EPMA - prescribing and administering medications

Welcome to EPMA, Nervecentre's electronic prescribing and administering system.

You need specific permissions to:

If you haven't got access but you think you should, make sure you're logged in to the right role, and then speak to your systems administrator.

Here are some articles to get you started.

All about EPMA

To access EPMA for inpatients:

  • On a mobile, open EPMA from your patient list > select a patient > Chart.

  • On a desktop, open EPMA from  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail > Meds

To access EPMA for outpatients:

  • On a desktop, open EPMA from  Outpatients > Clinic List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail > Meds.

  • You can't access EPMA for outpatients on a mobile.

Prescribing medications

Nervecentre makes it easy to prescribe medications with fully customisable pro-forma prescriptions called dose sentences.

For prescribing to inpatients:

For prescribing to outpatients:

Administering medications

For inpatients, you can administer and manage medications from the MAR Medicines Administration Record. Also known as drug chart. A list of all medication prescribed and administered (given)..

For outpatients, you can administer and manage medications from the outpatient prescription list.

Pharmacy actions

For inpatients, pharmacists can approve and manage medicine orders.

For outpatients, pharmacists can approve medications from the dispensary and dispense medications.