the medication details as needed. Select Save to save the changes to the Medications module in NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Note: When medication is updated successfully, the

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

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. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Open Medications module. 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. 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

NextGen® Mobile Help

Electronic Prescribing for NextGen Clinics

Electronic prescribing functionality enables users to: View current medications for a patient Verify the medication eligibility status of a patient (properly configured NextGen clinics only) Prescribe a new medication for a patient Edit a medication Refill an existing medication Renew an existing medication Stop a medication ePrescribing Setup You must do the necessary setup for prescribing medications in NextGen® Mobile. Electronic Prescription of Controlled Substances With necessary electronic Prescription of Controlled Substances (ePCS) setup, you can electronically prescribe CS medications in NextGen® Mobile. View the Current Medications for a Patient Procedure for viewing the current medications for a patient using the eRx module in NextGen® Mobile. Verifying ePrescribing Eligibility for a Patient To prescribe a medication, you can verify the eligibility status of a patient. Viewing Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) Report You can view the report of the medications assig

NextGen® Mobile Help

View Inactive Medications

The Medications section displays the count of active medications. By default, you can view the active medications for a patient. Open NextGen® Mobile. Open the Patient Chart window. On Facesheet, select Medications. The list of active medications appears. Medication section Select Active. The filter list opens. Do the following. To view inactive medications, select Inactive. To view the medications that are pending for approval, select Pending. Select Done. The selected medication list opens. Note: If you have not set your NextGen defaults on logon, you can select Filter icon to view the inactive medications, and then turn on Show Inactive Medications. The inactive medications are displayed in red. Parent topic: View Details in Patient Charts

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

Stopping Medications

You are able to stop a medication that was prescribed to a patient. When you stop an active medication, the Medications module adds the current date as the stop date and then moves the medication to the Inactive section. Cancel an Electronic Prescription In the Medications module, you can cancel a prescribed medicine and send a cancellation message to a participating pharmacy. Tracking the eRx Status The eRx Status and Dispense History windows enable you to track the status of cancelled electronic prescriptions. Stop a Medication The Stop field enables you to stop a medication or mark the medication as ineffective. Parent topic: Electronic Prescriptions Parent topic: Medications Module

Stop a Medication

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