Edit Medications
Clinicians can edit a patient's medications from their Health Summary.
Before you begin
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 the drug, dose form, and strength.
- Cease a patient's current medication.
- Update favourites.
Procedure
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In the Actions column, click the vertical ellipsis and
select Edit.
list, for the required medication, in the
Alternatively, select the medication to open the Medication panel and click Edit at the bottom of the panel. - Edit the medication details as required, including changing the drug to a variant of the same drug, strength and dose form. The date prescribed or entered cannot be modified.
- If you changed the drug, update the directions, route and if Advised or Prescribed externally by.
- Click Save.
Results
After the changes are saved, the previously prescribed medication is stopped and moved to the Ceased section.
Example
For 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 Updated column.
. The date on which the change was made is listed in theThe original prescription for Aspirin 100mg is moved to the Ceased view, and the information now reads Medication Details Updated.
What to do next
If you want to save the updated medication to your favourites, click Favourite.