How to see details of medication issued

Overview

This article shows you how to navigate your way around the medication screen to see details of current and previous drug issues.

Navigate to the medication page:

After loading a patient, click on the "Medication" tab to enter the patient’s medication screen:

This will take you to the medication screen seen below, where you can see current medication:

Looking at medication in the past:

If you are looking for any medication issues in the past, you can switch to view any prescribed medication from the past. This can be done by clicking on the “Current/Past” button in the top ribbon and select either “Past Drugs” or “All Courses”:

If the list is too long, or you can't find what you're looking for:

Select the "Grouping" button which allows you to sort the longer lists of medication in different ways:

Sorting it by EMIS Drug Group sorts it into groupings along BNF subcategories so you can see gastro or respiratory drugs grouped together.

Seeing detail once you've found the drug you're looking for:

You can right button mouse click on the drug to bring up the following menu:

Menu for Current Medication Menu for Past Medication

If you want to see additional Detail of the Drug, click on Drug History to show the history.

This will show you detail as shown below:

You can also select to show history for the same ingredients by selecting the second option.