Optimized Patient Allergy List

The allergy list is streamlined to exclude unnecessary codes with an improved  "Add Allergy" feature.  The system also prevents users from adding non-drug allergies when medication allergies are already listed, as well as blocks duplicate allergens from being entered.

This article will cover

• Active Allergies 

• Inactive Allergies

• Adding Problems

• Audit Log

• Print List

Active Allergies

• Allergies are auto-sorted by type, starting with drug allergies, followed by non-drug allergies, and further organized by severity
• Displays the number of active allergies beside the header name.
• No known drug allergies (NKDA) check box.
• Pagination tracker at the bottom of the allergy table.
• Allergy- allergy description, type, and RxNorm code.
• Severity - severity level of allergy reaction (i.e. mild).
• Reaction - reaction to allergy (i.e. swelling).
• Notes - additional documentation associated with the allergy.
• Action - edit or delete the allergy.
• Edit () - edit the allergy status ( active or inactive), reaction, severity, and notes.  Users can cancel or save allergy updates.
• Delete Allergy - a pop-up window will appear to confirm before deleting the allergy. A confirmation window will appear once the allergy has been deleted.

Inactive Allergies

• Displays the number of inactive allergies beside the header name.
• Allergy- allergy description, type, and RxNorm code.
• Severity - severity level of allergy reaction (i.e. mild).
• Reaction - reaction to allergy (i.e. swelling).
• Notes - additional documentation associated with the allergy.
• Reactivate - restore allergy inactive to active status.
• Delete Problem - a pop-up window will appear to confirm before deleting the allergy. A confirmation window will appear once the allergy has been deleted.
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Adding Allergies

Red asterisk = required field.

• Allergy Type - specific drug allergy, drug class allergy, or non-drug allergy.
• Specific Drug Allergy - enter drug allergy in the search field.
• Status - select if the allergy is active, or inactive.
• Severity - severity level of allergy reaction (i.e. mild) search field.
• Reaction - reaction to allergy (i.e. swelling) search field.
• Notes - additional documentation associated with the problem.
• Cancel, Save and Add Another or Add Allergy.

Audit Log

• Action - tracks when an allergy was created, edited, or deleted.
• User - the name of the individual that made the change to the allergy. 
• Date - date of action.
• Log -documents the specific change to the allergy.

Print List

• Print active or full problem list.