Overview of Pharmacy

From  Pharmacy, you can view medicine orders for inpatients. By default, Patient List is shown.

Home	Your home dashboard. You can customise your home dashboard to show your choice of information. Your home dashboard is available across Nervecentre. Read about setting up your home dashboard
Patient List	View patient list dashboards.
Patient Detail	View and edit demographic and clinical information about a patient.
Medicine Orders	View medicine orders for inpatients.
TTO list	View a list of all TTO medications.
Search	View and build reports using a range of information about EPMA across your organisation, which can be useful for audit purposes.
Notes	View and add notes.

Patient List

From  Pharmacy > Patient List, you can view a list of patients.

	You can choose what information is shown on a patient list dashboard. Select  to view all information. Select  to view a summary of information. Select  to search for a patient. Read more about searching for a patient
	Shows the patient list. You can scroll up and down to view more patients, and scroll left and right to view more information about the patients. Select a column heading to sort the patient list by that heading. Double-click a patient's name to view their patient record. Read more about finding a patient's record You can update some clinical notes from the clinic list. Double-click a column containing a clinical note to update the clinical note. For example, double-click in the column 'Algy' to update the clinical note 'Allergies'. Read more about updating a clinical note Depending on your organisation, you can filter information in patient list dashboards. Read more about filtering information
	Shows the name of the patient list and the number of patients in the list.
	Select a clinical note profile from Profile. The clinical note profile changes the columns and information shown. Read more about viewing a clinical note profile
	Select to choose a patient list to view. When you mouseover the name of the current patient list, the name of the previous patient list you viewed shows below. Select the name of the previous patient list to view the list again.
	Select to print the patient list. Read more about printing clinical notes

Patient Detail

From  Pharmacy > Patient Detail, you can view details about a patient.

	Move between patients on the same patient list.
	Shows the patient's name and identifier numbers A number that identifies the patient. For example, a hospital number, NHS number, or local patient identifier.. Mouseover  to see the patient's address. Select the patient's name to search for another patient. Read more about searching for a patient Shows patient tags and bed tags. For example, your organisation might have patient tags for sepsis, AKI, pregnancy, or disabilities. Read more about patient tags DoB / Age / Sex shows a patient's date of birth, age, and sex.
	Select ▼ to transfer a patient. If the patient is an inpatient, Ward / Bed is shown. Ward / Bed shows the ward and bed the patient is in. If the patient is an ED patient, Area / Locn is shown. Area / Locn shows the area and location the patient is in. Admitted shows the date the patient was admitted and the time since admission. For inpatients, the time since admission is shown in hours, then after 24 hours has passed, the days since admission is shown. For ED patients, the time since admission is shown in hours, then after 24 hours has passed, '>24 hours' is shown. Consultant / Specialty shows the name of the consultant and the consultant’s specialty.
	Navigate between the clinical areas of Patient Detail. Select  to see more areas. Read more about these areas The areas available to you depend your organisation.
	Shows detailed information about the patient. The information shown depends on the area you select. By default, Clinical is shown. Clinical shows you summaries of patient information such as observations, clinical notes, and care plans.

Medicine Orders

From  Pharmacy > Medicine Orders, you can view medicine orders for inpatients.

	You can view the medicine orders for a selected list of patients. Select  to choose a list of patients. When you mouseover the name of the current patient list, the name of the previous patient list you viewed shows below. Select the name of the previous patient list to view medicine orders for patients in that list.
	Shows your selected patient list.
Show All	Select this to view all medicine orders.
	Select this to search for a specific patient.
	Shows a table of medicine orders for the selected patient list. To sort medicine orders, select a column heading. To see medicine orders for a patient, select any cell in the table. The patient’s medicine orders appear on the right side of the screen. If the patient has multiple medications ordered, they all appear in the list.
	The default view only shows a limited amount of the menu. Drag the partition to show all the fields.
	Shows the patient’s details. Select  to view the MAR Medicines Administration Record. Also known as drug chart. A list of all medication prescribed and administered (given). for the patient.
Outstanding Orders	Shows the prescriptions ordered for that patient.
	Select a medication from Outstanding Orders and select Print and dispense selected to create a Dispensary worksheet PDF. Select a medication from Outstanding Orders and select Reject selected orders to reject a medication order.
Completed and cancelled orders	Shows the medication orders that have been completed or cancelled.
	Select a medication from Completed and cancelled orders and select Revert to outstanding to revert an order which has been dispensed or rejected in error. Select a medication from Completed and cancelled orders and select Reprint to reprint a dispensed medicine order form.

TTO list

From  Pharmacy > TTO list, you can view a list of all TTO medications.

	You can view the medicine orders for a selected list of patients. Select  to choose a list of patients. When you mouseover the name of the current patient list, the name of the previous patient list you viewed shows below. Select the name of the previous patient list to view medicine orders for patients in that list.
	Shows your selected patient list.
Show All	Select Show All to view all medicine orders.
	Select  to search for a specific patient.
	Shows a table of TTOs for the selected patient list. To sort TTOs, select a column heading. TTO status is shown in the State column. TTO statuses are colour coded with a RAG rating A red/amber/green ‘traffic light’ rating system. It can denote progress with various milestones. To see TTOs for a patient, select any cell in the table. The patient’s medical discharge summary appears on the right of the screen. TTOs are in the medical discharge summary.
	The default view only shows a limited amount of the menu. Drag the partition to show all the fields.
	Shows the patient’s details. Select  to view the MAR Medicines Administration Record. Also known as drug chart. A list of all medication prescribed and administered (given). of the patient.
	Shows the patient's medical discharge summary.

Search

From  Pharmacy > Search, you can view and build reports of a range of information about EPMA across your organisation, which can be useful for audit purposes.

Search	Select a search parameter. This parameter can change the search criteria you have available to use. For example, if you select 'Current Prescriptions', all search criteria disappear. You can add search criteria by selecting +. Select  next to the search criteria to clear that criteria.
Type	Select a type of prescription.
	Select to search medicine orders that match the search terms you entered into your search criteria.
	Select to add and remove search criteria. The search criteria you can add depends on the search parameter in Search.
	Select to clear all search criteria.
	Select to export the data returned by your search as an Excel spreadsheet.

Your search returns a list that you can export as an Excel spreadsheet.

Read more about pharmacy reporting

Notes

From  Pharmacy > Notes, you can view notes.

Select to add a note. You can enter a summary and details.

A list of notes.

Shows the date and time the note was entered, the ID of the user who made the note, a summary of the note, and the details of the note.

The notes shown here might have been added from  Tasks > Notes or  Pharmacy > Notes.

Overview of Pharmacy for outpatients

From  Pharmacy, you can view orders of medications for outpatients.

Home	Your home dashboard. You can customise your home dashboard to show your choice of information. Your home dashboard is available across Nervecentre. Read about setting up your home dashboard
Clinic List	View a list of patients in a clinic on a selected day.
Patient Detail	View and edit demographic and clinical information about a patient.
Outpatient Orders	View orders of medications for outpatients.
Search	View and build reports using a range of information about EPMA across your organisation, which can be useful for audit purposes.
Notes	View and add notes.

Clinic List

From  Pharmacy > Clinic List, you can a list of patients with an appointment at the selected outpatient clinic.

Date	Select the date you want to view. Select  to view appointments for today.
Activity	Select to choose an activity. This allows you to view patients with this activity as part of their appointment. For example, you have the activities 'Arrive 30 minutes early' and 'Blood test'. When you select 'Arrive 30 minutes early', you view all the patients that need to arrive 30 minutes before their appointment.
	Shows the name of the selected clinic or the number of clinics selected. Select  to choose a clinic. You can select multiple clinics.
Profile	Select to choose a clinical note profile . The clinical note profile changes the columns and information shown. Read more about clinical note profiles
	Drag column headings here to group rows by that heading. Select  to stop grouping by that heading. Read more about grouping rows
	Shows all the appointments in the clinics on the selected date. Double-click a patient's name to view their patient record. Read more about viewing a patient record You can update some clinical notes from the clinic list. Double-click in any column containing a clinical note to update the clinical note. For example, double-click in the column Algy to update the clinical note 'Allergies'. Read more about types of clinical note

Patient Detail

From  Pharmacy > Patient Detail, you can view details about a patient.

	Shows the patient's name and the patient's identifier numbers A number that identifies the patient. For example, a hospital number, NHS number, or local patient identifier.. Mouseover  to see the patient's address, and their GP's address. Select the patient's name to search for another patient. Read more about searching for a patient
	DoB / Age / Sex shows a patient's date of birth, age, and sex. If the patient is an outpatient, but not an inpatient or ED patient, Ward / Bed is shown with no location. If the patient is an inpatient and outpatient, Ward / Bed is shown. Ward / Bed shows the ward and bed the patient is in. If the patient is an ED patient and outpatient, Area / Locn is shown. Area / Locn shows the area and location the patient is in. If the patient is an inpatient or ED patient, select ▼ to transfer the patient. Select Episodes of Care  to select an episode of care. This list only shows active episodes of care. The name of the consultant for that episode, and the specialty, appears under Episodes of Care.
	Navigate between the clinical areas of Patient Detail. Select  to see more areas. Read more about these areas The areas available to you depend on your organisation.
	Shows detailed information about the patient. The information shown depends on the area you select. By default, Clinical is shown. Clinical shows you summaries of patient information such as observations, clinical notes, and investigations.

Outpatient Orders

From  Pharmacy > Outpatient Orders, you can view medication orders for outpatients.



Select to search for a patient.

Read more about searching for a patient

Pharmacy

Select a pharmacy from the list.

Shows the outstanding orders for the pharmacy.

Select a column heading to sort the table.

Ordered	Shows the date and time the medication was ordered.
Collect	Shows the collection requested by the patient. When a clinician asks the hospital pharmacy to dispense a medication, they add the collection time.
Patient name	Shows who the prescription is for.
Ph	Shows if the pharmacist has approved the prescription.

Shows the patient’s details.

Select  to view the outpatient prescription list for the patient.

Outstanding Orders

Shows medications ordered for that patient.

Select a column heading to sort the table.

Drug details	Shows the name and dose of the prescribed medication.
Dispense quantity	Shows the amount of medication to be dispensed.
Status	Shows the status of the medication order, and the name of the pharmacy dispensing the medication.
Ordered	Shows the date and time the medication was ordered, and the name of the clinician who requested the medication.
Ph Approved by	Shows the date and time the medication was approved, and the name of the pharmacist who approved the order.
Dispensed by	Shows the date and time the dispensation sheet was printed, and who printed the sheet.
Checked by	Shows the date and time the medication was checked and given the status 'Ready for collection'. Shows who marked the medication as ready to collect.

Actions you can take for outstanding orders.

Pharmacy (Un)Approval: select this to approve, or remove approval, from a medication.
Print Hospital Prescription: select this to print the dispensation sheet.
Ready for Collection: select this to let the patient know the prescription is ready to collect.
Collected: select this when the patient has collected the prescription.
Reject prescription: select this to reject a prescription.
Transfer prescription: select this to transfer a prescription to a different pharmacy.

Completed and cancelled orders

Shows the orders that have been completed or cancelled.

Select a column heading to sort the table.

Collected by

Shows the date and time the patient collected the medication. Shows who marked the medication as collected.

Actions you can take for completed and cancelled orders.

Revert to dispensed: select this to return a medication to Outstanding Orders.
Reprint: select this to print the dispensation sheet and return the medication to Outstanding Orders.

Search

From  Pharmacy > Search, you can view and build reports of a range of information about EPMA across your organisation, which can be useful for audit purposes.

Search	Select a search parameter. This parameter can change the search criteria you have available to use. For example, if you select 'Current Prescriptions', all search criteria disappear. You can add search criteria by selecting +. Select  next to the search criteria to clear that criteria.
Type	Select a type of prescription.
	Select to search medicine orders that match the search terms you entered into your search criteria.
	Select to add and remove search criteria. The search criteria you can add depends on the search parameter in Search.
	Select to clear all search criteria.
	Select to export the data returned by your search as an Excel spreadsheet.

Your search returns a list that you can export as an Excel spreadsheet.

Notes

From  Pharmacy > Notes, you can view notes.

Select to add a note. You can enter a summary and details.

A list of notes.

Shows the date and time the note was entered, the ID of the user who made the note, a summary of the note, and the details of the note.

The notes shown here might have been added from  Tasks > Notes or  Pharmacy > Notes.

Overview of Pharmacy

Inpatients

Outpatients