How can I document a medication side effect as opposed to an allergic reaction?
For documenting side effects to medications, we would not recommend adding them to Allergies at all. This area of the EMR is specifically used for Drug-to-Allergy interaction checks against other patient medications as per ONC/CMS Certification requirements. We can suggest these other options: If you are stoppi…
Why Does a Medication Go Inactive / Fall Off the Active List?
All medications have a Start Date and optionally, an End Date. When you are adding a new medication entry for a patient, the system will auto-calculate the End Date from either the Encounter Date (when you are prescribing from the Encounters -> Plan -> Medications screen) or today's date (when you are prescribing fro…
