Business Units - Settings - Medication

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Select the Medications radio button on the left pane of the Settings window and define the medication parameters that appear in the right section of this window:

Medication Administration Variance

Specify the period around the MAR scheduled time when users can document MAR:

Field	Description
Before scheduled time	Enter for how many minutes before the MAR scheduled time.
After scheduled time	Enter for how many minutes after the MAR scheduled time.

Medication Edit Period

Enter the number of days after a medication is entered during which it can be edited.

Max medication's held duration

Enter the maximum number of days a medication may be held in the application.

End Medications as of Discharge Date

Controls the appearance of the Discontinue Medications dialog at patient's discharge. This setting works with the Allow Discontinue Medications at Patient Discharge operator privilege. With the privilege and the selected setting, at patient's discharge, the Discontinue Medications dialog opens, where you can select which active medications to discontinue.

End Medications as of Transfer Date

Controls the appearance of the Discontinue Medications dialog at a patient's transfer. With the setting selected, when transferring a patient, the Discontinue Medications dialog opens, allowing you to select which medications to discontinue upon transfer. If the patient returns, you are able to easily access and reactivate these medications on resumption of care.

Non-Covered Meds

Select the Non-Covered Meds check box to allow designation of non-covered medications as part of the patient entry process. This is important for hospice agencies that are only responsible for medications related to the patient's terminal illness.

Require May Administer

If this check box is selected, the May Administer field is required for any new entry of medication and the records entered prior to the upgrade whenever such records are edited. If this is an existing record and the field is disabled, this does not require May Administer. For example, when the medication is electronically signed and locked and you enter an End Date. If you do not provide a value when required, the error message appears when the record is posted to a Business Unit.

Medispan

Field	Description
Use Medi-Span	Select the Use Medi-Span check box to activate Medi-Span.
Load Spanish Teaching Sheets	Select to generate Spanish-language medication teaching sheets.
Required Dose, Unit and Route	Select to require entry of the dose, unit, and route when entering Medi-Span medications.

Medication

Field	Description
Date Applied	View the applied date in the format MM-DD-YYYY.
Expiry Date	View the expiry date in the format MM-DD-YYYY.
Current Version	View the current version number of the Medi-Span database.
Patient Education Version	View the current patient education version number.
DTMS Version	View the current DTMS version number.
MedFile Version	View the current MedFile version number.

RXNorm

Field	Description
Date Applied	View the applied date in the format MM-DD-YYYY.
Expiry Date	View the expiry date in the format MM-DD-YYYY.
Current Version	View the current version number of the RXNorm database.
Status	View if the RXNorm data has a status of Started, OK, Error, or Cancelled.
Volume	View the volume number of your uploaded RXNorm file. Each weekly or monthly product you review from your initial load will increase the Volume Number by one.
Supplement	View the supplement number for any issues of the product that you receive between your regular volumes.