Manage Medication Categories Praxis

Medication categories group medications and magistral preparations under one name. When writing a prescription, you add all entries in a category as line items with a single click.

Benötigte Lizenz

This feature requires the Magistral Preparation add-on for Praxis.

Where do I find Medication Categories?

Open Settings → Medical → Medications. At the top of the page, click the Categories button. The page is called Medication Categories and shows a sortable card list of your categories.

Note: Medication categories are not the same as categories for magistral preparations. You manage those separately under Manage Magistral Preparation Categories.

Prerequisites

• You are logged in as an administrator or with the appropriate permission.
• To add magistral preparations as entries, you need the Magistral Preparation add-on and read permission on magistral preparations.

Create a category

1. Click Add Category.
2. The Create Category modal opens.
3. Enter a Name for the category.
4. Click Save.

The new category appears in the card list. You can then add entries to it.

Add a medication to a category

1. Open the category by clicking Edit.
2. In the Add Medications section, click the search field and select a medication.
3. The Add Medication modal opens. Fill in the fields:
   • Administration
   • Route of Administration
   • Pack size (OP)
   • Administration description (e.g. as needed)
4. Click Apply.
5. Repeat for additional medications.
6. Click Save.

Add a magistral preparation to a category

The Medications / Magistral Preparations toggle is only visible with the Magistral Preparation add-on and the required permission.

1. Open the category by clicking Edit.
2. In the Add Magistral Preparations section, click the search field and select a preparation.
3. The Add Magistral Preparation modal opens. Fill in the fields:
   • Quantity
   • Unit (kg, g, mg, L, ml, piece, tablet, sachet, capsule, capsule granules)
   • Administration
   • Route of Administration
   • Pack size (OP)
   • Administration description (e.g. as needed)
4. Click Apply.
5. Repeat for additional preparations.
6. Click Save.

Edit a category

1. Click Edit on the category card.
2. Change the name or modify the entries.
3. Click Save.

Individual entries can be adjusted via Edit or removed using the delete icon.

Delete a category

1. Click the delete icon on the category card.
2. Confirm the action.

Note: Deleting a category only removes the category itself. The medications and magistral preparations it contained remain unchanged.

Use a category on a prescription

When creating a prescription, click the Category button (dropdown) and select a category. offisy adds all entries from that category as line items — including quantity and unit.