View Medication Changes in the Patient Timeline

In the Patient timeline, review the medication changes that have been recorded during a patient's consultation.

Before you begin

If a patient's consultation is In progress and includes any medication changes, the changes are not displayed in the Patient Timeline_iconPatient Timeline until the consultation ends.
Tip:
After a consultation ends, if you are already in the patient's Timeline window and want to review their medication changes, proceed to step 3.
Permissions:
  • View Timeline
  • View Patient

About this task

View all recorded medication changes in the Patient Timeline.

Procedure

To view medication changes:
  1. From the main menu, select Patient searchPatient Search.

  2. In the Search iconSearch for patient field, start typing a patient's name and select the required patient from the list.
  3. In the Patient Timeline_iconPatient Timeline section, locate the updated medication item you want to view or alternatively:
    1. From the Show filter, select Prescriptions iconPrescriptions. All updated medication items are listed in the Prescriptions icon Prescriptions list and are grouped by the time the consultation ended.
    2. From the Prescriptions icon Prescriptions list, locate the required medications item.

    Medication Changes list

Results

The updated medications are displayed with the previous and current values, including any added or removed details.

What to do next

If required, to view additional details, select any updated item for the medication. The medication details are displayed in the Patient Timeline_iconPatient Timeline screen in read-only mode.
View medication details in the Patient's timeline