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Hello All,
We are updating to the new medication module soon. I have been testing our custom forms and it seems that MEL_ADD_MEDICATION() and MEL_REMOVE_MEDICATION() no longer work.
For example I have a form that adds a specific medication with a set sig to the medication list when you click a button. When I click that in our test system with the new medication module turned on the button click works but nothing happens. When I run a mel trace the MEL_ADD_MEDICATION() runs fine and the function doesn't return an error.
In another example, we have a form that passes the MID to MEL_REMOVE_MEDICATION(). In that case it doesn't remove the medication as expected, it opens the new medication module.
There was a passing mention of medication related MEL symbols in one of Athena's computer based trainings but that is all I have seen so far. Is anyone aware of any updated specifications regarding how these items should work? Or should the assumption be adding and removing from the medication list via these functions is now turned off?
Thanks,
Brad
Posted : July 7, 2021 2:39 am
MEL_REMOVE_MEDICATION isn't supported in V20 with Medication Management at this time. The behavior you are seeing is what is documented in the help. Take a look at the help file for the limitations of the MEL_ADD_MEDICATION with MM enabled.
Posted : July 7, 2021 9:30 am
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Hi David,
Thank you for the information. In the V20 help file I'm not seeing references for either MEL_ADD_MEDICATION() or MEL_REMOVE_MEDICATION(). That's why I thought that perhaps the functionality was changed.
I did some additional testing and found I could use MEL_ADD_MEDICATION in my form. The issue I had was with my user type and permissions. Also for others reading this, I found that MEL_ADD_MEDCATION will pass the medication to the new module, but can't pass the quantity and refills as discrete parameters. Your doctors will need to click the 'Run Smart Sig' button and then update those fields.
Brad
Posted : July 8, 2021 12:19 am
I would strongly recommend that you confirm with Athena Support that this workflow will not cause issues. From what we understand, these symbols absolutely should NOT be utilized with MM activated. The rationale is that they have not been updated at all for the new module meaning they are unchanged from their original functionality.
I suspect that while giving the appearance of working, there may be more involved in the background that could potentially cause issues with the system.
Posted : July 15, 2021 4:22 am
