How does GE EMR record cannabis or marijuana

blackmanb

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If a patient has been prescribed cannabis or marijuana, is there a way to record that in the patients chart on the medication list ?

Posted : April 13, 2015 11:38 am

chaddix

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I think your best bet is to record it as an uncoded medication. If you want consistency in the way your providers add this medication, you can create a Custom List with specific options.

Posted : April 14, 2015 3:59 am

Sirna

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I suggest the same as above.

Posted : April 14, 2015 5:52 am

blackmanb

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How do I add an uncoded medication in Centricity EMR 9.8 ?

Posted : April 14, 2015 10:13 am

ljburnham

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Email me and I can help you.

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Posted : April 15, 2015 8:12 am

blackmanb

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Laurie - thank you for showing me how to do this.

For anyone else, here is how to ADD an UNCODED MEDICATION

You have to do this from a "test patient", in an update, and have a custom medication list that you will want to add it to.

so, To add marijuana (uncoded)

for patient: "TESTMALE TEST"   create a new update
click on the [Meds] to bring up "Update Medications" window
click [New] to bring up "New Medication" window

Select the custom list from the dropdown to add this medication to.

Fill out the "Define Medication" section:
    Medication: marijuana for medical use
    Instrucions: .... whatever ...
    Comments: ... whatever ...
FINALLY,
In the lower Left corner, check this
Add to custom list: [X] Medication
there is also a checkbox for Instructions, not sure if you need to click this too, up to you.

- Beverly

Posted : April 16, 2015 10:30 am

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