Review Meds in Assessment Video: Scheduled Visit Video - YouTube

** Parts of the video will look outdated but overall works the same. 

Pull up a Review Meds screen from a Point of Care assessment.  When you first open this screen, you will see several tabs at the top of the page.  Select a tab to modify the information.

Review

This feature is used to verify which medications were checked in the home.  If there are only a few medications to check, you can check the Mark All Meds as Dose Freq Route Verified.  This will check the Verified Dose Freq Route column for each medication listed.  If the patient has a long list of medications, then you can select one med at a time as you check them. 

If you want the meds to show up on the printed assessment, then check the box Print All Reviewed Meds or check the box for Print to select specific meds. If this is the first time using this screen for the patient, then the New/Chg and Last Date Verified will be blank.  The New/Chg column will show the date that the medication was added or changed.  If the med has [] next to it then the med was added on the date shown.  If it has [C] then the date shown is the date of the last changed Dose Freq Route.   Use the Edit Med History button to make changes to the medications. 

Rules for the New/Chg date to show up on the assessment Preview/Print: If the medication was added or changed two days ago and up to five days after the note was started AND the effective date is on or before the visit assessment date. 

Teaching All

This screen is used to document the general teaching information; including: Person(s) taught, Barriers to learning, and Goals.

Teaching Detail

You can document how the medication teachings were given.  Check the Taught By boxes that apply and select an Evaluation option.  You can click on the Mark All Meds as Taught or click on each specific med to apply the Taught By and Evaluation.  Repeat the steps by changing the Taught By and Evaluation if other medications were taught differently. 

The How Taught will show a V for Verbal, H for Handout, D for Demonstration.   Click on the Info box to view the medication information. 

Click anywhere on the medication information to return to the Teaching Detail screen. 

To clear a set of answers on a medication that was added by mistake; first uncheck all answers from the questions at the top of the screen.  Then click the medication that you want to clear out.  Note: to clear answers the Who was taught and Evaluation you will need to right click the answers. 

Pill Box

This screen is intended to help you fill the patient's pillbox. After the screen is set up, it shows the number of pills that should be in each section of the pill box. To view the medication name(s), move the cursor over the number.  The pill box only needs to be set up once and then changed when medications change.

If the Schedule section of the Med History screen is complete, then this screen will show you when each medication is taken (breakfast, lunch, supper, bedtime).  If the schedule has not been filled in yet, you can check the appropriate boxes for each medication on the Pill Box screen.

Click on the Import All Meds to PillBox per Schedule button.  This will perform two tasks:

1) Any schedule that was checked (breakfast, lunch, supper, bedtime) from this screen will be imported into the Med History > Schedule screen. 
2)  The Sunday – Saturday pill box setup will fill in the number of meds each day / scheduled time has assigned. 

PillBox Notes
This screen allows you to document miscellaneous information about the pillbox setup.

Insulin Syr

If the medication history has an insulin med then you can use this screen to document any prefilled syringes. 

Match ICDs

Use this screen to link each ICD code to a medication.  Click the ICD code, then click the corresponding medication.   To use an indicator, check the box for Pain, Supplement or Other and then click the medication.  If Other is selected, you can type in a description before selecting the medication.  

Click SAVE before leaving the screen.  When you click SAVE, the ICD description or indicator will save in the Treatment section of that medication's Med History. 
 

Meds/PillBox Setup

You only need to use this screen if the standard pillbox that is already shown on the Pill Box screen does NOT look like the pill box the patient has.

Use this screen to create the pillbox layout.  You can use our standard layout or create your own by entering the headings separated by commas, then click on Create Pillbox.  If you make changes, click on Save This Pillbox Setup Info. This needs to be done only once to set up the pill box. It will not be repeated on subsequent visits. The only time this will be used after the pill box is set up is if the patient gets a new pill box.

You can also document who the meds are setup and administered by.  This information is also saved in the Referral > Misc screen.