e-Prescribing
Put prescribing information and checks in one workflow
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Included in all three Care plans; dispensing and ward administration depend on the relevant modules.
NXH Care e-Prescribing connects medicine selection with the patient’s clinical context. Clinicians search the formulary by brand or generic name and set the dose, route and frequency. Care checks the medicine against recorded allergies and the patient’s active prescriptions, stops an item that matches an allergy or a serious interaction until a reason is recorded, and keeps each override. The treating professional remains responsible for assessing the medicine, reviewing every alert and deciding the treatment.
Review the medicine within the patient’s context
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Step 1
Find medicine
Search by brand or generic
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Step 2
Prepare
Set dose, route and frequency
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Step 3
Check alerts
Review allergy and interaction alerts
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Step 4
Prescribe
Complete the prescription after review
What your team can do
- Search the formulary by brand or generic medicine name.
- Fill the route from the drug record, then set dose, frequency and duration.
- Stop an item that matches a recorded drug allergy until a reason is recorded.
- Check each medicine against the patient’s active prescriptions for interactions.
- Keep every override with its reason, the prescriber and the time.
- Include prescribed medicines in the visit summary.
Bring prescribing decisions back to the patient record
Selecting a medicine is one part of prescribing. The clinician also weighs the patient’s recorded allergies and current medicines before deciding what suits the encounter.
In NXH Care the clinician searches the formulary by brand or generic name, then sets the dose, route, frequency and duration. Care checks the selected medicine against the patient’s recorded allergies and active prescriptions as the item is added, and the pharmacist’s dispensing check repeats it.
What the checks do
- A drug allergy match always stops the item until the prescriber records a reason. Care matches the recorded allergen against the medicine’s generic name, brand name and codes.
- Interactions are graded. Contraindicated and major pairs stop the item until the prescriber enters a written reason, and moderate pairs warn.
- Every override is stored with the reason, the prescriber and the time.
- The checks inform a decision and do not replace it. They cannot find a risk that is missing from the recorded allergies, the current medicines or Care’s interaction list.
The drug knowledge behind the checks
Care checks against the formulary and the interaction pairs held in its own drug records. Ask the team how that list is sourced, how far it reaches and how it is kept up to date for your deployment before you rely on it.
Medication errors are not classified
Care does not classify medication errors by severity, and it does not assign an index category. See the NCC MERP index for how that guidance relates to prescribing.
Illustrative example: an allergy alert
This example uses synthetic data. Yusuf Karim, a made-up patient, has amoxicillin recorded as an allergy. Dr Salma Idris, a made-up clinician, searches for amoxicillin with clavulanate and adds it. Because the allergen name appears in the medicine’s name, Care stops the item and asks for a reason. She removes it and prescribes a different antibiotic. Had she continued, Care would have kept her written reason, her name and the time with the item.
Related NXH Care modules
3 more modules
Common questions
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e-Prescribing is included in Care Clinics, Care Clinics Pro and Care Hospitals. The module is part of the shared clinical foundation in every Care plan.
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Yes. Clinicians can search the formulary by brand or generic name, then prepare the prescription within the patient’s Care workflow.
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Care checks a medicine against the patient’s recorded allergies and active prescriptions. An allergy match, or a contraindicated or major interaction, stops the item until the prescriber records a reason. The clinician must review the information and decide the treatment.
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Prescribing is included in all Care plans. Pharmacy and stock is included in Care Hospitals and available as an add-on for the clinic plans.
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Yes, with a written reason. Care stores the reason, the prescriber and the time with the item. The pharmacist’s dispensing check applies the same rule.
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No. Care checks allergies and interactions before a medicine is ordered. It does not classify errors by outcome or assign a category from the NCC MERP index.
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From the formulary and interaction pairs held in Care’s own drug records. Ask the team how that list is sourced and maintained for your deployment before relying on it.
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