Prescriptions

Prescriptions can be accessed in one of two ways:

From the patient record
From within the patient notes for a visit

Creating and Editing Prescriptions

Step 1
You can begin your prescription by adding in your items. Prescription items are simply your invoice items which can be added along with some extra detail, like Dose, Frequency and Duration. To add them click the 'Add/Edit Items' button.

Adding items to your prescription

Step 2
You can select as many items as you want to add, including any composite/mixtures/packs you have created yourself and give them a custom price if required.

Selecting the items to add, including composite/mixtures/packs you have created yourself

Step 3
When you add your items to the prescription you can fill in extra details around Dose, Frequency, Duration and any applicable Instructions

You can add Dose, Frequency, Duration and Instructions for your prescription items

Step 4
The 'Create Invoice' button at the top of the prescription will create an invoice with the prescription items already added to it. There is a link to open the prescription from the invoice and you can edit prices if required using the 'Add/Remove Items' button

Prescription items are automatically added to your invoice

If you add and remove items from the 'Edit Invoice' screen it will not update the items on the prescription panel. You can however edit any prices from the 'Edit Invoice' screen and they will be persisted. If you want to change the items on the prescription it is best to do so from the prescription screen.

Dispensary View

If you dispense composite items, mixtures or packs that you compose yourself then the 'Dispensary View' button can provide a breakdown to help you make up your prescriptions. All amounts will be broken down corresponding to the quantities selected in the prescription itself so there is no need to perform any error-prone calculations yourself.

Step 1
Click the 'Dispensary View' button at the top of the prescription to show a breakdown of the items and compsite/mixture/pack items to be dispensed

'Dispensary View' shows a breakdown of the items in the prescription, including composite/mixture/pack items that you compose yourself

In the example above you can see that the 'Cold & Flu (100ml)' item has been broken down in to its constituent parts as this is a 'self made mixture' dispensed by the practice. The other individual items (Garlic) are displayed in their own panels too.

Visit Prescriptions

If you include the prescriptions tab in your patient notes template (from the list of special tabs) then it will create a 'default' prescription linked to that visit.

The benefit of a prescription invoice is that you can set it's items to be automatically included in the visit's invoice when it is created. This is preferable for your patient and it keeps your invoicing more streamlined.

Step 1
Create the prescription in exactly the same way as shown above. Tick the box to 'Include items on this visits invoice'

When you create a prescription for a visit you have the option of including the prescription items on the visit invoice when it is created

Step 2
You can use the 'Invoice' button at the bottom of the screen when you are ready to invoice, or you can use the invoice right-click menus from anywhere in the application (for example, from the calendar appointment) to create the invoice when you are ready

When you create a prescription for a visit you have the option of including the prescription items on the visit invoice when it is created

Step 3
When the invoice is created it will include any visit item (if you used an appointment type and the 'Create Default Invoice' option) as well as the items for the prescription. You can create the visit invoice at any time (not just during the consult) and the prescription items will appear on it automatically.

An invoice for a 'visit prescription' will automatically include the visit items as well as the prescription items