Medication Regimen Review
Perform periodic reviews of a client's medication regimen.
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- A Medication Regimen Review examines the client's current active medications, with options for comparing previous reviews and tracing the history of such reviews. The Medication Regimen Review form can be accessed from within Order Entry or from the To Do reminders for Medication Regimen Reviews that are coming due.
- Submitting this form automatically indicates that the user has performed a Medication Regimen Review for all current medication orders listed on the form. These orders cannot be included in any future review of current medication orders.
- Filing a Medication Regimen Review resets the start date used to calculate the due date for the next review of the client/episode medication orders.
- Medication Regimen Review cycles designate the number of days that will pass since the last Medication Regimen Review before the next review is due for inpatient, outpatient, and partial hospitalization episodes.
- Automatic To Do reminders can be sent to the client's attending practitioner or admitting practitioner to alert them that the client's periodic medication regimen review is coming due. The system evaluates all previously filed Medication Regimen Reviews to determine when the last review was completed. If the client does not have a previously filed Medication Regimen Review, the episode admission date is used as the starting point for determining the number of days between reviews. When the indicated number of days between reviews has passed, the system sends a To Do reminder to the attending practitioner to complete a Medication Regimen Review. If the client does not have an attending practitioner, the To Do reminder is sent to the admitting practitioner.
- Use registry settings to determine the number of days in the Medication Regimen Review cycle as well as the number of days before sending a To Do reminder.
Review Medication Regimen
- In the Select Client screen, enter the client name or ID and select. Click Select.
- In the Medication Regimen Review section, select the client episode. The current medication orders for that episode display in the Current Medication Orders field.
- In the Current Medication Orders field, check the box next to each medication order to be reviewed, or click Select All for Display Order Details to select all current medication orders.
- Click Display Details of Selected Order(s) to display the orders in numeric order by order number in the Details of Selected Order(s) box.
- Enter any comments regarding the medication regimen review.
- Either click Print Current Medication Orders or Print Selected Medication Orders to print all or only one current medication order.
- Click Submit to record that a review was performed and by whom, along with the date, time, and any comments.
Compare Medication Regimens
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In the Comparison section, select the client episode for the first review to include in the comparison. The Review to Compare #1 defaults to current medications.
- Select the client episode for the second review to include in the comparison. The Review to Compare #2 defaults to the last previous Medication Regimen Review filed.
- The details for each review display below the Review to Compare #1 and Review to Compare #2 fields. The details include the medication information, order number, and start date.
Review History
- In the History section, select the client episode. All of the Medication Regimen Reviews for that episode display in the table. Each review is identified by date, episode, review number, and the reviewer who completed the review.
- Select the Medication Regimen Review from the drop-down list to view details of the review. The details include the client's information (name, gender, etc.), the reviewer's name, the review date and time, comments, the current medications at the time of review, and each order included in the review.
- Optionally print the details of the selected Medication Regimen Review.
- Click Submit.
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