Current medications
When you add a medication to a clinical record, you can set the medication as a current medication. A current medication identifies a medication that a patient takes at this time.
To set a medication as a current medication, use the Current Medication setting that shows in a Medication Prescription dialog box:
When you set a current medication, you can select or enter information that identifies why the medication is necessary:
Current medications as take-home medications
An alternative function of a current medication is to identify a take-home medication. To show take-home medications in a discharge summary, use one of these template variables in the applicable document template for the discharge summary:
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{ConsultCurrentMedicationsList} -
{ConsultCurrentMedicationsListBasic}
As a result, the discharge summary:
- Shows current medications that are equivalent to take-home medications
- Does not include injectables and in-hospital medications
This image shows an example of a document template that uses the
{ConsultCurrentMedicationsListBasic} template variable: