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Use Clinical to record your consultations with a patient and their clinical details.
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Medication Review
By performing a Medication Review you can record problems identified with each medication the patient is currently prescribed, and make recommendations to deal with those issues.

Clinical Management
Use Clinical to record your consultations with a patient and their clinical details.
- Actions
  An Action is a record of something that was done or is to be done for a patient.
- Progress Notes
  Record notes about a patient's visit in Progress Notes.
- Prescribing
  Use Prescribing to prescribe medications to your patient, conforming with all requirements and regulations.
- Examinations
- Recalls
  A recall is a type of flag recorded against a patient's record to inform practitioners or practice staff of when a patient is due to return to the practice, usually so that some clinical procedure can be performed.
- Patient's Medical History
  History includes a patient's medical conditions, both active and inactive.
- Investigations
- Immunisations
  Use the Imm. tab to manage a patient's immunisations.
- Preventive Health
  The Preventive Health module provides assistance in identifying and preventing issues and potential problems by making suggestions or recommending actions.
- Assessments
  - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) Health Assessment
    The ATSI Health Assessment is provided to assist you with the early detection, diagnosis and intervention of common and treatable conditions that can cause considerable morbidity and early mortality in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
  - ADF Post-Discharge GP Health Assessment
    The ADF Post-discharge Health Assessment tool was developed by MedicalDirector in association with Flinders University for the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) to assist GPs in identifying and diagnosing the early onset of physical or mental health problems among former serving members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
  - Asthma Action Plans
    Use the Asthma Action Plan to assist your patient with managing their asthma.
  - Care Plans and Discharge Care Plans
    Create a care plan to record of treatment by multiple health care professionals.
  - Diabetes Assessment
  - Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
    Use the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale to help assess patients who are suffering from post-natal depression.
  - Geriatric Depression Scale
    The Geriatric Depression Scale helps diagnose and manage depression in elderly patients (50 and above) by indicating the probability of depression based on the results of a set of structured questions.
  - Health Assessment
    Complete a health assessment for older patients.
  - Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10)
    The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K-10) Assessment is available to all patients, and allows you to assess a patient's mental health.
  - Medication Review
    By performing a Medication Review you can record problems identified with each medication the patient is currently prescribed, and make recommendations to deal with those issues.
  - Mini Mental State Examination
    Assess the probability of cognitive impairment based on the results of a set of structured questions.
  - Pain Assessment
  - Physical Activity
    Select the most appropriate form of exercise to meet the patient's lifestyle and health requirements, and store and graph their exercise progress.
- Cervical Screening
- Obstetrics Module
- Diabetes Module
- Summaries
  Clinical provides formatted summaries which can be printed for patients.
- Measurements
  The Clinical measurements window displays the history of a patient's various clinical measurements.
- MedicalDirector Care
  Create Care Plans in MedicalDirector.
- Telehealth
  Consult with patients remotely.
- Honeysuckle Health Private Health Insurance Checker
- Tools
- Surgical Audit Tool
  Use the Surgical Audit Tool to record information about surgical procedures.

Medication Review

By performing a Medication Review you can record problems identified with each medication the patient is currently prescribed, and make recommendations to deal with those issues.

Before you begin

You can print a report of your findings and recommendations, and record the recommendations into the patient's Progress Notes.

During the review, a check list is presented for each current medication, along with information that includes warnings about potential problems, and product information.

Procedure

From within the Clinical Window, select Assessment > > Medication Review. The Medication Review window appears.

This window lists the patient's current medications and information on potential problems
Click View Past Reviews at any time to call a list of past reviews. Past reviews can not be edited.
Click Next to display the first medication on the list.

Select the appropriate check boxes and record notes as necessary.
- Click PI to display Product Information about the current medication.
- Click Monograph to open the Independent Drug Monograph browser.
- Click Edit to re-evaluate the reason for prescription.
Click Next to proceed to the next medication until all medications have been reviewed.
Upon completing all reviews, a report is displayed.
- Click Save to save a copy of the report to the database.
- Select the Add Recommendations to Patient's Notes? check box to save a copy of the report to the patient's Progress Notes.
- To view previous Medication reviews, click View Past Results.

Results