INFO: Elation- Medication Management-Discontinuing Medications

Discontinuing Medications in a Patient Chart

There are two actions available to discontinue an active medication in a patient’s chart. The correct action depends on whether the medication was discontinued by you/your practice or by another prescriber or the patient.

Discontinue vs. Document Discontinue

• Discontinue: Use when the patient is no longer taking the medication and it is being discontinued by you or your practice, including when treatment is complete.
• Document Discontinue: Use when you are documenting that a medication was discontinued by another provider or by the patient.

Important: A cancellation request to the pharmacy should be used in conjunction with a discontinue action and is only available if the medication was originally prescribed from Elation.

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To Discontinue a Medication Prescribed by You or Your Practice

1. Locate the medication in the patient’s Clinical Profile, Chronological Record, or Medication List.
2. Click Actions next to the medication name.
3. Click Discontinue.
4. Select the most appropriate discontinue reason:
   • I want to discontinue this medication
   • Discontinued by another prescriber
   • Patient stopped taking medication
5. Verify the Discontinued by field:
   • If I want to discontinue this medication is selected, your name will appear if you are a Provider-level user.
   • If you are an Authorized Rx Delegate, you must select the provider you are acting on behalf of. Authorized Rx Delegates can only discontinue medications for providers they are delegates for.
6. Verify the Discontinued date.
7. (Optional) Enter additional details in the Additional reason field.
   • This field is not transmitted to the pharmacy if a cancellation request is sent.
8. (Conditional) If the medication was previously sent electronically from your practice and the pharmacy accepts electronic cancellations, check Send a cancellation request to… to notify the pharmacy.
9. Click the blue Discontinue button to save.

Note: The button label may vary depending on the discontinue reason selected and whether a cancellation request was sent.

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To Document a Medication Discontinued by Another Prescriber or the Patient

1. Locate the medication in the patient’s Clinical Profile, Chronological Record, or Medication List.
2. Click Actions next to the medication name.
3. Click Discontinue (may appear as Document Discontinue)
4. Select the appropriate discontinue reason:
   • Discontinued by another prescriber
   • Patient stopped taking medication
5. Verify the Discontinued by field.
6. (Optional) If Discontinued by another prescriber was selected, enter the name of the prescriber.
7. Verify the Discontinued date.
8. (Optional) Enter additional details in the Additional reason field.
   • This information is not transmitted to the pharmacy if a cancellation request is sent.
9. (Conditional) If eligible, check Send a cancellation request to… to notify the pharmacy.
10. Click the blue Discontinue button to save.

Note: The button label may change based on the selected discontinue reason and whether a pharmacy cancellation was included.