Usual Prescriptions in Profile

article overview & feature requirements this article is intended for clinical users it will focus on usual prescriptions in profile, and will cover what are usual prescriptions? docid 0gfxb1m y0soregqdczxbentering usual prescriptions docid 0gfxb1m y0soregqdczxbordering a usual prescription docid 0gfxb1m y0soregqdczxbdiscontinuing a usual prescription docid 0gfxb1m y0soregqdczxb feature requirements some of the functionality described in this article is available only from profile 10 0 2 onwards what are usual prescriptions? the usual prescriptions list enables you to see what prescriptions a patient is regularly prescribed, and makes prescribing faster on subsequent visits usual prescriptions act as prescribing templates usual prescriptions can be accessed in either of the following ways via the clinical details for a patient, on the usual prescriptions tab via the patient's medical record , in the prescriptions view, on the usual scripts tab entering usual prescriptions follow these steps to add a prescription to a patient's usual prescriptions list open the clinical details window for a patient and select the usual prescriptions tab or open the patient's medical record , go to the prescriptions view, and select the usual scripts tab press the following button to create a new usual prescription the formulary window appears enter at least the first two letters of the medication in the field below the toolbar and press the rx button or press enter to search the results of the search appear in the panel below press + beside the required medication to view a list of existing instructions you can either highlight an existing instruction and click ok , or double click on \<new instruction> the fields for instructions appear enter the required information, and ensure the remember box is checked if you would like to use this instruction for future prescriptions by default, you need to enter values in the dose , freq , route , and qty fields to add a dose, frequency, route, and quantity to the prescription; the ok button will be disabled until you have done so however, if the preferences allow blank dose, frequency and route for usual prescriptions and allow blank quantity for usual prescriptions have been enabled under preferences/scripts and instructions/interface , you can save a usual prescription without entering values for dose, frequency, route, or quantity this allows for situations where a provider is entering a usual script for a patient where they don’t have all the details necessary to order that medication for example, the patient may be telling them their medication list verbally off the top of their head, and they can’t remember the dose of a given medication note that, whether or not the above preferences have been enabled, profile requires that these details be provided before a script can be ordered, to ensure that incomplete prescriptions are not submitted press ok when finished the new prescription will be added to the list of usual prescriptions ordering a usual prescription to order a usual prescription for a patient from within an encounter within the new encounter , go to the scripts view in the actions segment bar drag and drop the prescription from usual scripts to the encounter prescription orders panel on the right, ordouble click the prescription in usual scripts to add it to the order this opens up the edit instruction line window in the edit instruction line window, fill in the instructions specific to this prescription the dose , freq , and qty fields are mandatory profile requires that these details be provided before a script can be ordered, to ensure that incomplete prescriptions are not submitted press ok when finished the prescription is added to the encounter prescription orders panel the usual script has also been updated with the instructions provided if you wish to print the order you have compiled for your patient, click on the print all icon in the scripts view discontinuing a usual prescription if a patient no longer requires a medication in their list of usual scripts, you can do the following from within an encounter go to the scripts view in the actions segment bar in the list of usual scripts , right click on the script that they no longer need and select discontinue from the context menu you will be prompted to confirm this action and provide the reason for discontinuing the medication doing so removes the script from the list of usual scripts it now appears under the discontinued tab learn more for more information on prescriptions in profile please click on the article links below 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\ bexv34yl65okj2uuo8dbwadd new external prescription docid\ qlhaae7m8y8cw8knvxiyw