Manage Medications

Managing existing medications is an important task for patient care that ensures the patient’s information on file is kept current. This includes reviewing a patient's medications, editing, stopping, or deleting medications as necessary, and adding new medications.

Important: If the patient has no medications on file, you should still indicate that you have reviewed and confirmed that the patient has no medications.

To manage a patient’s medications:

  1. Select a patient and open the EHR module.
  2. Click the Medications tab.

    3. Tip: If Carequality is enabled, any records that are reconciled from outside axiUm display a Reconciled () icon. Additionally, a Recon Date column displays the date of reconciliation and a Source column displays the source of the data for reconciled records.

  3. (Optional) Filter the listed results using the following fields:

    4. Note: The default settings are configured by your institution.

    Field Description
    Medications / Prescriptions

    Select the Medications radio button to display all medications that the patient has been prescribed/is taking.
    Show Current only

    Select this checkbox to display medications that have not been end dated and are still active.
    Show Deleted

    Select this checkbox to include deleted medications.

    Note: This is disabled if the Show Current only checkbox is selected.
    Show Reconciled

    Select this checkbox to include reconciled medications.

    Note: This checkbox only displays if Carequality is enabled.

  4. Review the listed entries.
  5. To perform another task, complete any of the following:

      6. You should periodically review the patient’s medications and confirm that their medication list is correct and up-to-date.

    1. Click the Review Medications () icon to display the Medications Review Warning window.

      2. Note: This icon is only enabled if the Medications radio button is selected.

      Note: If the patient has no medications on file, a No Medications Warning window displays.

    2. Click Yes or No as necessary to confirm the medication list or to indicate the list is incorrect.

      3. The Last Reviewed field updates with the current date.

      Note: If no medications are on file, a Reviewed: No current medications entry is added to the list.

    1. Click the Create a new Record () icon and select Existing Medications to display the Patient Medication Entry window.

    2. Complete the fields as necessary.
      3. Field Description
      Patient

      A read-only field that displays the currently selected patient.
      Undefined Drug

      Select this checkbox if this medication is not defined in axiUm.
      Drug

      Enter a medication manually or click the ellipsis and select from the Drug Definition List window.

      Note: If the Undefined Drug checkbox is deselected, this field must match an entry in the Drug Definition List window.

      (Optional) Click the Info () icon to display the Medline Plus site and review additional details.
      Dosage

      Enter the amount of medication that must be taken each time.

      Note: You can select a value from the drop-down list or enter manually.
      Total

      If known, enter the number of units or doses of the medication.
      Refills/PRN

      Enter the number of remaining refills for the medication in the Refills field or select the PRN (pro re nata) checkbox to indicate that there is no set number and can be refilled as necessary.

      Note: When the PRN checkbox is selected, the Refills field is disabled.
      Frequency

      The frequency is how often the medication is taken.

      Enter the information manually or click the ellipsis to select from the Drug Dose Frequencies window.
      Note

      Enter any additional details about this medication.
      Start Date

      Enter the approximate date that the medication was started.
      Period

      If known, enter the period and time measurement that the medication was/will be taken for.
      End Date

      This field is the estimated completion date of the medication. It can auto-calculate based on Start Date and Period fields.

      If necessary, enter the medication end date manually.
    3. When ready, complete any of the following:
      • Click OK to add the medication and close the window
      • Click Add to add the medication and clear all the fields in this window to add another medication.
      • Click Close to close the window.
    4. If you clicked Add, repeat Steps b and c until all patient medications have been entered.

    1. Select a listed entry and click the Edit Record () icon to display the Edit Patient Medication window.

    2. Make any necessary changes and click OK.

    1. Select a listed entry and click the Stop () icon.

    2. Confirm that the patient has stopped taking the medication.

      Note: This will end date the medication with the current date. To add a different end date, edit the medication and complete the End Date field as necessary.

    If necessary, you can delete medications from the patient record.

    Tip: You can delete reconciled medications that are inaccurate or no longer relevant.

    1. Select a listed entry and click the Delete () icon.

    2. When prompted, click Yes to confirm the deletion.

    When necessary, you can view the source C-CDA file for a medication that was reconciled into a patient record.

    Note: This is only applicable for institutions that use Carequality.

    1. Right-click a listed entry and select View Source C-CDA... to display the Select Sections window.
    2. Next to each section you want to view, select the checkbox and click OK.

      3. The C-CDA file opens as an Export Summary in a new tab in your default browser.

    1. Select a listed entry and click the Show History () icon to display the Patient Medication History window.

    2. Review the history of the selected medication.

      3. Tip: A Clinical Reconciliation section displays Reconciliation Date and Source fields for institutions that use Carequality. If the record was reconciled into the EHR, the fields will be populated with the date of reconciliation and the source of the data.

    1. Right-click a listed entry and select Interactions and Side Effect to display the Drug Interactions and Side Effects window.
    2. (Optional) For additional information about the drug, click the Info () icon to open the Medline Plus Connect website.