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PBS and S100 Codes and Paper
Patient Eligibility For PBS Prescriptions
Prescribing Medication – S100
Click on the MAR in the Patient Chart menu
The MAR screen opens
Click on the task for the medication that is due
The Charting for: Patient Name window opens
Enter all relevant fields. Mandatory fields are yellow
Click the green tick to sign
Enter your Password and click OK
NOTE: For…
Uncharting is used, when a Medication has been charted in error or if the patient has vomited the dose.
Right click on the entry to be uncharted
Select Unchart
Unchart window appears
Enter a reason for uncharting in the Comment field
Click the green tick icon to sign off
The…
MedLocator is a ‘look up’ application, providing information for clinical staff about the location of required medications, after Pharmacy hours. Clinicians will be able to check if the medication is kept in the After Hours Drug Room (AHDR) or if one of the wards listed have the appropriate stock…
Nursing View is the Nurse’s landing page in PowerChart where patient information, history, orders and results can be reviewed for the patient’s recent activity. Information can also be added to some components. Full details for the patient are still available in the relevant sections of PowerChart…
Backdating errors can be caused in a few ways. Hot keys and accidental date errors with doses scheduled for midnight are the two most common scenarios.
The letters that trigger Hot Key errors and their corresponding dates are:
Y = first day of the year
M = first day of the month
W = first…
NSW Health has approval to generate printed prescriptions for dispensing. It is a legal requirement that all printed prescriptions must be signed by the prescriber, and Schedule 8 prescriptions also require handwritten information before they can be dispensed.
Discharge prescriptions should be…
If an administration task tile becomes due while the patient is on gate pass, the medication should be documented as Chart Not Done, with the reason Patient on Gate Pass. This needs to be completed for all task tiles while the patient is absent.
Please note: Oncology will document medication…
Navigate to the menu bar, click Orders
Right click on the order
Click Convert to Prescription
You may select multiple orders at one time by holding down the shift key to highlight multiple medications
A conversion option may appear. Click on the medication form you wish to prescribe
The…
Adding an ITB pump to Home medications
Copy Pump Settings from the patient’s ITB Pump Reprogram note from “Pump Status After Update” to “Low Reservoir Alarm Date”
This can be done by copying directly off the pump output file or from the Clinical Note – use the “Copy” button in the document editor…
Adding an Insulin pump to Home medications
Copy Pump Settings from the patient’s Endocrinology clinic note.
Click on Orders
Click on Document Medication by Hx
Click on Add
Search for Insulin pump
Click on Order Comments
Paste Pump Settings from the patient’s Endocrinology clinic note. Minor…
Ordering a Plan
Create a Service Department encounter to order the plan for a future outpatient visit
Enter a Dosing Weight
Go to Orders from the menu
Click Add
Search for the plan
Enter an Estimated Start Date
Click OK
Click on the plan name in the view menu to see all the available…
Click on +Add next to Orders in the Menu tab
The Add Order screen opens
Search for the Post-Operative PowerPlan
Click on Post-Operative
Click Done
The Recovery Pain Protocol orders are listed under a separate heading
Select the order you want to prescribe by ticking the check box to the…
Turner/MDU PowerPlans are designed to facilitate future visits into a day unit for certain medications. The PowerPlans will include the primary medication and other requirements such as pre-medications, PRN medications, pathology (CHW Only) and prescriptions.
Once ordered, the PowerPlans will sit…
Allergy Interaction warnings will appear when:
ordering a new medication that interacts with an allergy that has already been documented
a new allergy is added that interacts with a medication that has already been prescribed
manually checking allergy and drug interaction
If an allergy…
Please note that these PowerPlans are for inpatient use only
Click order + add
Search for and select the venom immunotherapy plan
The scheduling window will appear.
The plan may be prescribed for a current or future inpatient visit.
Select the visit start Date.
The start time…
Medication History Snapshot is a useful tool that gives an overview of how a patient’s medications have changed over a period of time.
From Orders, Select Medication History Snapshot\
Or access it from the Medication History Screen by selecting the expand menu button and then selecting…
Prescribing Enteral Feeds/Nutrition Supplements
Prior to Ordering a Nutrition Supplement - go to Documentation and Copy (Ctrl + C) the Nutrition and Dietetics Progress Note (Inpatient Enteral Feeding Regimen) which will then need to be pasted into the Order Comments section before it is signed…