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.
Before you begin
Permissions:
- Update Medications
You cannot record a medication with a date before a patient's birth or after a patient's date of death.
The medication history of a patient is not shared with My Health Record or MeHR.
About this task
Note:
You cannot print or issue repeats for medications recorded
as medication history. These medications must first be prescribed.
Procedure
To add medication history for a patient:
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In the patient's
Health Summary, click + Medication.
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In the
Medication panel on the right, in the
Search field, enter at least the first two characters of the medication.
Tip:Alternatively, select a medication from your favourites list, or go to the Recipes tab an extemporaneous preparation recipe, click + Recipe. For more information about creating drug recipes, see Create Medication Recipes. -
Select the medication from the list.
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Complete as much information as possible, including at least:
- In the Directions field, include the patient's directions.
- In the Advised or prescribed externally by field, enter where the information about the medication is coming from. For example, the patient or a discharge summary.
- Click Save.
Results
The medication is immediately listed in the patient's
Health Summary without a Last
Script date.



A new medication history is added to the
Medication panel.

section. When you click on the medication, its information is
displayed in the 

Tip:
If any medication history is added
during a patient consultation, it is displayed in the existing consultation.
Otherwise, a new consultation is created automatically to record the
changes.
What to do next

- If required, to edit a medication history item, click the
Vertical ellipsis and select Edit or alternatively, select the required medication history and in the
Medication panel, click Edit at the bottom. For more information about editing medication history, see Edit Medications.
- If required, to cease a medication history item, click the
Vertical ellipsis and select Cease or alternatively, select the required medication history and in the
Medication panel, click Cease at the bottom. For more information about ceasing medication history, see Cease Medications.
- If you want the patient to continue taking this medication, prescribe it. You
can prescribe the medication by either:
- Hover your mouse over
and click Quick Prescribe.
- Select the medication history medication to display its details in the
Medication panel and click Prescribe.
- Hover your mouse over
To update the newly added medication
history details during a patient consultation, in the
section:- If you have updated the details multiple times, select the most recent recorded medication item. Otherwise, select the required medication item.
- In the
Medication panel, click Edit.
- Update the required medication history details.
- Click Save.