Add Medications

You can add medications, including custom drugs, to the patient's chart or encounter within the Medication List, Prescribe, or Medication History pages.

Open Medication List, Prescribe, or Medication History

• In the chart, select the Medication List tab.
• Do one of the following in an encounter:
  • Select S > Medication History.
  • Select S > Prescribe.

Add a Medication

1. Select the Prescriber.
2. Select New Medication.

The Search Medication page opens. You can search for new or favorite drugs. You can save favorite medications on the Medication Sig page or in Administration: Medications. You can also retrieve formulary information.

3. Select a medication from the My Medications categories or search for a medication. Medications that were saved as favorites are filtered by the categories that you selected on the Medication Sig page.

4. After you select a medication, the Medication Sig page opens.
5. Enter the sig.
6. Select Save.

Drug Interactions

• To acknowledge and discontinue adding the drug to the Medication List, select OK and then select Save.
• To override the alert and proceed adding the drug to the Medication List, select one of the override options and then select Save.

Search Tips

• New drugs: The medications database is& updated every Thursday night. New drugs are not added until they have final FDA approval. 
• Search by brand name is not working: Try searching for obsolete drugs (select Exclude Obsolete Drugs so it is not selected). Older drugs may have lost their brand name if the manufacturer has stopped marketing under the old name. Pharmacists substitute the generic ingredient, but users will not find the old brand name listed. You can also search by ingredient. Example: Elavil is now only available as Amitriptyline.
• Creative searches: Sometimes you have to be creative to find the correct drug. Examples: To find Z-Pak, search for Zithromax. To find glucose test strips, search for blood.