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# Add New Usage Method

**Audience:** Super Admin, Admin, Supervisor\
**Page type:** Task guide\
**Status:** Draft\
**Owner:** Compassly Documentation Team\
**Last verified:** 2026-04-03

## Purpose

Use this guide to add a new usage method to the Medication Library.

## Before you start

Before you begin, confirm the following:

* You are signed in to Compassly.
* You can access **Medications → Medication library**.
* Your role allows you to add usage methods.
* You know the usage-method name you want to add.

## How to get there

1. Sign in to Compassly.
2. In the left navigation, select **Medications**.
3. Select **Medication library**.
4. In the upper-right dataset dropdown, choose **Usage methods**.

## Steps

1. Open **Medications → Medication library**.
2. In the upper-right dataset dropdown, select **Usage methods**.
3. Click the **+** button.
4. Enter the usage-method title.
5. Select **Apply** or **Save** to create the new usage method.

## Role differences

* **Super Admin / Admin / Supervisor:** Can add usage methods.
* **Clinician / Basic:** Cannot add usage methods.

## What happens next

After you save the new usage method, it appears in the usage-method list and becomes available for future medication workflows that use usage methods.

## Related guides

* [Usage Methods](/compassly-docs/core-modules/medications/medication-library/usage-methods.md)
* [View Usage Method List](/compassly-docs/core-modules/medications/medication-library/usage-methods/view-usage-method-list.md)
* [Edit Usage Method](/compassly-docs/core-modules/medications/medication-library/usage-methods/edit-usage-method.md)
* [Delete Usage Method](/compassly-docs/core-modules/medications/medication-library/usage-methods/delete-usage-method.md)


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