How to Add Meds at the Medications Tab

Adding Meds at the Medications Tab

The Medications tab is where you can enter the medications information for the client. By entering in the name of the medication, a running list of the mediations will be created on the left hand side, making it easy for a quick reference of the given meds.

With the client record open, click on Medical
Click on the Medications tab
Click on the Add Medication button
Enter the name of the medication at the Medication field.

Note: this is the minimum information required for saving a medication.

Helpful Hint: Like the Vital Statistics information, medication information can also populate to the medical note template. The fields that are formatted to the medical note are: dose, frequency, brand name, strength, dose quantity and dose quantity UOM.

Enter additional medication information into any of the other available fields if necessary.

Helpful Hint: The start and stop date are required fields in order for the medication to sync to the eMAR calendar. Other fields that are required in order for the medication to sync to the eMAR calendar are Brand Name, Dose, Dose UOM, Strength, and Route.

Note: text boxes are available for patient notes, other notes, and comments to use if necessary.

If the check box for Include on MAR is checked, check boxes for the days of the week are made available as well as a list of check boxes for times in 30 min. intervals. After making the appropriate selections, this particular medication will be made available on the MAR tab for scheduling purposes. The Take as needed check box is useful for marking medications as PRN. Once a medication is marked as PRN, it becomes available on the MAR tab.

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