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Design Guidance - Search and Prescribe (PDF Format)

Search and Prescribe

Detailed Forms

Interaction

Diagram of a prescription form in which only a drug name and cascading list of routes is displayed

MSP-1580

In a detailed prescription form, require the selection of drug name and route (or drug name and attributes that allow the type of medication to be determined) before fields are displayed in the rest of the detailed prescription form

Mandatory

Diagram of a prescription form in which two input boxes (drug and form) contain values and the remaining five input boxes contain prompts in grey italic text

MSP-1660

Do not rely on disabling fields (or controls for accessing optional fields) to impose an order

Mandatory

MSP-1670

After selections from cascading lists have been completed, do not automatically open a selection list for a control in the detailed prescription form unless a change to a field has triggered the need to confirm or re-enter values in related fields

Mandatory