About prescribing

You can prescribe on a mobile or desktop. On a mobile, prescribe from the MAR Medicines Administration Record. Also known as drug chart. A list of all medication prescribed and administered (given).. On a desktop, select .

About prescribing on a mobile

You can start a new prescription from your patient list > select a patient > Chart > +.

You can prescribe in four ways: searching, scanning, adding from groups, and adding from previous prescriptions.

Read more about starting a new prescription

About prescribing on a desktop

You can prescribe from  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail > Meds > .

  1. Search for a medication.

  2. Select or enter additional information, for example, dose, frequency, or indication.

  3. Validate prescriptions by acknowledging or actioning any alerts.

  4. Medication is shown on the MAR, and can then be administered.

From  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail, select Meds.

To open Prescribe, select . When Prescribe opens, it shows a list of current prescriptions.

Select which prescriptions to view. Choose from:

Current

View draft and current prescriptions.

Prescribe, modify, pause, and stop medications.

Add medications to TTO.

View pharmacy MAR, or drug chart, reviews.

Stopped

View stopped prescriptions for the current episode.

Planned

Add planned medications prior to admission.

View planned medications.

Arrived on

Add arrival medications.

View arrival medications.

View arrival meds pharmacy form.

Reconcile drugs.

Complete medication history.

TTO

View TTO and TTO status.

Modify and add TTO details.

Create an empty TTO.

Cancel a TTO.

Select a prescription to access all the buttons below the list.

Stop prescription

Stop the selected prescription. You must give a reason.

Pause prescription

Pause the selected prescription. You can provide notes.

Modify prescription

Modify the selected prescription. You can modify any parameters allowed by the dose sentence, or choose a different dose sentence for the same medication.

Pharmacy reviewed drug chart

For pharmacists. Select this to record that you reviewed the MAR. You can add notes.

Create TTO from selected

Select one or more medications for the patient to take home and then select Create TTO from selected to add them to the TTO.

Change enteral route

Choose a route from the list of routes associated with the dose sentence.