Dosage Instructions

Use the Dosage Instruction Maintenance window to review abbreviations or short codes for use when prescribing and add new abbreviations.

There are three types of abbreviation in Communicare, indicated with the following colours:
  • Black - default abbreviations that can be edited by the Communicare Administrator and are available to everybody
  • Red - abbreviations that are only available to the user who created them. Only the user who created the abbreviations can edit them.
  • Blue - abbreviations created by a user that have been made public and are available to all other users. Only the user who created the abbreviations can edit them.

Adding new abbreviations or short codes

To add a new abbreviation:
  1. Select File|Reference Tables|Dosage Instructions.
  2. Click Add iconAdd.
  3. In the new row:
    1. In the 'Abbreviation' column, enter the new abbreviation.
    2. In the 'Text' column, enter the full text that will be displayed in the dosage instructions.
    3. To also make the abbreviation available to other Communicare users, set 'Public'.
  4. Click 'Save and Close'.

Results

When prescribing, you can now use the abbreviation in the 'Dosage' field and the full text is printed.