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Medications
This topic covers all Medications Management functionality within Communicare.
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.
Recording medication administration
Create an administration entry each time you administer medication directly to a patient. You can record multiple administration entries during an extended service.
Editing administration records
You can edit the status, failure reason and any comments for any medication administration entries that were recorded by you over the last 24 hours.

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.
  - Medication Management Configuration
    Medications management changed significantly in V21.2 and later. Before you upgrade from V19.2 and earlier, consider the configuration options available for medications management in Communicare.
  - Prescribing
    Use Communicare to prescribe medications.
  - Medication History
    Use Medication History to record current medications for a patient of your health service that your patient is taking but which may have been prescribed in hospital or at another service.
  - 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.
    - Recording medication administration
      Create an administration entry each time you administer medication directly to a patient. You can record multiple administration entries during an extended service.
      - Editing administration records
        You can edit the status, failure reason and any comments for any medication administration entries that were recorded by you over the last 24 hours.
      - Deleting administration records
        If it was recorded in error, you can delete any medication recorded and saved by you in the current service.
    - Recording medication supply
      If you provide medication to a patient or their carer from your stock, record a supply record for the medication.
  - 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.
- Clinical Support

Editing administration records

You can edit the status, failure reason and any comments for any medication administration entries that were recorded by you over the last 24 hours.

For example, you can edit a medication administration to record that the administration failed because the patient vomited.

To edit the administration details of a medication from the last 24 hours:

If the record is already open, go to step 4.
In the Clinical Record, select Medication > Administer & Supply.
Expand the medication whose details you want to edit.
In the Administration details section, edit the administration details:
- From the Status list, select whether the medication was successfully administered.
- If the medication could not be administered, in the Failure Reason field, enter why administration failed.
- If required, in the Comments field, add any pertinent information about the event.
- If required, delete a record entered by mistake, click Bin.
Click Save.

14 November 2023