How to Discontinue a Chemo Therapy/Plan?

Practice users can discontinue a specific therapy or the complete treatment plan of a patient.
The Discontinue icon can be located at the main navigational panel and is only made accessible in Chemo Plan.

Discontinue Button

Discontinue Dropdown menu features two options.

  1.  Discontinue Plan
  2.  Discontinue Therapy
Discontinue Dropdown

1. Discontinue Therapy:

Select Discontinue Therapy. This action prompts a Discontinue Therapy pop-up.

Pop-up

Now choose a therapy and select its reason for discontinuity.

Discontinue Therapy

Press ‘Ok’ and the discontinued therapy can be seen greyed out under Drugs strip.

Discontinued therapy in Drugs Strip

Additionally, the system marks  against discontinued therapies in Chemo Orders.

Discontinue therapy logo in Chemo Orders strip

The discontinued therapy is highlighted with ‘Discontinued’ label. 

Discontinued Therapy

2.  Discontinue Plan:

Select Discontinue Plan. This action prompts a ‘Discontinue Plan’ pop-up. Select a reason and choose an appropriate option for appointments.

Discontinue Plan Pop-up

Users can also recognize a discontinued plan by  icon in the Chemo Order section.

Discontinued Plan

Lastly, a log is maintained to keep track of discontinued therapies.

Log

NOTE:
Chemo Plans that already have a discontinued therapy or do not have additional therapies display a greyed out ‘Discontinue Therapy’ label.