Transcript Maintaining Medication Favorites April 23, 2015 @ 2:45pm

2015 User Conference
Maintaining Medication Favorites
April 23, 2015 @ 2:45pm
April 24, 2015 @ 4:00pm
Presented by:
Cindy Malek
Training Specialist
Room Monitor:
Michele Angjelo/Jeanette Jones
EHR Session
Why do I have Medication Favorites
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Ease of Use
Reduce searching
Different dosing
Different Sig components
Proxy prescribing
Visibility restriction
Rounding rules
Where are my Medication Favorites
Utilities => Manage Clinical Features => Medication Favorites
Edit a Medication Favorite
● Clean it up
○ Delete medications not prescribed by the practice
○ Correct medications saved as favorites
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Liquid
Proxy
Visibility
Rounding
○ Valid NDC#
Delete a Medication Favorite
● Not prescribed by any
provider in the practice
○ Make decision if
prescribed
infrequently
● Medication no longer
valid
Correct a Medication Favorite
Name and Categorize medications correctly
Change Privacy level
Checkbox to permit prescribing by assigned
staff
Check for NDC#
Liquid Sig method
Line 1 = blank to calculate correct by weight
Liquid Sig = Dose left blank to
calculated correctly by weight
Set rounding method and number to round
Correct Invalid NDC#
Click the Drug
chooser button
Select from the
Master List
Validating NDCs
● Why Validate NDCs
○ Global validation of Medication
Favorites
○ Separates invalid records
■ Creates an Invalid Category
○ Ease of locating
○ Reduction in errors when prescribing
Validating NDCs
Remove the Invalid text from the title
Select the correct Category
Maintaining Medication Favorites
Let’s
Try It
1. Navigate to medication favorites
2. Select a liquid medication to edit
a. Edit to calculate by weight
b. Set the rounding method
Answer:
1. Utilities =>Manage Clinical Features => Medication Favorites
2. Select the Ellipse button on the liquid medication to edit
a. remove the sig line 1 and dose
b. Rounding method: Radio button selection for Normal, Up, Down
Maintaining Medication Favorites
Add a Medication Favorite
● When charting
○ Medication not found in the practice favorites
■ Master list searched: generic or brand names
○ Complete the prescribing window
○ Select the Favorites button
○ Complete the Favorites window
Add a Medication Favorite
● Using a test patient record
○ Medication not found in the practice favorites
■ Master list searched: generic or brand names
○ Complete the prescribing window
○ Select the Favorites button
○ Complete the Favorites window
Add a Medication Favorite
● Things to remember
○ Naming for searching ease
○ Naming to identify dosage/prescribing
differences
○ Does it exist
■ Why am I creating again
■ Dosing differences
■ Prescribing differences
Edit a Medication Favorite
Let’s
Try It
1. Select a Test Patient Record
2. Prescribe Cipro 0.3%
3. Add to the Medication Favorites
a. Name the medication beginning with
your initials
b. Place in the Eye Meds Category
Answer:
1. Complete the prescription
2. Click the Favorites Button
a. Select the Eye Meds Category
b. Template name = [Your initials] Cipro 0.3%
Edit a Medication Favorite
Maintaining the Pharmacy List
Used by Any Patient vs. Favorites
Why do I have both?
How would I use them differently?
Maintaining the Pharmacy List
Make Some Notes
Make Some Notes
Maintaining the Pharmacy List
Let’s
Try It
1. Navigate to the Address Book
2. Select to find all of the Pharmacies in your address book
3. Add a note
Answer:
1. Click the Address Book button on the Smart Toolbar
2. Select the Category for Pharmacy
3. Highlight a pharmacy and select the edit pencil
a. Use the Notes field
Edit the Pharmacy List
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Decide if all providers may create medication favorites
Validate NDCs
Delete medications not used by practice
Correct liquid medications
Add Notes in the Address Book for pharmacy look-up
Decide if you will maintain the pharmacy favorites
We want your feedback!