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Interaction Filtering allows Drug Interaction warnings to be customized in terms of speed of onset, interaction severity, and the quality and quantity of medical literature available regarding an interaction.

 

 

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RX Drug Interaction Filters

 

 

•Time frame the effects of the interaction are expected: Select the slowest onset required to trigger a warning from the following options:

▪1 - Rapid

▪2 - Delayed

 

•Potential severity of the effects of the interaction: Select the least severity required to trigger a warning from the following options:

▪1 - Contraindicated

▪2 - Major

▪3 - Moderate

▪4 - Minor

 

•Quality and the quantity of medical literature that supports the existence of this interaction: Select the least documentation required to trigger a warning from the following options:

▪1 - Excellent

▪2 - Good

▪3 - Fair

▪4 - Poor

 

•IV Compatibility: IV compatibility filtering is not used during prescription entry clinical monitoring.

 

•Fax controlled substances: Choose from the following options the highest schedule of controlled substances to fax to a receiving pharmacy, or to disallow faxing of controlled substances. The setting should be made based on state guidelines.

▪1 - Schedule I: All schedules of controlled substances and non-scheduled drugs can be faxed.

▪2 - Schedule II: Drugs in Schedules II through V, and non-scheduled drugs, can be faxed.

▪3 - Schedule III: Controlled substances in Schedules III, IV and V drugs, as well as non-scheduled drugs, can be faxed.

▪4 - Schedule IV: Drugs in Schedules IV, V and non-scheduled drugs can be faxed.

▪5 - Schedule V: Drugs in Schedule V and non-scheduled drugs can be faxed.

▪n/a: Do not fax controlled substances.

 

NOTE: When prescribing multiple new medications, if one or more do not fall into the class as defined in the field above, none of them will be faxable.

 

•Last Changed: This field indicates the last date and time (in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format) that the Fax controlled substances field was changed, along with the initials of the employee who made the changes.

 

•Save: Once any changes are made, be sure to select Save from the action bar.

 

•Back Arrow: To return to the previous screen, select this option from the action bar.