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NextGen/QSI EDR Dental Providers

NextGen Medication Module How-To-Do Guidance

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

pointed to here. Patient History panel

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.

3. Click the ‘OK’ button when finished.

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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

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

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To input your

quantity, use

the ‘Quantity’

field

Prescription Details: Editing the Sig

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If you need to

edit the Sig,

you can

single-click on

the Sig line

and it will

expand.

Selecting the Quantity of Medication

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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.

Select a Diagnosis

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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’

Selecting a Diagnosis to Associate with

Prescription

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Select ‘Dental

Examination

V72.2’ from

the left-side

pop-out.

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

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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 pop-

ups. Just answer ‘NO’

(‘NO’ your way out)

You will be returned to your

current session in the DHR

Viewing the Medication List in EDR

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In order to view

the medication

list in the DHR,

click on ‘Filter’

and select the

‘Prescription’

option in the

drop-down

menu.

Viewing the Medication List in EDR

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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.

Back to the Default Filter in EDR

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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.