NOTE: This topic is about creating a new record in the database for an item to be prescribed.
For details of how to issue a prescription to a patient, see To Issue Prescriptions.
This window has two functions:
For example, if you commonly prescribe the same drug in different formulations, you might wish to leave the last three characters for the different strengths. As an example, for Amoxicillin, if you had 250mg tablets, and the suspension in 250mg/5ml and 125mg/5 ml, you could have "AM250T", "AM250S" and "AM125S".
You can choose to click the checkbox if a line needs to be in bold type to stand out, and you have a label printer capable of bold type. Usually, the name of the drug and any warning or precautions would be in bold, e.g., "Take with Food", "Avoid Alcohol". etc.
This has implications for when items are prescribed, as items are listed either under the Prescription category or the Dispensary category, or both - you must tick Prescription or Dispensary or both to have the item appear in either or both lists.
You can in theory use this to list items but not make them available to issue a prescription, by making sure neither checkbox is ticked.
The Antibiotics checkbox is informational only and has no implications.
The List Prescriptions window will open, displaying all the issued prescriptions contained in the system, sorted by date:
Date | The date the prescription was issued. |
Type | The icons indicate whether an item is a dispensary item or a prescription item . |
Printed | This column will show a icon if the prescription and/or a label has been printed. |
Emailed | When a prescription is first saved, you have the option to send it as an email attachment. |
Provider | The code of the provider who issued the prescription. |
Details | The patient name. |
Prescription | The details of the item(s) on the prescription. |
Sort by Date | Enter a particular date in this field to find and display prescriptions for that date. |