Index

• Sections
  • Building Medication Protocols in ICANotes
  • To increase or decrease a medication dosage, you will need to use different Directions, and in the case of a scheduled increase/decrease will need to specify the number of days.
  • Increase, Then Stop
  • Decrease, Then Stop

Building Medication Protocols in ICANotes

Medication Protocols can be created within the Group Level Settings & Directories by a Group Administrator. To do so, click the Settings button from the Chart Room.

1. Access Group Level Settings & Directories.

2. Select the Med Protocols tab.

3. Click '+New'.

Enter a name for your Protocol, then enter details about the medication to be added and click 'Save'. (The Direction, Medicine, Dose, Route and Timing are mandatory). The 'number of days' is optional, but necessary, for some medication orders.  Once you are done adding the medications click 'Save Protocol'.

Click on the protocol from the list to open it and add more the medication details if needed.

You can delete a medication from the Protocol by clicking on the red X for that medication. You can delete an entire protocol using the 'Delete' button. 

You will encounter a prompt to confirm that you want to delete the medication or the protocol. Click 'Delete' to proceed or 'Cancel' to return.

To increase or decrease a medication dosage, you will need to use different Directions, and in the case of a scheduled increase/decrease will need to specify the number of days.

Increase, Then Stop

This protocol indicates that Adderall 10 mg should be taken for 5 days, then the dose should be 12.5 mg for 5 days, then the medication should be stopped. The same can be done when decreasing a dose.

Decrease, Then Stop

To decrease a medication dose over a specific period of time, then stop the medication entirely, the first direction would be 'Decrease' followed by 'Then'. There can be as many 'Then' steps as are needed.