Here we will review the parsing feature available while writing a prescription.
Under the drug name you'll find a text box with the text Dosage Instructions. There you'll be able to indicate the instructions for how the patient should be taking the medication. You'll be able to include key terms like OD, BID, QID, TID, days, months, and much more. OSCAR will also parse what is written to automatically set the Method, Route, Quantity Unit, Duration and more, depending on what is written.
Note the dosage instructions will parse when you click outside of the Dosage Instructions box.
Parsing is a way to ensure that the "days to expiry" will be calculated correctly. The "days to expiry" will tell the difference between an active and inactive medication. In other words, what is displayed inside the patient eChart, and what would be included in a new Consultation Request.
In order to Parse, the dosage instructions need to lead with a Method and Route, followed by Frequency and concluding with the Numerical Duration.
For example: Take 1 tab BID for 90 days.
In the example, the word "Take" is entered for the Method, then the dosage "1" and frequency "BID", and ended the instructions with "For" to indicate how long this prescription will last (90 Days).
If the typed instructions are parsed, a number should appear automatically in the Quantity field when you click outside of the Dosage Instructions box. In the example given, 180 would appear. Now, when you save this medication, there will be 179 days to expiry (if no repeats were given), so the medication would display on the eChart as well as in new Consultation Requests as a current medication.
To learn more about what terms the system will recognize when parsing, you can click on the ? on the right hand side of the prescription:
We will now review different instructions that are available to be entered for each field.
Method:
- Take
- Apply
- Rub well in
Route:
- PO - by mouth orally
- SL - sublingual indicates that it would be placed under their tongue
- IM - intramuscular with regards to injections
- Subcut - under the skin
- PATCH - a patch
- TOP - Topical
- INH - inhalation
- SUPP - suppository for anal application from the rectum
- right eye - drops to be administered
- left eye - drops to be administered
- both eyes - drops to be administered
Frequency:
- BID - twice daily
- TID - thrice daily
- QID - four times a day
- Q1H - every 1 hour
- Q2H - every 2 hours
- Q1-2H - every 1-2 hours
- Q3-4H - every 3-4 hours
- Q4H - every 4 hours
- Q4-6H - every 4-6 hours
- Q6H - every 6 hours
- Q8H - every 8 hours
- Q12H - every 12 hours
- QAM - everyday before noon
- QPM - everyday after noon
- QHS - every night at bed time
- daily - daily
- once daily - once daily
- twice daily - twice daily
- 3x day - three times daily
- 4x day - 4 times daily
- 3x daily - 3 times daily
- 4x daily - 4 times daily
- weekly - weekly
- Q1Week - every 1 week
- Q2Week - every 2 weeks
- Q1Month - every 1 month
- Q3Month - every 3 months
- monthly - monthly
Number:
- 1/4 - quarter
- 1/2 - half
- 1 - 1 whole
- 1-2 - 1 to 2 whole
- 1-3 - 1 to 3 whole
- 2 - 2 whole
- 2-3 - 2 to 3 whole
- 3 - three
- 3-4 - 3 to 4 whole
- 4 - four
- 5 - five
- 6 - six
- 7 - seven
- 8 - eight
- 9 - nine
Duration:
- d - day
- w - week
- m - month
- mo - month
- day - day
- week - week
- month - month
- days - days
- weeks - weeks
- months - months