Several types of help are available.

Hints on the right side of every screen guide you through every action.

For more general information note the 7 Steps to Safety at the top of Medication Risk Maps.

Enter Meds > Search Side Effects > Check Interactions > Evaluate Contraindications > Identify Problem Meds > Simulate Alternates. Roll over each of those for a short description of the step.

For more detail, use the How It Works link at the very top of the page.
You will find links on the left for 7 Steps to Safety which expands on the steps.

First Question First gives some examples of questions you can answer using Medication Risk Maps.

Side Effects and Interactions explains more detail about what these terms mean and the very important concept of Combined Risk.

Medication Risk Maps link provides another short version of what you can do here.

Hints on the right side of every screen guide you through every action.

The questions that are answered under a hint heading will change depending on where you are and what you are doing.

So if you opened a hint section before, you may still want to open it again if you are trying something different. The hints will walk you through every process.

• Enter Meds
  • Start typing into the Enter your Meds box
  • or Use Advanced Med Search
• Use the Risk Maps
  • Search the Risk Maps for the patient's symptoms
  • View each Map and check the Concerns checkbox next to effects you want to track.
• Identify and Replace Problem Meds
  • From the Edit Med rollover, select Simulate Impact of an Alternate
  • Select an Alternate Med to replace the Problem Meds
• Talk to your doctor about making a change
   
• To Save this work
  • Click Save As to sign in or create a new membership

• Use the Selected dropdown to select or create a Patient or Medlist
• Enter Meds
• Enter Conditions
  • Only for Patient Med Cabinets: to inform the Contraindications Risk Map
• Use the Risk Maps
  • Search the Risk Maps for the patient's symptoms
  • View each Map and check the Concerns checkbox next to effects you want to track
• Identify and Replace Problem Meds
  • From the Edit Med rollover, select Simulate Impact of an Alternate
  • Select an Alternate Med to replace the Problem Med(s)
• Save the changes
• Change the prescriptions or talk to the doctor
  

Just start typing in the box. As you add letters the drop down list will show you the Meds that contain those letters.

Use your mouse or down arrow to select a Med from the list.

If the letters turn red then they cannot be found and you should check the spelling or try entering fewer letters.

Or try using the Advanced Medication Search link.

Prescription Drugs, Over the Counter Drugs, Immunizations and many Medicinal Herbs and Supplements including Vitamins and Minerals. Most illegal drugs are not available.

If you aren't sure of the spelling try just entering a few letters and then select from the list. Be sure to wait a few seconds for the list to show up. Or use the Advanced Med Search link.

Click the Info icon near the Med name to see the Patient Drug Information Sheet - similar to what the pharmacist provides, complete with:

• How to Use the Med
• The Med's Side Effects Risk Map
• Brand Names it is sold by
• Precautions
• Side Effects
• Interactions
• Contraindications and Precautions

When you are signed in as a member you can:

Save Patient Med Cabinets:
You can create a Med Cabinet for each family member. This provides a history of Meds, why they were used, and the ability to easily see how Meds you or your doctor are considering will work with your other Meds.

When you enter their Meds and the Conditions each Med is Treating you can see a new Map - the Contraindications Risk Map which shows which Meds should not be used with the patient's conditions.

Save Reference Folders/Medlists which are like Basic Medlists but can be saved. Multiple Medlists can be grouped into Reference Folders so if you just want to do some research on Meds for Diabetes, for instance, you can create a Reference Folder and name it "Allergy Remedies" and within it create Medlists called: Skin Rash, Hayfever, and Peanuts.

Retrieve your Meds from one of our partners, including Microsoft HealthVault. With a HealthVault membership you may be able to retrieve your medications from your pharmacy and from then import those Meds into your Patient Med Cabient.

Basic Medlists are still available for quick checks and can be saved to Patient Med Cabinets or to Reference Medlists.

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You need to open a section under Risk Maps after you enter Medications or select a Medlist or Patient. Then check hints again for more specifics.

• Map it! determines if a Med is included in the Risk Maps. Changing the Map it! setting allows you to see the impact of changes to the Risks due to the combination of Meds the patient is taking

• You can check or uncheck Map it! in a Medlist or Med Cabinet
  
  • When it is checked, Map it! includes the Med in the Risk Maps
  • When it is unchecked, the Med is not included in the Risk Maps 

• You can uncheck Map it! in a Risk Map by using the Edit link at the top of the Med column
  • To put that Med back in the Risk Map you will need to return to the Medlist or Med Cabinet and check Map it! there.

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Basic Medlists are for quick checks. They are lists of Medications only. You can quickly enter the Meds and immediately check the Risk Maps for Side Effects and Interactions.

A Medlist can be a Compare list where you could list each Med for your skin rash that has been recommended to you from doctors and friends and then review how they compare to one another to choose the best one for you.

Or a Medlist can be a Combine list where you could list all the Meds the patient typically takes when they have Hayfever so you can see the Combined Risk from taking them together..

Basic Medlists do not have to be named before you can start using them. When you are signed in, Basic Medlists or their individual Meds can be saved to Patient Med Cabinets or to Reference Folders/Medlists.

This controls the All Risks Combined column in the Side Effects Risk Map section.
Select Combine Meds to view the combined side effect risk for all the meds a person is taking.
Select Compare Meds to compare the side effect risks of various meds for a given condition.

Rollover the Edit link and click on Delete this Med. In a Basic Medlist it will be removed immediately.

In a Reference Medlist, it will be marked as deleted and removed from the Maps. You can then Save All Changes or Undo All Changes.

• Click the Edit link near the Med name
  
  • In a Medlist or Med Cabinet it is to the left of the Med Name
    
  • In a Risk Map it is under the Med Name at the top of the Med column
    
• Click on the Simulate Impact of an Alternate link
  • Click one of the options to evaluate "What-If?" scenarios
    • Based on Condition
    • Based on Drug Therapeutic Class
    • Based on Reference Medlist
    • Based on Search
  • Select an Alternate Med. * The Current Med will be unmapped and the Alternate Med will be mapped instead. This allows you to Review the Impact of the Alternate in the Maps
    

• If you don't like the results:
  • In a Basic Medlist, Reference Medlist or Med Cabinet use the Undo All Changes link to automatically remove the new Med and reset the original one to Map it!. 
    • If you do not want to lose other changes then first Save All Changes and find and uncheck Map it! for the Replacement Med and check Map it! again for the original Med
  • In an EMR Medlist find and uncheck Map it! for the Replacement Med and check Map it! again for the original Med

Click on any column heading to sort it. Click again to reverse the sort order. You may see the triangle icon or the double triangle icon .

Use the Selected: drop down menu and click the New link next Basic Medlist.

• Basic Medlist - for quick checks

Use a link in the Save As rollover to Sign In or to Create an Account.

After you are signed in, the Medlist you have been working on will be displayed, and you can use Save As to save your Basic Medlist to an existing or new Patient Med Cabinet or to a Reference Folder/Medlist.

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