Edit Medications

Clinicians can edit a patient's medications from their Health Summary.

Before you begin

Permissions:
  • Update Medications

The Medication section in the Health Summary iconHealth Summary lists medications prescribed in Helix, and any other medications added that the patient has informed you of (prescribed elsewhere).

Open a patient record to display a patient's Health Summary iconHealth Summary.

About this task

Edit medication details to:
  • Edit the drug, dose form, and strength.
  • Set the duration, update the reason for prescribing, add as a reason for visit and associate a condition.
  • Cease a patient's current medication.
  • Update favourites.

Procedure

To edit a medication from a patient's Health Summary:
  1. In the Health Summary iconHealth Summary > Medications iconMedications list, locate the required medication, in the Actions column, click More action iconMore Actions and select Edit.

    Health Summary > Medications > Edit
    Alternatively, select the medication to open the Medication panel and click Edit at the bottom of the panel.
    Health Summary, open Medications then click Edit
    Tip:
    To display a prescriber's name, quantity and other details, hover your mouse over an Information iconInformation icon.
  2. Edit the required medication details, such as:
    • Change the drug or variant of the same drug
    • Strength and dose form
    • Directions
    • Duration
    • Elapsed date
    • Reason for prescribing
    • If the reason for prescribing is changed, set as a new reason for visit and add to conditions if required.
    Tip:
    The date prescribed or entered cannot be modified.

    Edit current medication-Panel
  3. Click Save.

Results

After the changes are saved, the previously prescribed medication is stopped and moved to the Ceased section. The original medication record is ceased with a reason of Medication Details Updated.

The updated medication is displayed with the previous and current values in the Consult iconConsult > Consult Actions > Other Actions section, including any added or removed information.
Record the medication changes in consult action
Tip:
If any medication is edited during a patient consultation, it is added to the existing consultation. Otherwise, a new consultation is created automatically to record the changes.

Example

A patient currently takes Aspirin 100mg. On their next visit you want to increase the dosage to 320mg. The existing medication can be edited and a new dosage selected.
Example medication edit
The edited medication is changed to Aspirin 320mg in Health Summary > Medications > Current.
Example updated medication in the Medications list
The original prescription for Aspirin 100mg is moved to the Ceased view, and when you hover on Information, Medication Details Updated is displayed, together with the date ceased and by whom.
Example ceased medication after it was updated
The updated medication is displayed as Aspirin tablet 320mg - Added in Consult iconConsult > Consult Actions > Other Actions section.
Example for dose changing

What to do next

If you want to save the updated medication to your favourites, click Not included in favourites iconFavourite.

After a consultation ends, the recorded medication changes are added to the Patient Timeline for that consult. To review the changes, select Patient Timeline_iconPatient Timeline. For more information, see View Medication Changes in the Patient Timeline.