# Renew Medication Order

Active orders may be renewed. In addition, inpatient medication orders that have expired in the last four days and outpatient medication orders that have expired in the last 120 days may be renewed.

Note: If the original order had comments, the comments do not carry over when the user renews an order. This is to prevent comments that should only apply to the original order from mistakenly being carried forward with the renewed order.

The default Start Date/Time for a renewal order is determined as follows:

· Default Start Date Calculation = NOW

The default start date/time for the renewal order will be the order's Login Date/time.

· Default Start Date Calculation = USE NEXT ADMIN TIME

The original order's Start Date/Time, the new order's Login Date/Time, Schedule, and Administration Times are used to find the next date/time the order is to be administered after the new order's Login Date/Time. If the schedule contains "PRN" any administration times for the order are ignored.

· Default Start Date Calculation = USE CLOSEST ADMIN TIME

The original order's Start Date/Time, the new order's Login Date/Time, Schedule, and Administration Times are used to find the closest date/time the order is to be administered after the new order's Login Date/Time. If the schedule contains "PRN", any administration times for the order are ignored.

After the new (renewal) order is accepted, the Start Date/Time for the new order becomes the Stop Date/Time for the original (renewed) order. The original order's status is changed to RENEWED. The renewal and renewed orders are linked and may be viewed using the History Log function. Once an order has been renewed it may not be renewed or edited.

CPRS lets you edit the days’ supply, quantity, number of refills and pick-up method for an active outpatient medication during the renewal process. However, it does not let you edit those fields for any other type of order being renewed.

To edit the days’ supply, quantity, number of refills and/or pickup method for an outpatient medication, do the following:

1. Select either the Orders or Meds tab.
2. In the Outpatient Medications or Out Meds table, right-click on an order in the Active, Active-Susp or Active-Parked status.
3. Click Renew on the dropdown menu. If a visit location hasn’t been selected, the Location for Current Activities screen will appear, and you will need to select a Visit Location and Date/Time of Visit.
4. On the Renew Orders screen, click the order to be renewed and then, click the Change Days Supply/Quantity/Refills/Pick Up button.
5. On the Change Refills for Outpatient Medication screen, update the Days Supply, Qty, Refills and/or Pick-Up values and click OK.
   Note: If you edit the Days Supply, the system will attempt to update the quantity based on the formula, Days Supply x Schedule = Quantity.
6. On the Renew Orders screen, click OK.

Example of the Renew Orders and Change Refills for Outpatient Medication screens

Related Topics

Viewing Medications

Sorting the Medications View

Ordering Inpatient Medications (Simple Dose)

Ordering Inpatient Medications (Complex Dose)

Ordering Outpatient Medications (Simple Dose)

Ordering Outpatient Medications (Complex Dose)

Change Medication Order

Discontinue Medication Order

Park a Prescription

Hold Medication Order

Other Medication Actions (popup menu)