How to Edit a Resident's MAR

ALIS has an interactive MAR Editor tool to make it easy for us to update medication administration records. This feature gives nurses and admins greater control over information displaying on the MAR documents.

• This feature is typically only available to specific staff members.
• If staff need to update an administration record that they recently created, this can be done using Med Pass History. Read this article to learn more: Med Pass History.

Follow the steps below to access the MAR Editor:

1. Access the resident's Manage Orders page. 
2. Click the Edit MAR button below the resident's medical information.

MAR Editor

This powerful page allows us to click the squares that represent individual order administrations to change any information.

You can change MAR month by clicking the arrows to either side of the month and year (below the resident photo), and also filter by Order Name or Time of Day.

1. To edit a record, find the order you want to change and click the square representing the administration time.
2. A pane from the right side of your screen gives you options to update the administration outcome (Passed, Refused, Adverse Reaction, or Other), and you can make updates to the date, time, and dose administered.
3. Users with administrator permissions can also change the staff member who administered the order (Administered By) and delete administrations.
4. Click the Submit button to save any changes.

Resetting Orders

If you need to update an administration time to Not Passed, click on the box, and then click the Reset button at the bottom left of the pane.

When you click Reset, there is another pane that prompts you to confirm you would like to reset this administration time. If you are sure, click Reset again. Then, the box will go back to being blank with a small dash to indicate that it was not administered!

Deleting Orders

• We also have the ability to delete entire orders from the MAR if they have never been administered in ALIS.
• If you've already administered some, don't sweat it, you can always use the above trick to "Reset" any administrations first!
• This can come in handy if an order was added with an incorrect schedule or misspelled name.

1. Click the trashcan to the right of the order name.
2. A pop-up will require you to add a reason for deletion. Once you have typed the reason, click the Delete button.
   

You also have the ability to edit and delete Treatments and Administered PRNs. These display toward the bottom of the page after the scheduled medication orders.

Related articles:

How to Pass Meds

Med Pass History