Using MIMS to populate the NIMC in MMEx
You can initiate a National Inpatient Medication Chart (NIMC) within MMEx in two ways. The first way is via the forms drop down list in the patient's record. This method will allow MMEx to automatically include all of the patient's relevant information in the chart, which saves you from having to fill in patient details yourself. Please note, you will only have patient details in MMEx if:
- You have integrated your Practice Management System, such as MD3, with MMEx and imported your patients into MMEx, or
- You have an agreement with another practice and have imported their patients into MMEx, or
- You use MMEx as your patient management system
The other method for initiating an NIMC is to use the Forms menu provided in MMEx menu bar at the top of the screen and enter the patient's details manually.
The NIMC chart requires that allergies be listed. Within MMEx, the MIMS database is used to record allergies. 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.
Figure 1: The predictive dropdown list of allergies provided by MIMS in MMEx
Once your 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.
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.
Figure 2: The Drug Interaction notice in MMEx
To select medications to be entered into the NIMC click on the Add Med button that appears in on the Add Medication Chart page.
Type in the name of the medication and a predictive drop down list will appear. Select the right medication from the list or simply continue typing and click search. Select the right item from the list generated by MIMS. The NIMC requires that the generic name of medications is entered on the form, so if you do select the proprietary name you will need to convert the medication to its generic name later on the NIMC process (see below).
Figure 3: MIMS generated selection of medications in MMEx
After you have selected your medication, MMEx will ask you to provide additional details about the medication, such as the dose and frequency prescribed. At this point, you can also convert the proprietary name of the medication to the generic name.
Figure 4: Using MIMS to convert medications' proprietary names to generic names
Once you have completed your form, click on the Add button. After the medication has been added, you can either add additional medications using the Add button, or if you have finished entering medications, you can Close the add medication box and return to the NIMC. At this point, click Next, and decide if you wish to print the NIMC as a PDF or email it via MMEx.