Edit Medications
Clinicians can edit a patient's medications from their Health Summary.
Before you begin
Permissions:
- Update Medications
The Medication section in the Health Summary lists medications prescribed in Helix, and any other
medications added that the patient has informed you of (prescribed elsewhere).
Open a patient record to display a patient's Health Summary.
About this task
Edit medication details to:
- Edit the drug, dose form, and strength.
- Set the duration, update the reason for prescribing, add as a reason for visit and associate a condition.
- Cease a patient's current medication.
- Update favourites.
Procedure
To edit a medication from a patient's Health Summary:
-
In the Actions column, click
More Actions and select Edit. list, locate the required medication, in the
Alternatively, select the medication to open the Medication panel and click Edit at the bottom of the panel.Tip:To display a prescriber's name, quantity and other details, hover your mouse over anInformation icon.
-
Edit the required medication details, such as:
- Change the drug or variant of the same drug
- Strength and dose form
- Directions
- Duration
- Elapsed date
- Reason for prescribing
- If the reason for prescribing is changed, set as a new reason for visit and add to conditions if required.
Tip:The date prescribed or entered cannot be modified.
- Click Save.
Results
After the changes are saved, the previously prescribed medication is stopped and moved to the Ceased section. The original medication record is ceased with a reason of Medication Details Updated.
The updated medication is displayed with the
previous and current values in the

section, including any added or removed information.
Tip:
If any medication is edited during a
patient consultation, it is added to the existing consultation. Otherwise, a new
consultation is created automatically to record the changes.
Example
A patient currently takes Aspirin 100mg. On their next visit you want to increase the
dosage to 320mg. The existing medication can be edited and a new dosage
selected.


The edited medication is changed to Aspirin 320mg in

. 
The original prescription for Aspirin 100mg is moved to
the Ceased view, and when you hover on
Information,
Medication Details Updated is displayed,
together with the date ceased and by whom.



The updated medication is displayed as
Aspirin tablet 320mg - Added in

section.
What to do next
If you want to save the updated medication to your favourites, click Favourite.