Background
Inform the pharmacy when discontinuing the medication
Background
This process is used to inform the pharmacy that a medication has been discontinued.
Inform the pharmacy when discontinuing the medication
1. Add the medication to be discontinued into the Current Order – either double-click on the medication
OR select the medication and drag and drop it into the Current Order window.
2. Right-click on the medication in the Current Order and select Edit from the menu.
3. In the pop up window make the following edits:
- Set the Dose to 0
- In Dose Text field, enter DISCONTINUE
- Set the Qty to 0
- Tick only (this enables your OK button because it signals the program to ignore the above dose and frequency fields).
- Click OK
4. The print out of the prescription can be seen below:
5. Don’t forget to remove the med from the usual med list…
- Right-click on the medication in the Usual Scripts and Discontinue. This moves the original order to the Discontinued tab.
6. Optional step – Select Reason and/or add Comment
7. Click OK to save changes
8. Final Result: The discontinued medication will live in the Discontinued medications tab.
