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The demonstration shows a prescriber adding a clinical indication in iSoft Premiere, a GP prescribing system, in July 2006. They click the Clinical Indication button, tick “to prevent gout” for allopurinol, and the indication is added to the directions, so the label says what the medicine is for.

The screenshots below were taken in July 2006 in iSoft Premiere, a GP prescribing system, set up for clinical indications. They follow one new prescription, for a test patient, from start to finish.

A test patient’s repeat medicines in iSoft Premiere, each with its clinical indication, for example aspirin “to prevent heart attacks and strokes”.
A test patient’s repeat medicines in iSoft Premiere, each with its clinical indication, for example aspirin “to prevent heart attacks and strokes”.
Prescribing allopurinol for the same patient. The prescriber clicks the Clinical Indication button.
Prescribing allopurinol for the same patient. The prescriber clicks the Clinical Indication button.
A list of indications appears, and the prescriber ticks “to prevent gout”.
A list of indications appears, and the prescriber ticks “to prevent gout”.
The indication is added to the directions: “take one daily to prevent gout”.
The indication is added to the directions: “take one daily to prevent gout”.
Allopurinol joins the repeat list with its indication, so the label says what it is for.
Allopurinol joins the repeat list with its indication, so the label says what it is for.

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iSoft Premiere, a GP prescribing system, set up for clinical indications. The screenshots were taken in July 2006. The same system counted the tablets in the statin compliance study.

They click the Clinical Indication button, a list of indications appears, and they tick the one that applies, such as “to prevent gout” for allopurinol. The Sample Directory lists the phrases for common medicines.

The indication is added to the directions, for example “take one daily to prevent gout”, so the label says what the medicine is for.

There is no separate indication field. Clinicians add the indication as free text to the directions, and in EMIS the free text is stored and offered from a pick list on future issues, as Dr Masters explains in FAQ 3.

Next step

Find the wording for the medicines you prescribe.

The Sample Directory gives the phrase for each commonly prescribed medicine, ready to add to the directions.

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Dr Nigel Masters with a patient at Highfield Surgery

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