Object documentationDrug Level

 

Drug levels are levels within a drug catalog which you can use to determine whether you wish to use brand drugs and/or generic drugs with or without package sizes within the framework of the medication module.

 

Drug levels are used to structure the drugs of a drug catalog in a structure with a maximum of three levels.

You can configure the following drug levels and use them to structure drugs in a drug hierarchy:

  • generic level (brand name and package size are irrelevant)

  • intermediate definable level (e.g. generic drug with package information, brand drugs)

  • brand drugs with package information (lowest drug level)

    Note Note

    However, you can also define just one drug level. In this case it is not possible to build or use a drug hierarchy. If you only wish to use one level it will always be the brand drugs with package information level (lowest level).

    The numbering of the drug levels depends on how many levels you define for the corresponding drug catalog. This means that:

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    • If you have defined two drug levels the lowest drug level is drug level two. The superordinate drug level is, in this case, the intermediate definable level or the generic level as the first level.

    • If you have defined three drug levels the generic level is drug level one, the intermediate definable level is drug level two, and the lowest level of brand drugs with package information is drug level three.

The use of different levels enables the use of the correct degree of detail for a drug at the correct time. You can determine which drug level should be used as the standard documentation level in medication. Furthermore, you can define which drug level should be used for which purpose (administration, dispensing, prescription printing) as standard. This means that, for example, when a drug is administered you can only use a drug of this drug level.

Drugs which you have assigned to different levels and which you connect in order to achieve subordinate and superordinate drugs in the drug hierarchy, inherit information from the drug master. If you change a superordinate drug, the system will pass on specific information from the assigned drug to the subordinate drugs.

Example

You can use the possible drug levels to connect drugs with each other to form a drug hierarchy, so that, for example, you can use a generic drug (superordinate drug of top-most level, e.g. acetylsalicylic acid_500mg_Tbl) for the drug search, but you use a brand drug with a specific package size (lowest level, e.g. Aspirin®500mg_20_Tbl) which is subordinate to the generic drug for the order.