How to Add a Preferred Pharmacy to a Patient Prescriptions
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article overview this article explains how to set a patient's preferred pharmacy in the system so that it appears correctly on prescription printouts during new encounters it is intended for clinical users step 1 access the alter patient window click alter patient from the toolbar or click the patient tab and select alter patient step 2 select the patient and open the care team view select the patient from the list click ok to load the patient's m edical record go to care team from the left navigation of the patient's medical record click on care team from the left hand navigation step 3 add the preferred pharmacy in the care team view, locate the pharmacy preferred from the list under the provider column, type the pharmacy name (e g shoppers) select the correct option from the list note click the ellipses button if you need to see more results this will open the select external provider window where you can search for the pharmacy name step 4 set the pharmacy status make sure the status of the preferred pharmacy is set to open step 5 save your changes click ok to close and save the alter patient window step 6 confirm pharmacy in new encounter in the new encounter / scripts view, check the supplier field ensure that the preferred pharmacy name appears correctly in the supplier field for prescriptions to print as intended optional set supplier preferences while prescribing while prescribing in a new encounter select a pharmacy in the supplier field right click the selected pharmacy choose one of the following set patient's preferred set patient's alternate set provider's preferred learn more for more information on prescriptions in profile, please read our following articles how to add, manage and print new prescriptions in profile docid\ wr0 zxcylp6c s0ilhrouhow to create, reuse, and print ad hoc prescriptions in profile docid\ bexv34yl65okj2uuo8dbwhow to add term cross references in profile docid\ ph3w jcvvbh75i4w1bo65add new external prescription docid\ qlhaae7m8y8cw8knvxiywusual prescriptions docid 0gfxb1m y0soregqdczxb