Label Preview
The Label Preview displays the name of the item prescribed and the item dispensed (if different), its dosage and price, directions of use, name of the patient and prescriber, date prescribed and the number of repeats (if any). Any selections made or information entered on the Dispense Screen will be reflected immediately in the label preview. This also includes […]
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Price Overrides You can override the default price directly, or by changing the parameters used to calculate it. If the script has repeats they default to the overridden price when dispensed. NOTE If you override the price of a PBS or RPBS item it becomes private. You can set special base prices, markups and dispensing […]
Repeats
If both the number of repeats prescribed and the number of times previously dispensed are specified, they are separated by a forward slash (“/”). If only a single number is entered, treat it as the number of repeats prescribed; as the number of times the item was previously dispensed is implied to be zero. If […]
Directions
The Directions field is to be used when you need to enter patient instructions on how to take the drug. You can use a mixture of sigs (abbreviations) and freeform text. You can use punctuation when entering directions, even next to sigs. You do not need to leave spaces either side of your sig. As you type […]
Item Dispensed
Use this field to enter the name of the drug to be dispensed; if the drug being dispensed is of a different brand from what is prescribed, ensure required conditions for dispensing the drug are met. This field is disabled if the selected patient is inactive or until a drug is selected in the Item Dispensed field, […]
Item Prescribed
The Item Prescribed field is where you would enter the name of the drug as prescribed on the script. The search results display all details relevant to the drug, such as the available brands, strength, form, and price. You will need to look up the brand, name, chemical composition and dosage from the script before making your […]
Prescriber
The Prescriber field displays the previously set prescriber for the patient. This field is disabled if the Item Type is set to S3 Recordable Supply or Continued Dispensing or if the patient is deactivated. You can look for a prescriber by entering the: Prescriber name Prescriber number Code Address As you enter a prescriber’s name, […]
Item Type
The Item Type menu will default to what has been previously set for the patient. The list of items available in this menu varies depending on the selected patient. It could be any one of the below options: Private Script PBS Private Script PBS Script RPBS Script S3 Recordable Supply Continued Dispensing Other Recordable Supply For more […]
Date Prescribed
The Date Prescribed is set to the current date by default; use the date picker to enter the prescription date of the script, you do not need to type the date separators. Use the down arrow to select the date from the calendar. The script date defaults to the current date when dispensing to a […]
Dispense Pane
This section describes the navigation menus and options available to you while dispensing. Choose the script type in the topics below to go to a particular form of dispensing or continue on this page to get familiar with the Dispense Screen. Original Scripts – provides quick steps and includes a detailed process flow to dispense a script. […]