Pending medication orders are presented on the controller of an infusion pump to which a patient has been identified. All pending medication orders are displayed on the scieen of the controller and any may be selected by the clinician Selecting a pending order at the controller that involves an infusion to the patient also results in automatic progiammmg of the infusion pump m accordance with that order. Selection of an oral medication at the controller results, as does selection of any other order, in notification to the healthcare facility server that the order is being administered. Such notification resolves open controlled item transactions as well as provides information that may be relevant to a patient's EMAR. Selection of a pending order may occur manually or automatically thiough identification of a medication.
