No, a specific date must be entered in the End Date field in order to discontinue a medication.  Even if the exact end date is not known, you will still need to enter a date in the past in order for the medication to be removed from the client's current medications list.

Yes, the Archives toggle on the Medications index page can be switched to "yes" before making a client selection on that page if it is necessary to select a previously discharged client for data entry purposes.

RxNorm is a unique identifier for medication name, strength, and unit used for AWARDS Certified Edition use cases such as Interoperability and quality measures.  It auto-populates with the RxNorm code for the medication and strength combination entered on the page. 

A link to the RxNav medication search tool is available next to the field name, which opens the national RxNav database to allow you to search for a more specific RxNorm code if desired, or if no match was found by the system.

  NOTE: This information is not editable for medications that have been e-prescribed, where the medication name was selected from the searchable library, or for medications that have administration records entered for them.  For all other records, while the code pre-populates it remains in data entry mode for editing if it is necessary to make any changes.

The NDC, or National Drug Code, is a unique 10-digit or 11-digit number, and a universal product identifier of medications.  The codes can be used to help identify the labeler (manufacturer, repackager, or distributor) of the medication, the specific strength, dosage form (i.e. capsule, tablet, liquid) and formulation of a drug, the package sizes and type of package.

Not all medications have an NDC Code. Medications are assigned NDC codes based on the RxNorm identifier. Some RxNorm identifiers are not specific enough to have an NDC code which reflect particular packaging that a medication comes in, not just a compound, strength, and unit. To select a specific RxNorm code associated with NDC codes, after an RxNorm code is assigned during the data entry process, click the RxNav pop-out and select a record from "Branded Drug or Pack," and then copy the "RxCUI" into the RxNorm field.

Medications "belong" to the client rather than to any individual program.  As a result, medication data entry completed in one program is visible in all other programs in which the client is enrolled.

If multiple electronic signatures have been applied to a record, the ReportBuilder's Locked by E-Sign Date data variable populates with the date on which the first of those signatures was applied.  It is that date on which the record was locked from further edits.

The Medications feature is available for use by staff with the following permissions:

The MAR data entry page does not display medications for dates prior to a medication's start date, or after its end date.  Additionally, data entry for future dates is disallowed unless the medication was entered as self-administering in the medication record.

In order to delete medications, you must have the "Medication Data Deletion" permission.

IMPORTANT! E-Prescribed medications and those for which administration records have been entered cannot be deleted, regardless of whether you have permission to delete medications.

WARNING! Once a medication record has been deleted, it cannot be recovered.  To close out a medication record rather than delete it, update the record and enter a value in the End Date field.  Doing so indicates that the medication is no longer in effect, while preserving it in the client's medication history.