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Version: 3.1

Add medications from past records

Overview​

This flow describes how to add medicines from a patient's past records into a new prescription in Care. You start from the same screen that you use to prescribe a medication request.

Pre-requisites​

  • The patient is registered in Care, and you record the encounter for that patient.
  • The encounter is open. You cannot add medicines when the encounter status is Completed, Cancelled, Discontinued, or Entered in Error.
  • You prescribe a medicine for the encounter. See Prescribe a medication.
  • You have the permissions listed below.

Permissions​

PermissionAccess
Update Encounter related clinical dataLets you add and change medicines for the encounter.

Steps​

1. Open the medication history​

Select the Medication History action on the prescription screen. Care opens a picker.

2. Review the past records​

The picker shows the patient's earlier medication requests. The picker also shows the patient's medication statements, which record the medicines that the patient reports or used before.

3. Select the medicines to add​

Select each past record that you want to add. Care adds each selected record to the current prescription as a new medicine row.

4. Review and save​

Review each new medicine row. Change the details when you need to. Save the prescription.

Expected Outcome​

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