Other Medication Actions

To take other actions, such as ordering a new medication, changing a medication order, or changing a medication order status (discontinue, hold, or renew), you use the Action menu or right-click a medication to display a popup menu. You can also place orders for new medications from the Orders tab.

Note: When a user takes actions on an order, such as renewing, changing, or discontinuing it, an infrequent error sometimes occurs where the order number in CPRS and the order in Pharmacy do not match. In this case, CPRS displays a warning that there is an "invalid pharmacy order number" and instructing the user to contact someone in the Pharmacy service to complete the action.

Using the right-click or popup menu on the Meds tab, if the user selects several items and the right-clicks either on the items or elsewhere in the list, CPRS displays a popup menu. When the user selects an action from the popup menu, the action applies to all selected items. For example, if the user selects three inpatient medication orders and selects Discontinue, the dialog appears with those three orders listed for discontinuation.

However, if no items are selected (highlighted in blue) and the user right-clicks on an item, it is selected and the popup menu appears. In addition, CPRS treats each section, Inpatient, Non-VA meds, and Outpatient, as a unique area so that if the user has an item selected in, for example, Outpatient, and then right-clicks on an inpatient medication, the outpatient selected will be deselected and the inpatient item will be selected and the popup menu displays.

The popup menu includes the following items:

· Details...

· Administration History...

· Change...

· Discontinue...

· Refill...

· Renew...

· New Medication...