Using MIMS to add medications to a patient's record in MMEx
If you use MMEx to record patient details, you can use the MIMS integration package to record a patient's medication history and to note any allergies they suffer from.
Open the patient's record in MMEx, and click on the Medications tab. Next click on the Add Med button.
Figure 1: The Add Medication Page in MMEx
Type the name of the medication you wish to add into the search bar at the top of the screen. A drop down list of suggested medications will appear as you type. Select the one you are looking for or simply continue to type the name of the medication and click the Search button (or press Enter). Select the correct item from the search results.
Once you have selected the medication, you can provide additional information such as the dose and frequency of the medication. Click the Add button once you have all the correct information entered. If you with to list additional medications against the patient's record, repeat the above process. Once you have finished, click on the Close button.
To add details of a patient's allergies, go to the patient's details page and select the Allergies tab. Next, click on the Add Allergies tab. The Allergies input screen will now appear. The allergy list is predictive, in that if you start typing in a drug or other form of allergy MIMS will provide a series of possible matches. Once yoour choice appears, simply click on it then enter details of the reaction and severity before clicking on the Add Allergy button. If you cannot find the allergy required, you can enter free text into the system.
Figure 2: The predictive drop down list of allergies provided by MIMS in MMEx
If you note that the patient has an adverse drug reaction in the allergy list, MMEx will record that information, and if, subsequently you prescribe a medication to which the patient is allergic, MIMS will highlight the reaction within MMEx. If you entered details of an allergy via free text without selecting the MIMS option, adverse reactions will not be highlighted at the latter stage of the NIMC process.