Closing the Gap/Continuing Medication Program
Closing the Gap From 1 July 2021, the CTG annotation is no longer mandatory, with eligibility for co-payment relief being determined by the patient’s CTG registration status. CTG prescriptions with outstanding repeats will still show their original CTG annotations. For new prescriptions, the annotation CTG00B will automatically be applied if the patient is registered for CTG. NOTE […]
RACF Medication Chart Dispensing
To claim RACF medication chart items through PBS Online: The patient must be in a medical institution. The medical institution must have its RACF ID recorded. The drug must be eligible for RACF medication chart dispensing. Medication Chart Dispensing Workflow When a patient in a medical institution with an RACF ID is selected for dispensing, Item Type includes a new Medication Chart option. […]
State Specific Requirements
Some states have additional requirements for dispensing paperless ePrescriptions. Western Australia For Schedule 8 medicines: The existing requirement for the patient’s date of birth to be recorded still applies. If the patient’s date of birth is not recorded in the dispensing system, the following warning is displayed. Check the date of birth with the patient […]
Documents for Regulatory Bodies
It is not necessary to keep printed copies of Schedule 8 and similar prescriptions, although you might choose to do so if that suits your pharmacy’s records management processes. For example, You might use the Copy of Script print option at the end of dispensing to produce a printed record If you need to provide information about a […]
Printing Tokens
To print a copy of an electronic token: 1. Select the script in Patient History or the Script Organiser. 2. Do one of the following: Right‑click on the script, then choose Reprint from the context menu displayed. Press F2 to display the context menu, then choose Reprint. The Dispensed screen is displayed. 3. At the Dispensed screen, choose Evidence of Rx. Evidence of Rx (Evidence of Prescription) […]
Reissuing Electronic Tokens
You can reissue electronic tokens that were generated at your pharmacy if necessary, for example if a patient needs to access a token on a different device to where it was originally sent, or if they have accidentally deleted a token. To reissue an electronic token: 1. Select the script in Patient History or the Script Organiser. […]
Script Queuing for ePrescriptions
Paperless ePrescription tokens will often be presented to your pharmacy on mobile devices rather than in a format which directly suits typical “basket queuing” processes. To help you manage this, Corum Clear Dispense 8.1.1 supports script queuing including an optional Front Counter program for use at the Scripts In/Scripts Out counter. You can use the Script […]
Offline ePrescription Dispensing and Owing Scripts
If the Prescription Delivery Service (PDS) or your pharmacy is temporarily offline, you can still dispense paperless ePrescriptions using owing scripts. Unlike normal owing scripts, you would do this for offline ePrescription repeats as well as for offline ePrescription originals. These owing scripts need to be reconciled with the relevant paperless ePrescriptions when the PDS […]
Overriding “Do Not Substitute”
When an eScript or paperless ePrescription is downloaded, the Brand Sub field shows N if the prescriber has specified “Do Not Substitute”. You can now change this to Y, for instance when you have consulted the prescriber and have confirmed that supply of a different brand can take place. If you change Brand Sub from N to Y for an eScript or ePrescription, the following reminder […]
Dispensing Paperless ePrescriptions
The most noticeable change to overall workflow when ePrescribing is enabled is that you will need to log in or identify yourself when using various functions and moving around the system, to satisfy security and auditing requirements. Selecting suitable staff roles and password behaviour can minimise the impact on your pharmacy. Click ePrescribing, and Password Settings for further […]