Viewing patient medications from the medical summary

In a patient’s medical summary, you can view at-a-glance what medications a patient is currently taking, and what medications a patient has taken in the past. You can also start a prescription, or record that a patient is currently taking or has previously taken a medication.

Steps

1.

Open the patient’s medical summary (see Opening the medical summary).

2.

Perform one of the following actions:

To view a patient’s current medications, leave the Current Hx tab open. The Current Medications area lists the patient’s current medications.

To view a patient’s previous medications, click the Previous Hx tab. The Previous Medications area lists the patient’s previous (inactive) medications.

3.

To view more detailed information about a particular medication, in the Current Medications area or the Previous Medications area, double-click the medication. The EMR opens the Medications and Allergies window. See Viewing patient medications (new prescriber).

4.

From the Medications and Allergies window, you can also:

Create prescriptions (see Creating prescriptions (new prescriber))

Discontinue prescriptions (see Discontinuing medications (new prescriber))

Edit prescriptions (see Editing prescription dosage directions (new prescriber))

Delete a patient’s medications (see Deleting medications (new prescriber))

Refill prescriptions (see Refilling prescriptions (new prescriber))

Record a patient’s externally prescribed medications (see Recording medications (without prescribing) (new prescriber))

Queue a prescription for a provider - front-end staff members (see Queued prescriptions and refill requests (new prescriber))