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Inactive medications

Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 12:18 pm
by Jorgebon
I'm on version 14.2.6.
How do you inactivate a medication? There's no drop down list like in problems or checkbox like in allergies. The only option is to delete the medication.

Re: Inactive medications

Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 12:33 pm
by allends
Medications will become inactive when the stop date is any date prior to today's date.

Re: Inactive medications

Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 12:46 pm
by Jorgebon
I did that and it still stays Active.

Re: Inactive medications

Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 1:17 pm
by Arna
If you put yesterday's date into the box, it should mark as inactive. If it doesn't, let me know.

Re: Inactive medications

Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 2:07 pm
by jsalmon
Right, the patient might still be taking it today (I think this was the reasoning) so it will still be considered active until the stop date has passed. We say this in our manual:
If the stop date is prior to today's date, the medication is considered inactive/discontinued.
http://opendental.com/manual/medicationspatient.html

Re: Inactive medications

Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 2:23 pm
by Jorgebon
OK, that makes sense.