Configuring medication preferences (new prescriber)

Note: This information applies to the new prescriber (see New prescriber).

You can configure default medication preferences for searching, enabling substitutions, and interaction warnings.

Note: Only users with administrator authority in Wolf EMR can set clinic-wide defaults. Providers can set their own defaults, which overwrite the clinic defaults.

Medication search options

When users prescribe or enter medications in patient charts, you can set what medication search options are selected by default. You can also choose if medication search matches can include medications that are similar to the search term, even though they may not start with or contain the exact text entered.

Enabling substitutions

By default, the option to enable substitutions when prescribing is enabled. You can clear this option.

Including problem on printed prescription

If you specify the patient's problem within the prescription (see Linking medications to problems (new prescriber)), you can configure your preferences to include the problem on printed prescriptions, as shown below.

Interaction warnings

If you create or queue prescriptions, you can control if and how you receive interaction warnings. You can specify if:

Interaction warnings are to display as pop-up notifications

You are to manually check for interaction warnings, without receiving pop-up notifications

The EMR is not to check for interactions at all

Default history display

You can choose to have the Refill History tab open by default when you view the patient's medication instead of the Medication History tab.

Steps

From the WorkDesk menu, click Configure > Configure WorkDesk

. The WorkDesk User Preferences window opens.

Tip: For administrators, from the Wolf EMR home page, click Configuration > Runtime Configuration tab, and then, at the bottom of the window, click WorkDesk Preferences.

Click the Medications tab.

To set default medication search options, use the following table to choose an option. If you are setting preferences for yourself, clear the Apply Clinic Setting check box beside any options you are modifying.

	To set a default for the following option...	Do this...
1	Starts with vs Contains	In the Medication search list, select the option you want selected by default.
2	Whether medication search matches can include medication names that are similar to the search term but don’t necessarily start with or contain the exact search term	Select or clear the Use partial match for medication search check box.
3	How similar medication names must be to be included in search matches	In the Degree of similarity for partial search list, select a level.
4	Include Generic	Select or clear the Include Generics in search check box.
5	Include OTC	Select or clear the Include OTC in search check box.
6	Include IV	Select or clear the Include IV in search check box.

To clear the option to allow substitutions by default when prescribing, clear the Allow Substitutions Default check box.

To include the patient's problems (if specified on the prescription; see Linking medications to problems (new prescriber))) on the printed prescription, select the Include Problem on Rx check box.

To set interaction warnings, beside Multum Drug Interaction, clear the Apply Clinic Setting check box and then, in the list, select one of the following options:

Option	When the EMR identifies interactions...
Always On	The EMR checks for interactions, and if any are found, you receive a pop-up notification. When selected, the Interactions icon is not available.
Always Off	The EMR does not check for interactions, and you receive no warnings. When selected, you cannot manually check if there are any interaction warnings. The Interactions icon is not available.
Manual	The EMR checks for interactions, but does not notify you automatically. Instead, you can view any interaction warnings by clicking Interactions .

To choose whether to open the Refill History or Medication History tab by default when you view the patient's medication, select an option in the Default History Display list.

Click Save settings and exit