NextGen/QSI EDR
Dental Providers
NextGen Medication Module
How-To-Do Guidance
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Accessing the Medication Module
1. Click on the ‘EHR'
icon in the Menu
Bar at the top.
2. Click on the
‘Prescriptions’
selection in the
drop-down box as
shown.
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Medication Module in EHR
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The NextGen Medication Module is illustrated below.
The Patient History panel shown on the right side is open. If it is
in the way of your work it can be closed by clicking on the icon
Patient
pointed to here.
History
panel
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Medication Module Column Headings
You will need to see
the following column
headings:
1. Medication Name
2. Last Audit
3. Status
4. Method
5. Diagnosis Code
6. Start Date
7. Stop Date
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Setting up Column Headings
Right-click anywhere on
the Column Headings bar
Then, single-click on
‘Set Columns to Display’
option
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Setting up Column Headings
1. Use the pop-up shown
here to select items in the
left box and click ‘Add’ to
place the item in the right
box or select a item in the
right box and click
‘Remove’ to remove item
2. Use the ‘Move Up’ or
‘Move Down’ button to
adjust the order of the
columns.
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Your selections should
end up in the order
noted below:
1. Medication Name
2. Last Audit
3. Status
4. Method
5. Diagnosis Code
6. Start Date
7. Stop Date
3. Click the ‘OK’ button
when finished.
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Selecting a Medication to Prescribe
• Click on ‘Prescribe New’
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Selecting a Medication to Prescribe
1. Type the
medication to be
prescribed here
2. As you type drug
options will start
appearing.
3. When you see
what you want
you can stop
typing.
4. Double-click on
your choice.
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Reviewing Drug Interactions (if applicable)
• Review the Alerts or Drug Interaction Warnings if they pop-up.
• Click to Acknowledge or select a different medication.
• Click ‘Done’ to close alerts.
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Selecting a the Right Dose or Strength
• Double-click on
medication dose
or strength of
choice
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Finalizing the Selection
• Click on your
‘Selected
Medications’
to highlight it
here
• Then click on
‘Select’
to complete
your
selection.
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Prescription Details
To input your
quantity, use
the ‘Quantity’
field
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Prescription Details: Editing the Sig
If you need to
edit the Sig,
you can
single-click on
the Sig line
and it will
expand.
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Selecting the Quantity of Medication
1. Once the Sig line
expands, you have the
opportunity to change
any of the prescription
details by clicking on
each separate
component.
2. After you have made
your edits, you will need
to click on the little
‘Accept’ button for the
Sig line to collapse
again.
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Select a Diagnosis
You must associate your prescription with a valid diagnosis in order to
complete this activity successfully.
The Patient Conditions
panel will pop out
After you click on
Problem ‘Add’
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Selecting a Diagnosis to Associate with
Prescription
Select ‘Dental
Examination
V72.2’ from
the left-side
pop-out.
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Selecting a Stop Date
• Select a Stop Date;
otherwise your
prescription will
expire on your current
date.
• The Stop Date is not
the number of days
the patient will be
taking the medication
but rather the period
during which it would
be reasonable to
renew or replace the
prescription without a
re-examination.
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Accepting and Printing
• With your
prescription set,
you need to click
on ‘Accept’
• Given the type of
prescription in
the example you
will need to print
a hard copy.
• Click on ‘Print’
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Previewing the Prescription
• The ‘Print’ dialog box
pops up.
• You will need to
select the printer that
this job will be sent to
in order to print the
prescription.
• However, you should
always preview the
prescription first by
clicking on ‘Preview’
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Previewing the Prescription
• On this preview view of
your prescription, as
they say, ‘what you see
is what you get’.
• The prescription that is
printed out will look
exactly like what is seen
in the preview.
• If you don’t like what
you see, you must
revise the prescription.
• After your review, to
close this preview, click
on the big ‘RED X’
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Printing the Prescription
• Upon closing the preview
of the prescription, you
are brought back to the
Print dialogue pop-up.
• Once you select to
appropriate printer if it is
not your default printer,
then you click the ‘Print’
button.
• If you need to revise the
prescription you should
click the ‘Cancel’ button.
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Closing the Medication Module
To end your current
session with the
Medication Module, click
on the big ‘RED X’
in the top right corner of
the NextGen EHR system.
On your way out, you will
be greeted by several popups. Just answer ‘NO’
(‘NO’ your way out)
You will be returned to your
current session in the DHR
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Viewing the Medication List in EDR
In order to view
the medication
list in the DHR,
click on ‘Filter’
and select the
‘Prescription’
option in the
drop-down
menu.
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Viewing the Medication List in EDR
The medication(s)
you prescribed will
show up in the EDR
along with all the
other medications
from the NextGen
EHR Medication
List.
Complete your Rx
in the Discharge
as usual.
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Back to the Default Filter in EDR
To get back to
the ‘default’
view of things,
click on ‘Filter’
and select
‘User Default’,
which is the top
or first option in
the drop-down
menu.
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