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…
How do I add Allergy to Latex, Pollen, etc? How to add missing reactions?
Allergens such as Latex and Pollen are found under the “Environmental” tab for those types of Allergies. On the Allergies screen, we have Food, Drug, and Environmental. We default to Drug since that is the most important in the EMR and is used in medication interaction checking. Finally, if anything is missi…
New Drug Database Vendor Changes: Release 7.3.3
ReLi Med Solutions eRx Module drug database vendor has been replaced with a new vendor, First Data Bank (FDB). The former drug database vendor, Lexi-Comp, has decided to sunset their product. First Data Bank is widely used throughout the nation. You will see minimal changes in the medications and allergies workflow. …
