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3. Patient Contact Functions
Ordering and viewing medications from assessment/plan
From Assessment/Plan, you can order new medications, view potential medication
interactions, and print, fax, or electronically transmit prescriptions.
To order new medications
You can order new medications as part of a treatment plan. (Notice that refill requests
are different from new medication orders.)
1. Open a patient chart, and from the toolbar, click A/P (Assessment/Plan).
2. Select a diagnosis for the current encounter from any of the five tabs (see
Specifying assessments and plans on page 292).
3. To order a medication, in the preview (lower) pane, highlight the diagnosis then
search for the medication you want to order from any of the four tabs described in
Specifying assessments and plans on page 292.
4. In Search Results, double-click or drag-and-drop the medication to the current
encounter to order it. The Medication dialog appears.
NOTE: If you select a medication from Patient Medications or a short list and the
Medication dialog doesn’t open automatically, double-click the medication or click
or press F2 or right-click the medication and select Edit from the pop-up menu
to enter prescribing information.
NOTES
* If a patient has allergies reported, a Patient Allergies tab displays at the top of
the screen. Click it to see allergy information. If the patient does not have allergies
recorded, this tab does not appear.
* Patient age and the most recently recorded weight (along with the date the
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