- Go to Patient Profile via Client Summary Screen or clicking on patient’s name anywhere in CalMHSA Rx screen.
- Go to ‘Medications’ section.
- Select ‘Add Medication’. Upon selecting, a search box will open for you to ‘search for a drug’.
- Enter part of the name of medication that you wish to add.
- There are 2 options for you to enter the name of home medication in the search box –
- Dropdown list that appears when you search for a medication. Select whichever medication name/formulation matches best in the list. Select the closest match. (Advise to always select medication from the dropdown list only).
- Enter Free text as medication by selecting ‘Enter free text ‘’medication name as typed” as medication’. (Avoid free text as there is no way to check for drug interactions/duplication of medications).
- Upon selecting a medication, a pop-up window opens ‘Add Medication’.
- You are encouraged to fill in all details in ‘Add Medication’, including if there are additional directions to patient or additional notes to pharmacist.
- Review and Acknowledge alerts for drug interactions/allergies (they appear only when medications and allergies are entered from the dropdown lists, provided respectively by the system).
- If free text is added, no such alert appears while adding medications.
- In the ‘Office Use Only’ textbox, please note that this is a ‘Home Medication’ and if other information about home medications is provided, then document it here.
- All active medications are seen in ‘Medications’ section and will show a summary of home medication details, including Directions, Quantity, Refill, Start Date, Stop Date, last Written and Options to Prescribe/Stop/Delete this medication, as appropriate for the user role if the data was entered.
- By clicking ‘Show Medication History’ button, you can see medication history from other sources.