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1. patient s Medication Editor 5 Press Write Medications 6 Select the patient s name and press OK 7 Press Add 8 Enter pravastatin as the Drug 9 The program warns you that the patient is allergic to atorvastatin This is a valid warning at this point You do NOT want to press Change to NOT Allergic as the patient is a WARNING Patient is on PRAVASTATIN This patient is allergic to ATORVASTATIN which belongs to the class HYPOLIPIDEMICS This is the same class as PRAVASTATIN Reaction diarrhea severity Minor Change to NOT Allergic gt Go To Allergy Editor __ indeed allergic to atorvastatin nor do you want to press Override because the patient is in fact allergic to atorvastatin Press OK to close the warning 10 Press Cancel to not add pravastatin at this time Now let s see what happens if instead we record the fact that the patient is not allergic to pravastatin 11 Press Write Allergies 12 Enter the patient s name 13 Press Add 14 For Allergic to enter _ pravastatin Add Allergy 15 You can record a Reaction or leave it Allergic to pravastatin blank 16 For Severity choose Reaction frome tsOSSSOSsSSSSSS so severiy A 1 17 Press OK Date start 7 204 Date end E Henceforth if you prescribe pravastatin for this patient either by recording it in the Medication Editor in the Prescription Writer or in the Prescription Log the2. program will no longer warn you of the atorvastatin allergy Note that it WILL continue to warn if you prescribe a different statin e g rosuvastatin since that still belongs to the class of atorvastatin Try repeating steps 5 8 above and you will see that the program no longer warns you about the atorvastatin allergy NAME EDITOR SHOW CODE NUMBER OPTION User s Manual pg 1329 Name Options Name Editor 151 patients Area code 333 City West Eastdale Last Name ACKSON Patient code label MRN State IL N ACTION 12 13 1937 action 5 3 1935 Auto Name Import Force Zip Code Numeric 3 4 1935 Off ives 3 5 1973 C Startup only E 4 3 1943 C Any Name Editor Use No 4 5 1932 5 4 1935 3 3 1972 Recent names are those stored Alphabetize recent names W Warn about similar names Race Unspecified Language English zl i Mv Automatically check birthdates E Assign Codes if Blank Warn if no e mail address V Show code on list Anywhere C Writer Auto Lookup after 3 letters Recently used names JACKSON CRANDALL Use n X Cancel Default You can arrange to have the program display each patient s code number when you are selecting a patient by checking Name Options Show Code on List This makes it easier to select the proper patient when you have multiple patients with the same or similar names NEWS ON VERSION 6 6 We have been busy adding new features to version 6 6 includi
3. WELFORD CHART NOTES Volume 46 No 3 NEWSLETTER September 2014 copyright 2014 Welford Medical Computing Inc All rights reserved TESTED DRAGON MEDICAL DECLARING NOT ALLERGIC User s Manual pgs 25 29 Here s a tip for handling a fairly common scenario Suppose your patient is allergic to one drug in a class but is taking a different drug in that class without adverse effect Ordinarily the program will warn you when you go to prescribe any member of that class even the one the patient is tolerating How do you prevent the program from showing you an unnecessary warning about the allergy when prescribing the drug the patient is tolerating The answer add to the Allergy Editor that the patient is NOT allergic to the drug that is tolerated Here is an example Suppose the patient is allergic to atorvastatin which caused diarrhea To record this 1 Press Write Allergies Select the patient s name and press OK 2 3 Press Add 4 Enter atorvastatin as the Allergic to and diarrhea as the Reaction Choose any Severity except Not or Adverse Reaction and press OK Choosing a Severity of Adverse Reaction causes the program to only warn you if you prescribe that particular medication in this case atorvastatin rather than warning you about all members of its Class Now suppose the patient comes to you from another physician already taking pravastatin and tolerating it just fine You add pravastatin to the
4. ng Detailed Family History Batch Parsing If there are particular features you would like to see in version 6 6 please contact us SEND US YOUR TIPS If you have tips shortcuts questions or suggestions for future newsletter topics please send them to us at Welford Medical Computing Inc or MEDCOM Information Systems 3779 Hermitage Trail 2117 Stonington Avenue Rockford IL 6111 Hoffman Estates IL 60195
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