Cease Medications
Clinicians can stop a patient's medications from their Health Summary.
Before you begin
Permissions:
Open a patient record to display a patient's - Update Medications

About this task
Helix, and any other medications added that the patient has informed you of (prescribed elsewhere).
lists medications prescribed inYou can stop a patient's current medication from the Medications list.
Procedure
To stop a medication from a patient's Health Summary:
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In the Actions column, click
More Actions and select Cease.
list, for the required medication, in theAlternatively, select the medication to open theMedication panel and click Cease at the bottom of the panel.
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In the Reason Current Medication panel, select the reason
for ceasing the medication from the list of options provided. For more
information, see Reasons to Cease.
Results
If a
medication is ceased with the reason Recorded
incorrectly, it will be displayed in the
Ceased medication list on the medication summary with a
strikethrough.


What to do next
To view information about why a medication was stopped and other details, select Medications in the Health Summary.
tab. For more information, see