Medications List

Columns

A Medications List View can display various columns containing a variety of medications information. Guidance is provided for key aspects of the way in which the view is structured, including:

  • Which columns must be displayed
  • The order in which some columns are displayed
  • Column widths
  • Column headings
  • Combining more than one attribute in a single column

This diagram illustrates key guidance points:

Diagram of the structure of a medications list area with callouts indicating key guidance points

The specific information to display in the date columns is not part of guidance because different tasks and contexts have different requirements. Therefore, this guidance only provides for the relative placement of the date columns.

Illustrations on these pages use column headings with the following labels:

  • Start Date for the start or initiation of a medication
  • End Date for the end or completion of a medication