Medication Master List 

The Medication Master List contains all medications that can be added to a Patient's Medications List. 

In the Main Menu, click Lists, Medications, or on the Medical window click Add Medication.

The medications listed are a mixture of Generic and Brand name, all organized alphabetically. 
Add Generic:  Add a generic medication.  Generic medications must be added before associated brand name medications. 
Add Brand:  Add a brand name medication. You must first select the generic medication. 

You can also double click on a medication to edit.

RxNorm:  For EHR.  Click [...] to associate the medication with a normalized RxNorm drug name.  All medications in your list should be attached to an RxNorm.  This will ensure that the medication, and any allergies to this medication, show on Summary of Cares and Clinical Summaries.

Drug Name:  The drug name as it will show in the master list.

Generic Name:  The associated generic drug name. 

Notes:  Only allowed on generic medications.  All medications attached to the generic medication will show the same note.  Every medication should have a note, no matter how short, so that it can be verified that the doctor did at least look up the medication and check for precautions. 

Dependencies:  See what items are associated with this medication.
- Patient medication:  A list of all patients who have this medication in their Patient Medication List (active or discontinued).
- Patient allergy:  A list of all patients who have this medication listed in their Patient Allergy List (active and inactive).
- Brands:  For generic medications, see which brand name medications are associated with this medication.

Entering medications into the list will take a little extra time, but it is important to get it done right the first time so be sure someone takes the time to input properly.  It helps to divide the task among the assistants and the dentists. The assistants can look up the medication, ensure that the spelling is absolutely correct, and enter the generic and brand names. But they should not enter in any notes. Notes should only be entered by a dentist, and usually consist of the therapeutic category, and any precautions or interactions to be aware of.