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Week 8 Clinical Champion Training

Author: Courtney DixonDate: June 2018

Guiding PrinciplesEstablish a different approach

Ensure Sustainability Ensure Organisational Integration

Reduce Admin (Waste)

Workflows

Dosage Calculator (Vancomycin infusion)AMS with Alerts

Tapering Order (Prednisolone 50mg)Unlisted Medication (Clinical Trial Drug XYZ456)

Additional Medication Chart Reminder

Dosage Calculator Key Points

Dosage Calculator Key Points

The dosage weight is completed by the prescriber

AMS Alerts Key Points

AMS Alerts Key Points

AMS Alerts Key Points

• eASY can be accessed from the restricted antimicrobial alert

• Approval number is mandatory before prescribing

• Sepsis catered for in the Sepsis Powerplan

Tapering Order Key Points

Tapering Order Key Points• If a medication only has a PRN order sentence

available, the prescriber will need to change it to a regular order before the tapering icon will become visible

• The prescriber must fill out all details in the scratchpad before clicking on tapering icon

• Tapering for a discharge prescription requires the manual input of tapering instructions into the special instructions field of the scratchpad

Tapering Order Key Points• Creates multiple orders on the MAR• Not available during medication reconciliation,

discharge prescriptions, multi ingredient medications, PRN orders or drugs with volumes eg injectables, liquids

• Cannot taper across frequencies ie, taper something from TDS to D

Unlisted Medication Key Points

• No Alert checking for Unlisted Medications

Additional Chart Reminder Key Points

References

• eMR reference guides eMR connect• MHL/Website