Pre-Admission Medication Orders

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The following discussion applies to versions of Ascend IP prior to the 200609181300 release.

See Pre-Admission Orders for version 200609181300 and above.

To search for an item in the FirstDatabank list, type the first 3 letters of the drug name or the first 5 digits of the NDC number.

Example:  Patient takes baby aspirin every day, search for the first three letters: bab:

You could also search on aspirin, type in the first 3 letters: asp.  When the list comes up, continue typing the rest of the word so it says "aspirin".  You could then scroll down and select the proper item. 

You can also modify the Description which determines what shows on the Patient Profile and any reports.

To enter an order for an item not found in the FirstDatabank search,  search for the word "other".  An item called *Other will appear in the list.

Select *Other, the Description will change to *Other

Change the Description to the words of your choice and enter Route, SIG, Comments as appropriate:

This will appear on the Patient Profile and on Continuum of Care reports (if reporting on Pre-Admission Medications).  Pre-Admission Medication Orders have an Order Type = Pre-Admission, Status=P