Aboriginal artwork produced by Gumbaynggir Artist Brentyn Lugnan
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
