eMAR: the med pass

Every dose due today, what needs attention, recording a dose, and the monthly MAR you hand a surveyor.

2 parts · 1 minClinicalFor the office

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What this lesson covers

Everything the lesson says, part by part.

  1. 1

    On the way: The eMAR is in the sidebar.

    This is your eMAR

    Every dose due today across your clients, the ones that need someone, and a record of each one given.

    In the sidebar under eMAR. An administrator turns it on in Settings › General.

    On this page

    Today’s med passEach dose with the time it is due

    The Med Pass lists today’s doses, client by client. Record lets the office record one; caregivers record theirs during the visit. As-needed medications have Record PRN.

    See how jumps ahead to part 2: Record a dose.

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    What needs attentionLate doses, follow-ups, low supply

    Needs attention gathers late or missed doses, PRN follow-ups that are due, doses given early or late today, and medications running low.

    See how shows:

    1. Needs attention A missed dose also tells the office.
    Narrow the passBy client, by dose, by who recorded it

    Show one client, only the doses still due, or only the ones a certain person recorded.

    See how shows:

    1. The filters They narrow the list below them.
    Your state’s wordingWhat staff may say they did

    Some states only let unlicensed staff record a dose as help with self-administration. The eMAR uses your state’s wording, from the state set in Settings › General.

    See how shows:

    1. Scope of practice It names the state the rules come from.
    The monthly MAROne client, one month, every dose

    MAR Grid shows a client’s month with each dose in its box. Download MAR (PDF) gives you the sheet a surveyor asks for.

    See how shows:

    1. MAR Grid Pick the client and the month at the top.
    2. Download MAR (PDF) The month as a printable sheet.
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    Every medication in one listAdd one, change an order, track supply

    Medications lists every client’s medications. Add Medication puts a new one on, Change the order records a new dose or schedule, and each one can track how much is on hand.

    See how shows:

    1. Medications Every client’s list in one place.
    2. Change the order The old order is kept with its history.
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  2. 2

    On the way: Record opens the dose.

    Record a dose

    What happened, and when. Caregivers see the same choices on their phone during the visit.

    Record, beside a dose on the Med Pass.

    On this page

    What happenedGiven, refused, held, missed

    Pick Given, Refused, Held, Missed or Self-administered. Refused, held and missed doses ask for the reason.

    See how shows:

    1. The outcome One choice for each dose.
    When it was givenNow, or the time it happened

    Now fills in this minute. If the time is outside the dose’s window, the eMAR says it was early or late and may ask why.

    See how shows:

    1. Now Or type the time it was really given.
    Controlled medicationsA witness when one is required

    A medication marked as needing a witness, which includes Schedule II by default, asks for the witness’s name before it can be recorded as given.

    See how shows:

    1. Given The witness box appears with Given.
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At the end

Now you know your way around the eMAR

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