Prescribing Decision Support alerts in EMIS Web are essential tools designed to assist healthcare professionals in preventing medication errors. When a clinician selects a medication to prescribe, the system triggers alerts if any issues arise with the patient's current medications or conditions.
Types of Alerts
EMIS Web performs several checks to ensure safe prescribing:
- Contraindications and Interactions: The system checks for any contradictions in the patient's existing medication and medical history, alerting the user with high, medium, or low severity warnings.
- Duplication Alerts: If a selected medication contains an ingredient already present in another medication the patient is taking, a warning will be displayed.
- Allergy Alerts: High severity warnings are displayed if a prescribed drug may produce an adverse reaction based on the patient's recorded allergies.
To proceed with medication issuing, users must address all high and medium severity alerts, ensuring that important safety checks are conducted, thereby enhancing patient safety and care quality.
"Non-prescribing users cannot override warnings unless explicitly permitted by the organisation's administrator, ensuring additional oversight and safety in prescribing."
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