Medication Hard Stop

1. Medication Hard Stop Effective Tuesday, March 3rd 2009

2. Medication Hard Stop Revised Expiration Dates • PRN Narcotics will automatically discontinue in 3 days • All other Narcotic orders will automatically discontinue in 7 days • All other medication orders will automatically discontinue in 30 days

3. Medication Hard Stop Upon logging into ICIS, you will get an Alert if one (or more) of your patients have medication(s) that are due to expire in 1 day.To continue in ICIS, Acknowledge this Alert.

4. Medication Hard Stop 2. To see the list of patients whose meds will expire tomorrow, go to the patient list named “My Pts w Meds Expiring in 1 Day”.

5. Medication Hard Stop 3. From this list, select all patients (by clicking “Select All”) and go to the Orders Tab.

6. Medication Hard Stop 4. In the Orders Tab, change the Status/Priority filter to “Meds Expiring in 1 Day” to view only those meds that need to be addressed.

7. Medication Hard Stop 5. Select the medication order that you wish to continue beyond the expiration date, right-click on the med, select “Discontinue/Reorder”. Select the Current dose or a new dose DO NOT use the “Reorder” command.

8. Medication Hard Stop 7. At the DC/Cancel window, click OK to discontinue the expiring medication.

9. Medication Hard Stop 8. Complete the order form for the new medication and Submit the order. The selected medication will continue until the new expiration date is reached.

10. Medication Hard Stop • Each medication that is discontinued and reordered will drop-off your “My Pts w Meds Expiring in 1 Day” list. • If there are unaddressed orders in this list, you will continue to get alerts upon logging into ICIS.

11. Questions? For more information: • Questions related to ICIS use can be directed to the ICIS Support Desk at (212) 263-0123 during regular business hours. • Visit our website at http://icis.med.nyu.edu/ for up-to-date information or to replay this slideshow.