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.

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Discontinue Button

Discontinue Dropdown menu features two options.

  1.  Discontinue Plan
  2.  Discontinue Therapy
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Discontinue Dropdown

1. Discontinue Therapy:

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

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Pop-up

Now choose a therapy and select its reason for discontinuity.

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Discontinue Therapy

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

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Discontinued therapy in Drugs Strip

Additionally, the system marks a-1 against discontinued therapies in Chemo Orders.

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Discontinue therapy logo in Chemo Orders strip

The discontinued therapy is highlighted with ‘Discontinued’ label. new_symbol

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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.

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Discontinue Plan Pop-up

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

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Discontinued Plan

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

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Log

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