Monitored Dosage System (MDS)

Use the MDS module to manage the medication of your nursing home and community patients. Once patients are added to a nursing home or as a community patient, an MDS tab will display in their patient record providing you with all the patient specific functionality you'll find in the MDS Manager.

To access the MDS Manager, select MDS Manager from the left-nav.

Getting Started with MDS

Get started with the MDS Manager by reading our Frequently Asked Questions and Getting to Know articles.

MDS videos

Use the MDS module to manage the medication of your nursing home and community patients.

Monitored Dosage System (MDS) FAQs

Here are some of our most frequently asked questions about MDS in Apotec CRM.

Get to know MDS

Use the MDS module to manage the medication of your nursing home and community patients.

Managing Nursing Homes

Add, edit and delete nursing homes within the MDS Manager.

Adding nursing homes

You will need to create your nursing homes before you are able to assign/manage patients.

Editing nursing homes

Once you have created a nursing home you may need to edit the details.

Deleting and restoring nursing homes

You are able to delete nursing homes when they're no longer required, and restore them at a later date if needed.

Managing MDS Patients

Learn how to manage patients within nursing homes and the community.

Managing nursing home patients

Once you have created your nursing home, you can assign and manage your patients.

Managing community patients

You are able to add patients into community care and manage their settings.

Marking MDS patients as active and inactive

Learn how to mark patients as active and inactive.

Managing Medications

In the MDS Manager you are able to edit cycle dates, complex dose times, request repeat prescriptions and print charts, labels and picking lists. Follow the guides below to learn more about medicine management within this module.

Editing cycle dates

You are able to edit cycle start dates, or add a temporary start date.

Creating requests

Request prescriptions for your MDS patients.

Dispensing MDS prescriptions

MDS prescriptions are processed via the Dispensing Wizard.

Starting and ending MDS treatments

Learn how to end and restart a treatment within the MDS Manager.

Printing MDS charts and picking lists

Learn how to print MAR Charts, Backing Sheets, Labels and Picking Lists.

Managing eMAR

Activate eMAR to send or export your MAR charts.

Activating eMAR

You can send your Medication Administration Records (MAR) charts electronically.

eMAR prerequisites

The formatting of administration times and quantities when sending or exporting eMARs depends on a few prerequisites.

Sending and exporting eMAR

Sending and exporting electronic Medication Administration Records (eMAR) allows for sharing and transfer of medication records between healthcare providers.