Enter special instructions for new medication
Path: Patient>Clinical>Medications
- In the Patient component, select a patient.
- Go to Clinical>Medications.
- Click Add Row to enter a new medication.
- In the Medication field, click the ellipsis icon and select the medication you want to add. The Medication Entry dialog opens.
- Complete the fields as appropriate.
- Click the Medication Special Instructions button. The Medication Special Instructions field appears.
- Enter your special instructions for the medication, up to 1000 free-text characters.
- Click OK.
- Complete the rest necessary fields to add the medication.
- Save your changes.
Associated pages
- About Medication
- About medications and Medi-Span usage
- About medication kits
- About end medications as of transfer date
- About medication edit period
- About editing medications
- About medication groups
- About alternate physician on clinical item entry screen
- About reviewing medications on readmission
- About Medi-Span prior adverse reaction check window
- About medication kits dialog
- Medications window – Medication Evaluation tab
- Medications window – Medication Order Entry tab
- Medications window – Modification Details tab
- Medications window – Medication Hold and Resumption Details tab
- Medications window – Hold/Resume History tab
- Medications window – Medication Group Details tab
- About drug/drug interactions dialog
- About medication show fields dialog
- About select medication dialog
- About medication entry dialog
- Evaluate medications
- Enter medications for patient
- Edit medications for patient
- Add special instructions to existing medication
- Enter medication groups for patient
- Resume held medications for patient
- Delete medications for patient
- Discontinue medications for a patient
- Check medication interactions
- Check prior adverse reactions to medication
- Add medication kits to a patient
- Add new medication