What I have been proposing in this thread is someplace to store the custom medications (or x-rays, or orthotics) that we have to write all the time, so we don't have to start from scratch each time we write for it.
As I have already said, if I write for Amoxil tablets or Amoxil elixir (250/5) exclusively, I would like to be able to go right to that without sorting through the multiple other forms of Amoxil. That would be a big improvement.
But also consider this prescription:
Prednisone (10mg)
one tablet QID x 1 week, then
one tablet TID x 1 week, then
one tablet BID x 1 week, then
one tablet QD x 1 week, then
1/2 tablet QD x 1 week, then stop.
or this one:
MAGIC MOUTHWASH
30 mL Benadryl liquid
60 mL Mylanta
4g Carafate
gargle and spit 5 mL qAC & qHS & prn
I would like it if I didn't have to type those Rx's out manually each time I wrote for them. I would like somewhere to store that data on my Rx pad screen.
Or what if you're ordering lab on an Rx pad, as we were discussing, and you are an oncologist? It would be nice to be able to order a hypercoagulable workup a click:
Complete Blood Count with platelets and morphology
Prothrombin Time
Partial Thromboplastin Time
Antinuclear Antibody Test (ANA)
Antiphospholipid Antibody tests
Clotting Assay for Lupus Anticoagulant
ELISA for Anticardiolipin Antibodies
Factor V Leiden
Fasting Total Plasma Homocysteine Level
Protein C Levels and Protein S
Antithrombin III Level
Plasma Factor VIII Level
Currently, I can't find a printable field on the Rx screen that can even hold this much data. This seems to be a drawback with the current system.
Brian
