Monitored Dosage System (MDS) Info - Care Home Patient

The MDS Info - Patient screen displays the MDS details for a selected care home patient:

From here you can view the patient's cycle length, whether the Medication Administration Record (MAR) chart or Cassette sheet is printed, their active medication and the patient's MDS history. The screen is split into two tabs, Active Medication and MDS History:

Active Medication

The Active Medication tab displays all current medication for the patient:

Note - In Scotland the Service and MCR Iteration details for each medication item also display.

See Adding Patient Medication, Editing Patient Medication or Deleting Patient Medication for details.

To manage a patient's active medication you can easily sort, minimise and group their medication items, see Sorting Active Medication for details.

MDS History

The MDS History tab displays all MDS history for the patient including the cycle start and end dates and whether the MAR chart or Cassette sheet is printed:

To view previously printed MAR charts or Cassette sheets, select VIEW DETAILS .

Removing a Care Home Patient

Training Tip - If you are moving a patient from one care home to another, do not remove the patient, simply add to the new care home and the patient details automatically move across.

From the MDS Info - Patient screen, to remove a care home patient from the MDS module, simply select REMOVE PATIENT :

Printing Medication Administration Record (MAR) Charts and Cassette Sheets

You can print a MAR chart or cassette sheet for a patient from the MDS Info screen, simply select Print and then select from the available options:

See Printing Medication Administration Record (MAR) Charts, Cassette Sheets and Patient Lists for details.

Note - To print this topic select Print

in the top right corner and follow the on-screen prompts.