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Open a service recording for patient interactions and add clinical items, record progress notes, prescribe medications, review investigations, write referrals and manage recalls.
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 supply
If you provide medication to a patient or their carer from your stock, record a supply record for the medication.
Editing supply of a medication
If required, you can edit supply details for a medication recorded by you in the same service.

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.
    - Recording medication supply
      If you provide medication to a patient or their carer from your stock, record a supply record for the medication.
      - Editing supply of a medication
        If required, you can edit supply details for a medication recorded by you in the same service.
      - Deleting supply of a medication
        If you recorded and saved the supply of a medication in error, during the same service you can delete the supply record.
      - Reprinting medication labels
        If a label fails to print because of printer problems, you didn't print labels during the initial supply, or you don't use the Administer & Supply option in Communicare, you can print or reprint a medication label for a medication order from the patient's clinical record.
  - 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 supply of a medication

If required, you can edit supply details for a medication recorded by you in the same service.

Changes to supply do not affect the Imprest.

To edit the supply details of a medication in the current service:

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 Supply details section, edit the supply details where required:
1. In the Supply Quantity and Units fields:
  - Edit the amount of medication supplied, including fractional amounts where required
  - Edit the medication units
2. From the Supply Mode list, select an alternative method for how the medication was supplied.
3. In the Supply Notes field, edit the pertinent notes.
4. If you want to reprint labels to attach to the medication, in the Print Labels field, enter the number of labels required and click Print Labels.
Click Save.

9 February 2024