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Medications
This topic covers all Medications Management functionality within Communicare.
S100 Management
The S100 Management module provides access to the S100 Inventory and S100 Orders. This module applies only to WACHS.
S100 Supply
S100 Supply is the act of handing over S100 medications to a patient or their carer or discarding the medications.

Encounters
Open a service recording for patient interactions and add clinical items, record progress notes, prescribe medications, review investigations, write referrals and manage recalls.
- Encounters
  Record patient encounters in Communicare using any one of the following methods.
- Medications
  This topic covers all Medications Management functionality within Communicare.
  - Medication Overview
    Displays all Prescription, Administer and Supply medication information for the selected patient.
  - Prescribing
    Use Communicare to prescribe medications.
  - Medication History
    Use Medication History to record medication for a patient of your service that may have been prescribed in hospital or by another practice.
  - Administer and Supply Medication
    In Communicare V20.1 and later, the separate Supply and Administer functions are merged into a single Administer and Supply function. Use Administer and Supply to record the administration or supply of a medication, or both administration and supply of a medication during the current service.
  - Imprest Management
    Imprest Management allows management of the Imprest drug list and the Imprest orders.
  - Consolidated Orders
    Consolidated orders are groups of medication requests that have been requested from an external pharmacy.
  - S100 Management
    The S100 Management module provides access to the S100 Inventory and S100 Orders. This module applies only to WACHS.
    - S100 Inventory
      Use to manage the S100 Inventory, which is received through the S100 orders for patients at the selected S100 location.
    - S100 Supply
      S100 Supply is the act of handing over S100 medications to a patient or their carer or discarding the medications.
    - S100 Stock Elsewhere
    - Current Medications
    - S100 Orders
    - S100 Order Details
- Clinical Support

S100 Supply

S100 Supply is the act of handing over S100 medications to a patient or their carer or discarding the medications.

All medications recorded as in stock are available for supply.

After you have received your S100 order from the pharmacist and updated the S100 Order you can record the supply to your patient.

To record the S100 supply:

In the patient's clinical record, click Medication > S100 Supply.
Select the S100 medication.
In the Supply Quantity field, enter the number of units supplied to the patient.
From the Supply Mode list, select who the medication was supplied to or if it was discarded.
From the Supply Type list, select the medication packaging type.
In the Notes field, enter any required notes.
In the Recorded By field, check that your name is correct.
From the Recorded Date calendar, select when the medication was supplied if it wasn't today.
Click Save.

A supply record is added to the Progress Notes as a Clinical Item, prefixed with <Supply>.
S100 Supply progress note

S100 Supply progress note

A <Supply> record is also added to the Detail tab.

The S100 Inventory for that medication is decremented.

Editing supply records

To edit an S100 supply record for an S100 supply record created in the same service:

On the Detail tab, double-click the required S100 supply record.
Click Edit.
In the Supply Quantity field, update the number of units supplied to the patient.
Click Save.

The supply record in the Progress Notes and Detail tabs is updated.

The S100 Inventory for that medication is also updated.

Deleting supply records

To delete an S100 supply record for an S100 supply record created in the same service:

On the Detail tab, double-click the required S100 supply record.
Click Delete.
In the Delete Supply window, enter why you are deleting the supply record.
Click OK.

The supply record is removed from the 'Progress Notes' and 'Detail' tabs.

The S100 Inventory for that medication is corrected.

Viewing supply records

To view an S100 supply record:

Select

Medication icon

Medication > S100 Supply or the Detail tab.

Each supply medication has the following fields:

Supply Mode (mandatory): how the medication was supplied.
Quantity (mandatory): the quantity supplied. Supply quantity cannot exceed the Quantity in stock.
Supply Type (mandatory): the kind of package the drug was supplied in.
Notes: any relevant notes against the supply record.
Quantity In Stock : the current stock for that medication