Medication Section

This section on the patient record tracks any medication administered to the patient in the course of the episode.

This includes over the counter medications, vaccines, and prescriptions.   You can complete Medication Administration Records (MARs) for prescriptions of controlled substances, and Vaccine Certificates for vaccines that require them.

You can also track Client Reported medications for things that were prescribed outside of your hospital, to ensure a patient's complete medication history.

Add Medication

If no medication section appears on the episode yet, you can Add Medication using the Add New Element menu that is found by right clicking on the Episode Header.

After at least one Medication has been added to the episode, the Medication section is visible, and you can add additional medications using the right click menu there.

The Episode Type can also be pre-set to display the Medication record as soon as the episode is created, if it is an episode type that will require the use of medications (e.g. a surgery.) 

Medication Types

The main medication types are Prescriptions, Medications (OTC), and Client Reported.  In addition, any prescriptions issued during the course of the episode will appear here even if they did not originate from the episode.  This includes prescriptions routed through the pharmacy, and any medications issued from a Controlled Drug Machine. 

Add Prescription

Prescription Statuses

Medication Administration Records

Dispensary Prescriptions

Add Medication

Medication in VetView is broken down into sub types.  Each sub type has its own fields, and will display on the medical record differently based on those fields.

To assign a pharmacy product to these categories, you should have a system administrator work with a pharmacist to have them associated to the categories on the Pharmacy Setup Screen or on the Product Setup Screen > Medical Record Tab. 

Type: Antibiotic

One common use case for antibiotic medications that do not require a prescription may be topical ointments.  These products can be flagged as an Antibiotic under the Medical Record Setup, and become available from the non prescription Medication list.

In the example below, the product has been administered to the patient to treat an external wound.

The product will be added to the patient's bill, and pulled from Inventory based on the entered information.  

Once saved, the product will appear in the Medication list.

Click on the Print Button to open a PDF for a prescription style label that can be applied to the product to comply with any state or province laws regarding antibiotics. 

Type:  Antiparasitic

The Parasite option in Medication can be used as a teaching tool in addition to a means of narrowing down recommended treatment options.  The clinician must first choose the parasite, and then a list of associated products to treat that parasite appear.  (These must be previously associated under the Pharmacy Setup screens.)

Like the Antibiotics, a prescription style label can be printed using the Print Button from the Medication section.

Type:  Euthanasia

A product used for euthanasia can be added via the Medication section.  

Adding this product will not automatically mark the patient as Deceased. 

Instead, this should be done via the Discharge process, by selecting Euthanasia or another Discharge type set up to mark a patient deceased.  The date of death will be the Discharge date from this window.

Type: Medication

Use this option for any other non specific medication that your office supplies to the client that may require an instruction label.  For example, supplements and vitamins can be tracked under this, if they do not require a prescription.

Once added, Medication can have the label printed out and applied to a container, just like a prescription.

Type: Other

The Other category is intended for items that don't fall into any of the other categories, but may still need go-home label instructions for an owner.  Bandages, e-collars, and other such products can be included in this section. 

Once saved, the Other medication type can have its label printed like all other types in this category.

Type: Over the Counter

Type: Vaccine

Delete Medication

A non-prescription medication can be deleted from the patient record at any time.  Right click the Medication, and choose Delete.

Prescription medications cannot be deleted from the patient record after they have been Approved.  Contact the Pharmacy you requested it from to cancel the prescription request.  

Add Client Reported

CDM Medications, Daily Fills, and other external sources of medications