Removing medications from patients

You can remove a patient's medications as needed.

Note: Alternatively, you can expire the medication. An expired medication remains in the patient's record but is inactive.

To remove a patient's medication

1. Do one of the following:

   • How to get there

     1. If the correct patient is not already selected, use the Patient Search box to access the patient's record.

        Note: You can include inactive patients in the search results by setting the Include inactive patients switch to On.

     2. On the Patient menu, under General, click (or tap) Overview.

        The patient's Overview page opens.

     On a patient's Overview page, the Medications tab of the Medical Alerts/Medications box displays any medications that have been entered for the patient. Select a medication.

     

     The Patient Information page opens with the Medical Alerts/Medications tab selected, and the Edit Medication dialog box appears.

   • How to get there

     1. If the correct patient is not already selected, use the Patient Search box to access the patient's record.

        Note: You can include inactive patients in the search results by setting the Include inactive patients switch to On.

     2. Do one of the following:

        • While viewing any page of a patient's record, if the patient has any medical alerts, the Medical Alerts icon in between the Patient tab and the Patient Search box is a red plus sign. Click (or tap) the Medical Alerts icon.

          

          The Patient Information page opens with the Medical Alerts/Medications tab selected.

        • On the Patient menu, under General, click (or tap) Overview. The patient's Overview page opens. Click (or tap) the Medical Alerts/Medications box.

          

          The Patient Information page opens with the Medical Alerts/Medications tab selected.

        • On the Patient menu, under General, click (or tap) Medical Alerts. The Patient Information page opens with the Medical Alerts/Medications tab selected.

        • On the Patient menu, under General, click (or tap) Patient Information. The patient's Patient Information page opens. Click (or tap) the Medical Alerts/Medications tab.

     On the Medical Alerts/Medications tab of a patient's Patient Information page, select a medication.

     

     The Edit Medication dialog box appears.

   

2. Click (or tap) Delete.

   A confirmation message appears.

3. Click (or tap) Delete.