Adding planned medications from Outpatients

You can create a list of medications for planned inpatient visits. Before a patient is admitted as an inpatient, you add inpatient medications to a list of planned medications. When a patient is admitted as an inpatient, you can prescribe these planned medications to the patient.

For example, a patient is having a knee replacement. You know the medications a patient needs for a knee replacement. You add these medications to the list of planned medications. When the patient arrives for their knee replacement, they are admitted as an inpatient. You can then prescribe and administer the planned medications.

From  Outpatients > Patient Detail > search for a patient > Meds, you can add planned medications.

You can prescribe planned medications when the patient is admitted as an inpatient. You prescribe planned medications from  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail > Meds.

Read more about prescribing planned medications to inpatients

Adding planned medications from Outpatients on a mobile

You can’t add planned medications on a mobile.

Adding planned medications from Outpatients on a desktop

You can add planned medications from  Outpatients > Clinic List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail > Meds > .

Planned

View planned medications. You can add planned medications before a patient is admitted as an inpatient.

Read more about adding planned medications

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Add planned medication.

Select to remove the planned medication.

If the patient has been admitted as an inpatient, the view from is different and has more buttons such as 'Current' and 'Stopped'.
Read more about Prescribe for inpatients.

When you add planned medications for an inpatient visit, Nervecentre automatically presents you with prescriptions for inpatients.

  1. From  Outpatients > Clinic List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail, select Meds.

  2. Record allergies, height, and weight in the EPMA banner.

    Read about the EPMA banner for outpatients

  3. Select .

  4. Select Planned.

  5. Complete mandatory fields.

    Mandatory fields are marked .

    If you can't complete the fields, select Override. Enter a reason. This is auditable.

  6. Select +.

  7. Add planned medications as you would for a normal prescription.

    Read more about creating a prescription

    Planned medications appear on Meds > > Planned.

  8. When the patient is admitted as an inpatient, you can prescribe the planned medication.

    Read more about prescribing planned medications to inpatients