Medication Sig

The sig specifies the medication's directions for use. When you add or prescribe a medication, the Medication Sig page opens.

Enter the Sig

Certain fields are prepopulated depending on the medication.

1. Complete the sig fields. Alternatively, you can select from the Sig History or Favorite Sigs.
2. Depending on the action you are taking, select Save, Save and ePrescribe, or Save and Print.

Feature Overview

Feature	Description
Dosing Calculator	Calculates the appropriate dosage for the patient.
PRN	As needed
DAW	Dispense as written You must click DAW to indicate to the pharmacy that substitutions are not allowed.  If you do not click DAW, the sig is sent to the pharmacy indicating that substitutions are allowed.
Monograph	Opens Lexicomp to show the prescriber version of the drug information.
Leaflet	Opens Lexicomp to show the patient version of the drug information.
Additional Sig	Used for additional medication instructions that cannot be expressed using the medication sig. These instructions are printed on the medication label for the patient.
Pharmacist Note	Used to communicate medication instructions or information to the pharmacist only (for example, for custom drugs). Do not use for additional sig. Information in this field does not get printed on the medication label. Do not type DAW or anything similar (for example, brand medically necessary) in this field.
PDR Brief	Opens PDR to show the drug's prescribing information.
Sig History	Shows the medication's sig history. NextGen® Office remembers each entered sig. The next time the medication is add/prescribed, you can use Sig History to complete the sig with one click.
Favorite Sigs	Sigs that were saved as favorites. Click a favorite sig to complete the sig.

Save as Favorite

If you use a medication or sig often, you can save one or both of them as a favorite. Our example shows how to save a custom drug as a favorite medication and a favorite sig.

1. After you have entered the sig, select Save as Favorite.

2. Select Save as Favorite Sig and Save as Favorite Medication.
3. As we are saving this medication as a favorite medication, we have to select a category.
4. Select the Save for all Prescribers checkbox.
5. Select Save.

The next time we want to add Omega 3 1, 750 mg/5 mL oral liquid to Medications, we can find it in Supplements.

 

See Also: 
Add Custom Drugs
Add Medications
Additional Sig
Medication List
Prescribe
Real-Time Formulary