Stopping prescriptions

1. From your patient list, select a patient.

2. From Chart, select a prescription.

   

3. Select  > Stop prescription.

   

4. Select a reason and enter a comment.

   The prescription is removed from the medication chart and can't be administered.

You can stop one or more prescriptions for the same reason.

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

2. Select  > Current.

3. Select the medications.

4. Select Stop prescription.

5. Select a reason.

6. Optional: add Notes as free text.

   If a prescription you are stopping is reconciled to an arrival medicine, the text entered in Notes will pull through to the discharge letter.

7. Select Stop prescription.

When a medication is stopped, it no longer appears as a current medication or on the MAR.

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

2. Select .

3. Select a medication.

4. Select Stop prescription.

5. Select a reason.

6. Optional: add Notes as free text.

7. Select Stop prescription.

When a medication is stopped, it no longer appears as a current medication or on the MAR.

If a medication was prescribed without a duration or end date, prescribers can set an end date from the MAR.

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

2. Select .

3. Find the medication.

4. Select  under the date you want the course to finish.

5. Select Set as last dose for course.

6. Enter a reason.