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Search and Prescribe

Cascading Lists

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Diagram with four outlines representing lists with numbers and arrows implying a sequence from left to right: 1 is labelled Drug Names, 2, 3 and 4 are labelled Cascading Lists

MSP-0850

Display a cascading list on the selection of drug name and up to two further cascading lists for basic prescription attributes

Mandatory

Diagram of a search results list in which one list item is highlighted and an outline of a second list to the right labelled 'second list'

MSP-0860

Present a second list when a selection is made in the search results list

Mandatory

Outline diagram representing three lists side by side in which the first and second have one item selected. The second list is labelled 'routes' and the third list is labelled 'template prescriptions'

Example 1: paracetamol


Outline diagram representing four lists side by side in which the first, second and third have one item selected. The second list is labelled 'routes', the third list is labelled 'forms' and the fourth list is labelled 'template prescriptions'

Example 2: salbutamol


MSP-0880

Allow different cascading lists (such as route and form or route and strength) to be presented depending on the drug selected

Recommended

MSP-0890

Limit the options presented within cascading lists to those that are relevant to the previous selection

Mandatory