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Lexi-Comp®ONLINE™ offers access to the following
clinical databases and modules:
Clinical Databases:
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Lexi-Drugs® (with AHFS-Essentials & AHFS-DI for hospital and academic clients)
n Lexi-Drugs®International
n Pediatric Lexi-Drugs®
n Geriatric Lexi-Drugs®
n Lexi-Natural Products
n Lexi-Pharmacogenomics
n Lexi-Infectious Diseases
n Lexi-Poisoning & Toxicology
n Lexi-NBCA (Nuclear, Biological & Chemical Agent) Exposures
n Lab Tests & Diagnostic Procedures
n Clinician’s Guide to Diagnosis
n Clinician’s Guide to Internal Medicine
n Clinician’s Guide to Laboratory Medicine
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demanding
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Clinical Modules:
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Interactions (Lexi-Interact )
n Patient Care Module: Printable Patient Leaflets
(Lexi-PALS ) providing Drug, Disease, Condition
and Procedure information for your patients
n Drug Identification (Lexi-Drug ID )
n I.V. Compatibility (Lexi-I.V. Compatibility )
n Calculations (Lexi-CALC )
n Web Search (Health Search Portal)
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User Guide
CONTENTS
Accessing Applications From The Search Panel
The Search Panel
The Search Results Panel
Using Indexes From The Search Panel
The Content Panel
NEW Feature!
AHFS Content
Drug Images Within a Monograph
Interactions Content Within a Drug Monograph
Lexi-Interact
Lexi-Drug ID
Web Search
Lexi-CALC
Lexi-I.V. Compatibility™
Lexi-Comp Patient Care Module
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Lexi-Comp ONLINE provides quick and easy access to all of our clinical information databases without the need to
navigate through multiple pages. Your hospital formulary can be integrated to deliver custom content and current clinical
information anywhere a computer and the internet are available. This User Guide demonstrates the basic features of
Lexi-Comp’s online software.
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Accessing Applications From The Search Panel
When you log on to Lexi-Comp ONLINE you will see the Welcome Page A with the Search Panel B .
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Within the SEARCH panel are a number of Applications:
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Lexi-Interact™ - provides the capability to REVIEW a comprehensive list of interactions associated with a specific drug, or
to ANALYZE a profile for the presence of potential interactions.
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Lexi-Drug ID™ - a tool used to identify a drug based on any of the following characteristics: imprint, dosage form, shape, or
color.
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Lexi-CALC™ - a comprehensive medical calculations application covering Infusions, Pediatric and Adult Conversions, and
others. Lexi-CALC is a stand-alone application that can be integrated into fields within Lexi-Drug monographs.
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Lexi-I.V. Compatibility™* - combines content from the King Guide to Parenteral Admixtures with complementary information
from Lexi-Comp.It provides the ability to determine if drugs are compatible and with which solutions compatibilty is maintained.
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Patient Care Module - delivers patient-specific education materials on medications, diseases, conditions, and procedures in
up to 18 languages. Written at a 5th to 6th grade reading level, our Lexi-PALS™ (Patient Advisory Leaflets) are organized in a
concise and straightforward format ideal for patient counseling.
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Web Search - complements Lexi-Comp ONLINE by expanding the search capabilities to other medically-based web sites and
the primary literature. A single search provides links to trusted, qualified healthcare web sites, eliminating the need to search
sites independently.
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The Search Panel
Search for a topic in the Search panel (upper left corner of the Welcome Screen). Select a Lexi-Comp clinical database from the
Search Results panel. Review Lexi-Comp’s most current information from a single screen in the Content panel.
The Search Panel contains controls that allow you to access information.
Using these controls, you may search for information directly 1 ,
by indexes 2 , or access applications 3 .
Searching:
Enter the desired search word or phrase in the window labeled "Search
for". Click on the Search button or hit Enter, and the search results will be
displayed in the Search Results panel.
Wildcard characters may be used when only part of a word is known. The
asterisk (*) matches any sequence of characters, and the question mark
(?) matches any single character. When searching for a drug by name,
there is no need to include any trailing wildcards.
For example, to find all drugs commencing with the letters "war", enter
“war” in the “Search for:” window. The results will be listed by brand
and/or generic name.
Note:
A wildcard must be used at the beginning of the search text if looking for a
drug where the name contains the search text. For example, entering
“arin” will only produce a list of drugs that begin with the name “arin”.
The Drop-down selection list labeled “Within:” allows you to limit the
search to a particular section of the stored documents. The default is
a NAME search. Options include:
The Name field limits searching to generic and brand drug names, other
names for lab tests, natural products, and synonyms, etc. There is also
the option to search for Canadian Brand Names and International
Brand Names.
The All Text selection searches for any text that matches your search
anywhere throughout the library of databases.
The Charts/Special Topics selection limits your search to the material in
the free-text sections of the database (Introduction, Appendices, and
Special Topics). These sections include general reference material as
well as guidelines, articles, graphs, and tables.
The other choices (Adverse Reactions, Contraindications, Drug
Interactions, Methodology, NDC, Therapeutic Category, Use, and
Warning/ Precautions) are self-explanatory; they limit the search to
specific fields of information in the documents contained in the
databases.
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The Search Results Panel
After a search term is entered and the search button is clicked, a list of
documents or monographs found within the databases is presented in the
Search Results Panel. Clicking on a link in the list will display the content and
fields of information in the Content Panel.
You may use your browser's scroll bar to see the full list. The Date Stamp
reflects when the particular monograph was updated.
Sample Searches:
SEARCH FOR
FOR
Warfarin
SELECT DATABASE
Lexi-Drugs Online
This is Lexi-Comp's
most comprehensive
drug database!
OVERVIEW
This monograph illustrates specialty drug information that is available in applicable
drug monographs in regards to Anesthesia-Critical Care, Cardiology, Dentistry,
Mental Health, Nursing, and Oncology. Lexi-Drugs Online also includes pricing
information from drugstore.com
At the top of the monograph you can also link to Images, Interactions, Adult-PALS
and Pediatric-PALS (Patient Advisory Leaflets), available in up to 18 languages.
Content from two AHFS references (Essentials and Drug Information) is also available.
These offer additional depth and detailed discussions from links in the following fields:
Use, Adverse Reactions, Warnings and Precautions, and Dosage.
Illustrates Lexi-Comp's Special Alerts feature. Lexi-Comp immediately incorporates
Special Alerts for all FDA announced drug warnings.
Triazolam
Lexi-Drugs Online
Ginseng
Natural Products
Zoloft®
Pharmacogenomics Online
Brown Recluse Spider
Poisoning and Toxicology
Access information on the signs and symptoms of acute overdose, overdose
treatment, and available antidotes for medicinal, nonmedicinal, biological, and herbal
agents.
Osteomyelitis
Infectious Diseases
This disease-based database is designed to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of
patients with infectious diseases.
CBC
Lab Test and Diagnostic
Procedures
Chest Pain
Clinician’s Guide to
Diagnosis
COPD
Clinician’s Guide to Internal
Medicine
This database provides detailed information on the most frequently used natural
products. Monograph fields include: typical dosges, reported uses, active components,
pharmacology, warnings, and potential interactions.
Learn more about the concepts of genetics and genomics and how they may affect
the management of drug therapy.
Current information concerning the background and context of laboratory tests and
diagnostic procedures.
Offers an evidence-based, rapid-reference guide to the questions that commonly arise
in the evaluation of a patient's symptoms.
Provides quick access to essential information covering diagnosis, treatment, and
management of commonly encountered patient problems in Internal Medicine.
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Using Indexes From The Search Panel
Click the Indexes button and displayed is a list of the available indices for each of
the databases. All titles are listed in the Search Results Panel with any available
indices. For each database, links to the following indices will appear:
View a list of drugs starting with a selected letter (Generic Names, U.S. brand names)
View a list of Charts/Special Topics
New documents, last 90 days
View all changes that have been made in the past 7 and 30 days
View all of the Pharmacologic/Therapeutic Categories
View all Special Alerts
The Content Panel
The monograph selected in the Search Results Panel (lower left) is displayed in the Content Panel (on the right side). The
monograph and database titles appear at the top of the page. The search text that was entered in the Search Panel will be
highlighted in the monograph.
Access to drug identification information (Images),
drug interaction information (Interactions), and
Patient Advisory Leaflets
(Adult-PALS and Pediatric-PALS) is provided
through the Module Access buttons.
There are three ways to search the Content
Panel: the Jump To Field (Select Field Name)
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option (1)
1 , the scroll bar on the right (2)
using the field menu that appears in the Search
Results Panel once a monograph is displayed. (3)
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Jump To Field (Select Field Name) window: Here
the fields are listed in alphabetical order. Select a
field of interest from this window to jump directly to
that particular field within the monograph. Next to
each field title is an arrow that will return you to the
top of the monograph.
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The field listing on the left side displays the fields
in the order in which they appear within the
monograph. Use this option for quick navigation,
and if you want to see your search results again,
just click on the Search button (leaving everything
else the same).
Clicking on a link in the Pharmacologic Category
Field will search the database for monographs in
that particular category. An updated Search
Results Panel will then be displayed.
Other links within the monograph include: Pronunciation of the drug name and Related Information (which includes links to
additional content within the library that relates to the monograph presently displayed).
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AHFS Content — NEW Feature!
An enhanced navigation feature is now included within the Lexi-Drugs database. Once a monograph is accessed from the search
results panel, two things happen:
1 The monograph is displayed in the Content Panel on the right, and
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2 A new dynamic field navigation list replaces the search results on the left side.
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Within the monograph you can still use the Jump To Field (Select Field Name) drop-down, which provides an alphabetical list of all
the fields, or you can use the display on the left, which lists the fields in the order in which they appear in the monograph. Either
option provides quick navigation throughout the monograph.
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Within the monographs in the Lexi-Drugs
database are links to the AHFS Essentials
information. The specific fields where these
links are integrated include:
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Use
Use: Unlabeled/Investigational
Warnings/Precautions
Adverse Reactions
Dosage
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AHFS Content (continued)
Click on a link to the AHFS Essentials content from the Use Field, and you are taken directly to the Use field in Essentials. Note
the field list on the left changed to correspond to the Essentials monograph. Within the monograph are links to references (
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as well as links to more in-depth information in AHFS DI.
Field “nesting” is
incorporated into the linking
to information in the AHFS
databases, as illustrated by
the right-pointing arrows
( ). This provides an
opportunity for more
focused navigation to the
exact information you
need. Note that while we
only have links to
Essentials from specific
fields within Lexi-Drugs,
once in Essentials you
have access to the entire
monograph.
Click on a Reference link and a new window appears with all the references that pertain to that particular statement, or group of
statements, within the monograph.
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AHFS Content (continued)
Within this reference list are additional links to PubMed. Clicking on one of these opens a new window with the actual PubMed
abstract. If your institution has an electronic subscription to that particular journal (in this case, Chest), a link can be created to
take you directly to the actual journal article.
Links to PubMed are also available in the
Reference field within the monograph.
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AHFS Content (continued)
If additional details are needed, click on the link to the full AHFS DI (the AHFS “Red Book”) monograph. Here you will find more
comprehensive content that discusses role in therapy and comparative efficacy issues, and there are embedded links to
references here too. Again note that the field names on the left changed to correspond to the new database.
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AHFS Content (continued)
Within both AHFS Essentials and AHFS DI there are “daggers” throughout the Use field. These indicate that the use being
described is unlabeled/investigational.
Clicking on the dagger link takes you to the end of the monograph where an
explanation is provided.
To return to your original Search
Results, with the listing of options in
each database, click on the Search
button again. Also, when searching
for drug information, you also have
the option to access the two AHFS
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Drug Monograph Modules
Drug Images - includes color images for
each medication.
Drug Interactions - provides a list of drug and
natural product interactions, displayed
alphabetically with Significance Level, to alert
you to a specific interaction quickly.
Patient Advisory Leaflets - Adult-PALS and Pediatric-PALS are our medication Patient Advisory Leaflets, covering over 1200
adult and over 600 pediatric medications. They are written in a concise question-and-answer format and are available in up to 18
languages. These leaflets are accessible through a drug monograph or can be accessed using our Patient Care Module.
* (Standard offering in all Hospital subscriptions, optional for all other subscribers. Please call or email to request information)
Drug Images within a Drug Monograph
Clicking on the Images button
will display a list of
photographs of the brand and
generic versions of the
medication (oral solid dosage
forms only). Clicking on an
individual image will provide a
larger view and detailed
information about the
medication.
Interactions Content Within a Drug Monograph
Clicking on the Interactions
button will display a complete
listing of known interactions for
that particular drug along with the
risk rating for each.
Full interaction information,
including an 8-field interaction
monograph can be viewed by
clicking on the drug names listed.
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Lexi-Interact™
Lexi-Interact™ is a complete drug and herbal interaction analysis program and
will open in its own window after the user clicks on the Interactions button.
Start by entering a patient-specific profile in the Lookup window. 1
Enter each generic or brand name separately. Either the product
name will appear, or options will be listed. Select the product that
fits best and it will appear in the list 2 . Click the Analyze button to
perform the interaction analysis.
The Analysis Panel 3 provides a summary of
interactions and the respective assigned risk rating
(A, B, C, D, or X). Each letter represents a different level
of urgency in responding to the identified interactions.
A detailed description of the Risk Rating is available
through the link at the bottom of the Interations Analysis
summary page. Here you can also adjust the level at
which the analysis is performed.
Click on the Hot Link term to review a detailed
Interaction Monograph to obtain information on:
Patient Management
Interacting Members, Class Exceptions
Risk Rating, Severity, Reliability Rating
References,
and more...
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Example:
You may enter a series of drugs/herbal products from
a patient’s profile and click “Analyze” to review an
interactions analysis.
To review a drug interaction monograph, click on the interaction link in the Analysis results list and an 8-field monograph will be
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Lexi-Drug ID™
Lexi-Drug ID is an application that allows
identification of tablets, capsules, and other
oral solid dosage forms. It will open in its
own window after the user clicks on the
Drug ID button. Start by entering the
known product characteristics:
Imprint
Shape
Dosage Form
Colors
If some characteristics are not known, either select the default
mode or leave that part of the entry blank.
By clicking on the Search button at the top, the results are
displayed in the Content Window on the right. Results can be
sorted by various criteria.
Links are also available for more detail about the product.
Note: Click on an individual image to see a larger view and
detailed information about the image.
Example: Enter “20” in the Imprint Window, click on ‘Capsule’ for
Dosage Form and Shape, and “purple” for color. After clicking on
SEARCH, the results will be displayed in the content window. In this
case there were 12 matches.
Web Search
Web Search is a tool that allows the Lexi-Comp ONLINE user to expand a search to other medically-based web sites. After a term is
entered in the Search window, click on the Web Search button and the health search portal interrogates multiple healthcare sites. The
results are displayed in a separate window and allow access to the content directly within various resources, plus additional links to
abstracts and primary literature.
1. Ensure desired search term is in the Search window.
2. Click on the Web Search button and a new window
with search results is displayed (see example below).
3. Results are organized by resource and detailed
category based on search term.
4. Links are available to numerous web sites including
those that offer abstracts of primary literature.
5. Links are pre-selected based on search term
(e.g. they are different for drugs, diseases, and
procedures)
6. Once in the Web Search window, additional
searches may be conducted by typing a new
term in the Search box A .
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Example:
To search for information
regarding Diabetes
beyond the Lexi-Comp
ONLINE databases,
click on Web Search.
After the results are displayed, click on any of these links to access more detail. For example, if you are interested in reviewing
abstracts within PubMed, click on the PubMed Clinical Advanced link and a list of abstracts will be displayed. From here, if your
institution has a subscription to the specific journal in which the article was published, a link to the article can be created. Your Sales
Manager can discuss this with you in more detail.
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Lexi-CALC ™
Lexi-CALC is a comprehensive medical
calculations application covering infusions,
adult and pediatric organ function assessment,
and other conversions. It will open in its own
window after the user clicks on the Calculations
button. Once open, a list of the available
calculations is included in the Search Results
Panel on the left side.
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Features and Functionality
The functionality within the Lexi-CALC
application is designed for ease-of-use, and
to be intuitive for healthcare providers.
As with Lexi-Interact and Lexi-Drug ID, the
display screen is separated into two panels.
The LEFT panel provides the list of available
calculations. Select the desired calculation by
searching for keywords in the 'Lookup'*
window, by filtering through the calculator
Categories, or by scrolling. Click on the
selected calculation and it appears in the
RIGHT panel of your screen.
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Select units, other variables, and method,
where appropriate 1 , enter the requested
patient values 2 , and click the 'Calculate'
button 3 . You must select units prior to
entering values if changing from default units.
Example:
Select Creatinine Clearance: Adults and enter the following information:
Method: Cockcroft-Gault; Gender: Male; Age: 66; Weight: 75kg; SrCr: 1.5mg/dl
Then click the Calculate button, and a result of 51.39 ml/min will be displayed.
* Note on ‘Look-up Function’:
Displays calculations that match any keywords provided, e.g creatinine. The category list then disappears and a “Show All
Calculations” button appears.
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To ensure patient safety, input data is checked against
accepted values/ranges throughout the calculation
process.
When an input is restricted, click on the input name button
SrCr to display the accepted range. This example shows
the window that describes the acceptable range for serum
creatinine when the SrCr button is clicked. A warning will
also appear in red text when the Enter key is pressed.
When a number has been entered, a conversion is
performed when you switch units.
While performing a calculation, additional
warnings and alerts may be displayed in
Red below the 'Reset' button.
To enhance 'ease of use', each calculation
also offers ‘help’ information containing such
items as: formulas, warnings, references
and guidelines for interpreting results.
If data in a field is changed, click the
“calculate” button to re-calculate the new
result.
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Lexi-I.V. Compatibility
Lexi-I.V. Compatibility is a partnership between King Guide® Publications and Lexi-Comp that offers information on stability and
compatibility for over 400 drugs and solutions. This is a standard offering for institutional clients and is optional for other Lexi-Comp
ONLINE Clients. It will open in its own window after the user clicks on the I.V. Compatibility button. The link takes the user to the
King Guide to Parenteral Admixtures home page.
Enter a drug name into the search box (“List Drugs
Starting with: _____”), or scroll through the
numeric/alphabetical drug list and click on a
medication.
Each drug monograph provides a description,
stability information, and a list of drugs reported
to have been evaluated in combination with the
first drug. In addition, symbols indicating
compatibility of the combination in twelve separate
fluids are included in the table.
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To review the compatibility and stability
information for a combination, select a drug from
the “2nd Drug” table listing A .
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Lexi-Comp Patient Care Module
Lexi-Comp's Patient Care Module provides you with an opportunity to access and print patient-focused leaflets for conditions,
procedures, and medications. It will open in its own window after the user clicks on the Patient Care button.
This section of the User Guide offers step-by-step instructions on:
How to Search for Leaflets
Packet Options
How to Build a Packet
Language Options
How to Preview Your Packet
Customizing and Printing Your Packet
How to Store and Retrieve Packets
The Patient Care Module includes:
n Adult-PALS - Patient Advisory Leaflets covering over 1200 adult medications
n Pediatric-PALS - Patient Advisory Leaflets covering over 600 pediatric medications written for the parent or guardian.
Both Adult-PALS and Pediatric-PALS are available in up to 18 languages.
n Health-PALS - Patient Advisory Leaflets covering over 900 conditions, procedures and tests; these are available in
English and Spanish. There are also an additional 1700 topics that go beyond the fact sheets and discuss more in-depth
strategies for specific Conditions and Procedures.
A new window opens with the
Patient Care Module application.
The primary searching function
takes place on the left side,
where you have the Condition/
Procedure Lookup and the
Medication Lookup.
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To get started, you may wish to check the boxes to include Patient Summary and Signature Page for your packet. You may also
choose to include an English copy of foreign language leaflets. Finally, select the font size for printing : options are 8, 10, 12, or 16
point fonts.
You may now begin to create
your packet. Type a condition
or procedure name into the
Condition/Procedure Lookup
window, and click on Find. If
more than one option occurs in
the database, all will be listed,
and you will select the one that
best fits your patient.
Prior to searching for any leaflet, you may wish to select a different
language than English. Make this determination prior to your search.
Conditions and Procedure leaflets are available in English and Spanish.
Click on the condition and it will be placed in the Current Contents list. Repeat
this process for all conditions/procedures for which a leaflet will be printed.
For some conditions and procedures, Related Leaflets will also be listed as
options. In this case, for 'stroke', other options are included. Click on any, or CtrlClick on more than one to add to your Current Contents list, then click on DONE
at the bottom to add additional leaflets to your packet.
The Related Leaflets function identifies complementary content based on the
search term. For example, the system searches for other Procedure and
Condition leaflets, based on the original condition or procedure term used for the
original search.
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After all the patient's conditions are listed, procedures can be entered using the same
process. Once selected, these will be listed in the Current Contents section:
Procedure Leaflets
The last category of leaflets you can create is for medications. Here you have more
options to customize the documents, as you can select from up to 18 languages
(remember: you can include an English copy with all foreign language leaflets through
the check box in the Packet Options section). Additionally, you can select either Adult
or Pediatric (for parents of children 12 or younger) versions.
There are up to 18 language options for Medications.
Health-PALS (conditions) are currently available in
English and Spanish.
You can also select the “Level” of medication leaflet you wish to print and give to the patient. Options are Adult (the default) and
Pediatric (for parents or caregivers of patients <12 years old).
Type a drug name in the Medication Lookup box, and if more than
one result is in the database, a pick-list is displayed:
Select the appropriate medication from this
list and repeat this process until your
patient's entire profile is created. You can
enter either brand or generic drug names.
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Patient Care Module
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Clicking on any of the hyperlinked entries within the Current Contents section will display the leaflet in the content window on
the right. Navigation in the leaflet is via the scrollbar on the right, or more commonly by using the Jump To Field (Select Field
Name) window at the top. Note: this quick leaflet preview is to allow the healthcare provider to review the contents of the leaflet
prior to packet creation.
Once all the Condition, Procedure, and Medication Leaflets are selected, in the appropriate language and at the appropriate level,
you are now ready to create your packet. Click the Preview button at the bottom of the left panel to create the patient packet.
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When the Preview button is clicked, the entire packet, including the Patient Summary and Signature Pages, is included in the content
window on the right. At the top are a number of options to customize, the packet with the Hospital/Institution name, Patient Name, Notes
and various document formatting preferences.
Hovering your mouse over the Edit options and clicking on them provides the opportunity to add text:
Note: Lexi-Comp allows for a maximum of two (2) images to appear on your packets. The current Lexi-PALS logo may be substituted
by your hospital logo. Please contact your Lexi-Comp account representative for details on substituting logos.
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Patient Care Module
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The Hospital Name and Patient Name can be customized so they appear at the top of each leaflet. Here we see that Mr. Michael
Jones was seen at Memorial Hospital, and will be receiving 8 PALs upon discharge. For each of the PALs there is an option to
include notes, and these notes can be customized for font size, features (text color, fill color), and other formatting to make them
more appealing to the patient. In this case, we customized some PALs with bold and colored font.
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Scrolling further down, we see a break line and then another summary page. Here, you find Patient Signature and Provider
Signature lines (we had checked the Include Signature Page box earlier). Once signed, this information would be kept on file as
documentation that the patient received his/her packet of PALs.
Scrolling down through the packet (using the Scroll Bar on the right), you can view each of the PALs as they will appear once they
are printed.
Here is an example of a condition PAL with detailed graphics and text.
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To print the packet, click the Print button at the lower left, or on the Print icon in the upper right corner of the first page of the
packet.
Your local print options will then appear.
You may choose to print multiple copies
as well as select your printer. You will
then click Print.
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Once you have printed your packet, you may wish
to store it for future use. To store your packet, type
in the name you wish to call it in the Store As
field, then click the button.
The packet will be saved and can then
be retrieved in the Stored Packets section
at the top of the Search Panel.
Select from the drop-down list of available
packets, then click Load to view its contents
or Delete to remove the packet from the list.
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