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Configure Units of Measure
Configure the units of measure for the medications that a healthcare practitioner prescribes to a patient.
Required Editions
| Available in: Lightning Experience |
| Available in: Enterprise and Unlimited Editions with Life Sciences Cloud or Health Cloud |
| User Permissions Needed | |
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| To create a unit of measure type: | Manage Pharmacy Benefits Verification permission set |
To create a unit of measure, you must first configure the picklist value for the Type field. Picklist values for Type aren’t provided by default. Based on the requirements of the organization, admins must add picklist values for the field in Object Manager.
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Configure the picklist value for the Type field on the Unit of Measure object.
- From the object management settings for Unit of Measure object, go to Fields and Relationship.
- Select Type.
- In the Picklist Values section, click New.
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Add the required values for the picklist, and save your changes.
For instance, add a type value Weight for weight-related units of measure, add Amount for amount-related units of measure, or add Volume for volume-related units of measure.
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Create Unit of Measure records.
- From the App Launcher, find and select Unit of Measure.
- Click New.
- Enter a name and mg as unit code for the unit of measure.
- Select Weight as the type.
- Save your changes.
- Repeat these steps to add mL, and Each unit code values.
To successfully create an electronic verification request, you must include mg, mL, and Each as the unit of measures.
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