Stopping or Restarting Repeat Medication

You may need to stop issues of a repeat master if, for example, the medication has changed. To stop issues being made against a repeat master:

Important - Please be aware, Vision Anywhere only displays Medication from the last 2 year excluding those with no date assigned to them.
  1. From the Patient Summary screen select the Medication > heading.
  2. Select a drug to display it's history:

  3. Select Stop Medication .
  4. The Stop this Medication screen displays:

  5. Complete as required:

    • Reason for stopping - Select from the available list.

    • Notes - Enter any comments to support this action.

  6. Select Stop Now and the medication inactivates.

Restarting Medication

Should you need to restart issuing against a stopped repeat master:

  1. From the Patient Summary screen select the Medication > heading.
  2. Select Inactive Repeats.
  3. Select the drug you wish to restart and the history displays.
  4. Select Restart .
  5. The Restart Repeat screen displays:

  1. Complete as required:
    • Reason for restarting - Select from the available list.
    • Notes - Enter any comments to support this action.
  2. Select Save.

The Repeat Medication History updates and the drug is now available for reauthorisation/issue.

See Medication for details.

Stopping and Restarting Repeats (1.19)

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