Pharmacy
Prescribe a medication
This flow describes how to prescribe a medication for a patient during an open encounter in MANSOQ. Pre-requisites - The patient is registered in MANSOQ, and you record the medication for that patient. - The encounter is open. You cannot…
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Overview
This flow describes how to prescribe a medication for a patient during an open encounter in MANSOQ.
Pre-requisites
- The patient is registered in MANSOQ, and you record the medication for that patient.
- The encounter is open. You cannot prescribe a medication when the encounter status is Completed, Cancelled, Discontinued, or Entered in Error.
- You have write access to the encounter.
- You have the permissions listed below.
Permissions
| Permission | Access |
|---|---|
| Update Encounter related clinical data | Lets you add and change medications for the encounter. |
Steps
1. Open the Prescriptions sub-tab
- Open the encounter.
- Select the Medicines tab.
- Select the Prescriptions sub-tab.
Note: Press g then m to go to the Medicines tab.
2. Start a new medication entry
Select the action to add a medicine. MANSOQ shows this action only if you have write access to the encounter.
Note: Press k anywhere in the encounter to go straight to adding a medication.
3. Select the medicine
Select the medicine in the picker. The picker lets you search a clinical drug list. The picker also lets you search the facility's inventory.
Note: Which list the picker opens on by default depends on your deployment's configuration.
4. Complete the required fields
MANSOQ shows the medicine as a row. Complete the fields in the row.
| Components | What it captures |
|---|---|
| Dosage | The amount of the medicine to give. Required. |
| Frequency | How often to give the medicine. Required. |
| Duration | How long the patient takes the medicine. Optional. |
5. Complete the advanced fields
Expand Advanced fields to record more detail.
| Components | What it captures |
|---|---|
| Instructions | Directions for the patient or the staff. If the patient takes the medicine as needed, record the reason here. |
| Route | The route to give the medicine. |
| Site | The body site for the medicine. |
| Method | The method to give the medicine. |
| Intent | The intent of the medication request. |
| Authored On | The date of the request. You cannot enter a future date. |
| Requester | The user recorded as the person who requested the medicine. |
Note: If you add more than one medicine, you can copy the same requester to all of the medicines at one time.
6. Add a note
To record more detail for one medicine, enter a free-text note for that medicine.
7. Select the prescription
Add the medicine to a new prescription, or add the medicine to an existing prescription for this encounter.
For a new prescription, enter a name. You can also enter a note for the prescription.
For more about prescription batches, see Manage a prescription.
8. Save the medication
Submit the form to save the medication.
Note: Press Shift+Enter to submit the form.
Expected Outcome
- MANSOQ saves the medication for the encounter.
- MANSOQ shows the medication under the prescription that you selected in the Prescriptions sub-tab.
Related
Concepts:
Flows:
- Manage a prescription
- Add medications from past records
- View prescriptions and medications for an encounter
Source evidence
References are pinned to the private MANSOQ source repository. Repository access is required to open these links.