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Search and Prescribe

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Simultaneous Views

Outline diagram of a screen with a Patient Banner at the top and the remainder of the screen split vertically with 'Prescribing Area' on the left and 'Medications List' on the right

MSP-0020

Allow a patient's current medications to be accessed whilst prescribing, preferably by allowing current medications to be displayed simultaneously

Recommended

Outline diagram of a screen with Patient Banner at the top, a rectangular area labelled 'Prescribing Area' which partially obscures a rectangle behind labelled 'Medications List'

MSP-0030

Support switching to, or simultaneous presentation of, other views without losing prescription information entered so far

Recommended

Outline diagram of a screen with a Patient Banner across the top, a Medications List Toolbar below. The remainder of the screen is split vertically with 'Prescribing Area' on the left and 'Medications List' on the right

MSP-0050

Do not allow the prescribing area to be positioned such that it separates the controls (such as those on a toolbar) from the view to which they relate (see Design Guidance – Medications List)

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