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The prescribtion started on the date of visits should not show under current medication because it is confusing.

I think it only does that if you double click in the medication window after prescribing. As long as you don't do that the previous meds show up in the current meds window on your note.

Yes, the order is important.
Review and reconcile the current medications by double clicking on the current medications window.
Then prescribe any new medications. As noted above, if you double click on the current medications window after prescribing a medication, it will now be in the current list when you close the popup window.
You can select and delete the new medication from the window to keep your note correct but it is easier to avoid.

Greg

But, that is a flaw in the system.

I am wondering if anyone else is dismayed as I am about the mixed case "toll" font in the codible med list that the spell check will not recognize as correctly spelled. Also, we do we still have to navigate around a drop down box displaying non codible meds??

Those are not all non-codifiable meds. A lot of times they are medications you use frequently so it is easy to pick out. They do tend to include non-codifiable meds as those can be medications such as formulations and suspensions.

We prescribe a lot of ADHD meds, so they are right there when we use them (of course, they can't be ePrescribed).

The font is "official", called TALLman font. It is supposed to make med name differences more obvious (ie: PREDNIsolone vs predNISONE), and avoid med errors. The AC spell checker will not remember mixed case words.

But to answer your comments, yes both are happening and both are annoying!

True, but where do you want AC to put the non-codifiable meds and the meds you use most often?

I can remember not too long ago when people were upset that AC didn't remember frequently used medications.

why is AC using TALLman when no one else is?

I think it is the standard. It isn't AC, it is SureScripts. It has been used in our hospital for around three years, if not longer. They are in most references such as Lexi-Comp.

It is "encouraged" by the FDA.

The issue is compounded by the limitations of the spell checker in AC which will not recognize mixed-case words. The spell checker is "on the list" of things that need fixing, (as per Dr. Bertman).