Prescribing & Medication
What's in this section?
Standard prescribing workflows and how to recover from prescription errors in CCMS. The happy path is here, plus the two most common error scenarios. Local-context topics like controlled drugs (DDA) and paediatric dosing are on the roadmap.
Standard Prescribing
Errors & Recovery
Remarks
Editorial backlog — for authors & contributors
The following prescribing topics are planned future FAQs for this category. They are high clinical risk or high frequency and prioritised for the next batch of authoring. Use this list as a reference checklist when adding new pages.
Controlled Drugs (DDA / Akta Dadah)
Issuing controlled drugs in CCMS — registry requirements, witness signatures, prescription limits, and audit obligations.
Repeat Prescriptions
Set up, issue, and review repeat prescriptions for chronic disease patients without re-entering each cycle.
Allergy & Interaction Alerts
How to read, action, and document overrides for drug allergy and drug-drug interaction warnings.
Paediatric Dose Calculation
Weight-based dosing, formulary checks, and common pitfalls when prescribing for children.
MA-only Session Prescribing
Prescribing rules when no doctor is present — what an MA can issue, what needs a counter-sign, and the escalation route.
Generic Substitution & Formulary
When the system substitutes a generic, when to override, and how this interacts with KKM formulary policy.
Polypharmacy Review
Periodic medication review — identifying duplicates, deprescribing, and documenting the rationale.
PHIS Handover & Dispensing-side Issues
How CCMS prescriptions hand off to PHIS, and what to do when the dispensing record disagrees with the prescription record.
Discontinue or Amend an Active Prescription
Stop, amend, or replace an active prescription without invoking the error-handling workflow.
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