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Clinical Management
Use Helix to record your patients' medical details and consultations.
Medications
Helix uses the MDref medications database provided by AusDI.
Prescribe
Use Helix to prescribe medications.
Write Prescriptions
Use the Prescription panel to write a prescription, print it and give it to a patient to fill outside your health service or send a token to the patient or their carer using SMS or email via a central repository, such as eRx, using electronic prescribing.
Authority Medications
Prescribe authority medications in Helix.

Clinical Management
Use Helix to record your patients' medical details and consultations.
- Health Summary
  Information entered by a practitioner during a consult is added to a patient's Health Summary.
- Consultations
  Record details of a clinical consultation in the Consult panel of the patient's record.
- Patient Timeline
  A summary of the patient's clinical history is displayed in the Patient Timeline.
- Medications
  Helix uses the MDref medications database provided by AusDI.
  - Medications in the Health Summary
    View a summary of current and past medications for the patient in their Health Summary.
  - Add Medication History
    Add current medications to a patient's Health Summary that your patient is taking but which were prescribed elsewhere, such as in hospital or at another service.
  - Medication Precautions
    Helix provides prescribing decision support including condition and drug allergy or adverse reaction alerts.
  - Prescribe
    Use Helix to prescribe medications.
    - Write Prescriptions
      Use the Prescription panel to write a prescription, print it and give it to a patient to fill outside your health service or send a token to the patient or their carer using SMS or email via a central repository, such as eRx, using electronic prescribing.
      - Authority Medications
        Prescribe authority medications in Helix.
      - Medication Elapsed Date
        A medication's elapsed date indicates when the medication supply will come to an end for that patient.
      - Medication Favourites
        The Favourites medication list is a list of medications that you have selected with your preferred or frequently prescribed drugs, dosage, directions and duration.
    - Represcribe a medication
      Represcribe any current or ceased prescription except for those where the product has been discontinued.
    - Edit Medications
      Clinicians can edit a patient's medications from their Health Summary.
    - Cease Medications
      Clinicians can stop a patient's medications from their Health Summary.
  - Electronic Transfer of Prescriptions
    Helix can be configured for electronic transfer of prescriptions (ETP) to a central repository.
  - Medication Recipes
    Define drug recipes to use when prescribing or to record medication history.
- Immunisations
  Before you administer an immunisation to a patient, check the immunisations that have already been administered on the AIR and the immunisations due.
- Allergies
  A patient's drug allergies can be added to their record.
- Chronic Disease Management
  Use the Chronic Disease Management (CDM) feature to specify care plans, cycle of care for asthma or diabetes, and GP Mental Health Treatment Plans.
- History & Examinations
  Record details of a patient's clinical history in the History section. Record details of today's examination of a patient in the Examination section.
- Measurements and Assessments
  Record metabolic, pathology and ECG measurements and other assessments in the patient's record as required.
- Recalls
  A Recall is a type of flag recorded against a patient's record that informs practitioners and practice staff of when the patient is due to return to the practice.
- Nursing Requests
  During a consult, add a request for a nurse to complete a nursing action.
- Obstetrics
  Record obstetrics information on the Obstetrics panel.
- Investigations
  Investigations can be requested by a practitioner from within a patient's clinical record.
- Tasks
  The tasks module allows users to send messages (tasks) to other users throughout the medical centre.
- My Health Record
  Securely upload a patient's health data to their My Health Record.

Authority Medications

Prescribe authority medications in Helix.

Streamlined Authority Medication

When a PBS medication is listed under the streamlined authority rules, a streamlined authority approval number is automatically added to a prescription.

If a medication is Unrestricted, Private, Streamlined Authority, Written Authority, or Restricted, and the quantity or repeats are not changed, the prescription can be saved and printed immediately.

If there are multiple approval numbers, choose the appropriate indication. In the example below, there are two Restricted options to choose from (Peptic Ulcer treatment and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome). After you have selected one of these, the dosage directions window is displayed.

Example restricted authority

Repeat interval

If there are repeats, depending on the medication and your jurisdiction, for Schedule 8 and some Schedule 4 drugs, in the Interval (days) field, specify the minimum number of days required before a repeat can be filled by the pharmacy. An interval is required in the following instances:

Schedule 8 and Schedule 4B - NSW
Schedule 8 and Schedule 4D - TAS
Schedule 8 - ACT, NT, QLD, WA

If an interval is not specified in for these drugs, the prescription is invalid

Authority Medication

If a previous authority was recorded for this medication, set Previous Authority.

If the medication requires a new phone authority, follow the instructions to gain the Authority.

The Authority Script number is generated for you. You must enter the Approval Number, and Reason for Authority in the prescription.

Example authority prescription

The Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme (PBS) code is printed on Authority prescriptions to assist the pharmacies in accurate dispensing and billing.

Example printed authority prescription