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Use Clinical to record your consultations with a patient and their clinical details.
Prescribing
Use Prescribing to prescribe medications to your patient, conforming with all requirements and regulations.
Active Ingredient Prescribing (AIP)
Prescriptions created in MedicalDirector Clinical meet the requirements of the Active Ingredient Prescribing legislation (2019).
3. Guidelines for Active Ingredient Prescribing
These guidelines will assist prescribers in making appropriate clinical decisions for sepcifying a brand name rather than an active ingredient.
3.1 List of Medicines for Brand Consideration - (LMBC)
The LMBC identifies medicines for which prescribers should consider if the inclusion of the brand name on the prescription is necessary for their patient.
i. Prescriber selects the drug by Active Ingredient:

Clinical Management
Use Clinical to record your consultations with a patient and their clinical details.
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  - Active Ingredient Prescribing (AIP)
    Prescriptions created in MedicalDirector Clinical meet the requirements of the Active Ingredient Prescribing legislation (2019).
    - 1. Inclusion of the Brand as a default is prohibited under legislation
    - 2. Exemptions
    - 3. Guidelines for Active Ingredient Prescribing
      These guidelines will assist prescribers in making appropriate clinical decisions for sepcifying a brand name rather than an active ingredient.
      - 3.1 List of Medicines for Brand Consideration - (LMBC)
        The LMBC identifies medicines for which prescribers should consider if the inclusion of the brand name on the prescription is necessary for their patient.
        i. Prescriber selects the drug by Active Ingredient:
        ii. Prescriber selects the drug by the brand:
      - 3.2 List of Excluded Medicinal Items (LEMI)
        The LEMI identifies drugs which are excluded under the AIP legislation from the mandated requirement to include the active ingredient names(s) on the prescription and which therefore may be prescribed by the brand name only.
    - 4. Situations excluded under the AIP Legislations (LEMI)
    - 5. Re-Prescribe or Duplicate Script Functions
    - 6. References
      This option allows you to nominate a specific drug to which the patient is allergic.
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  The Clinical measurements window displays the history of a patient's various clinical measurements.
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i. Prescriber selects the drug by Active Ingredient:

As a specific brand has NOT been selected, the active ingredient name(s) only would normally be included on the prescription. However, if the medicine is on the LMBC, the prescribing software can prompt the prescriber "to consider" if the inclusion of the brand is clinically appropriate for their patient.

Figure: MD Clinical prompting for brand inclusion consideration

Figure: Alternate Brands window appears if user selects to include brand name