Cease Medications
Clinicians can stop a patient's medications from their Health Summary.
Before you begin
Health Summary. About this task
Health Summary > 
Medications lists medications prescribed in Helix, and any other
medications added that the patient has informed you of (prescribed elsewhere).
You can stop a patient's current medication from the Medications list.
Procedure
To stop a medication from a patient's Health Summary:
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In the Health Summary > Medications > Current list, for the required medication, in the
Actions column, click
More Actions and select Cease.
Alternatively, select the medication to open the
Medication panel and click
Cease at the bottom of the panel. 
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In the Reason Current Medication panel, select the reason
for ceasing the medication from the list of options provided.
Results
What to do next
To view information about why a medication was stopped, in the Medications > Ceased list, hover your mouse over an 
Info icon for a ceased medication. The reason that the
medication was ceased, by whom and when are displayed. For example, it may be that the
medication course has been completed without problems. Alternatively, it could
indicate that the patient had a reaction to the medication.
Medications > Ceased list, hover your mouse over an Info icon for a ceased medication. The reason that the
medication was ceased, by whom and when are displayed. For example, it may be that the
medication course has been completed without problems. Alternatively, it could
indicate that the patient had a reaction to the medication.