Settings
Control Panel - File Maintenance - Settings is where you configure your practice-wide therapy settings.
Therapy setting are spread over the following tabs:
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Therapy, see Therapy Tab for details.
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Formulary (Scotland only), see Formulary Tab for details,
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Prescriptions, see Prescriptions Tab for details.
Select a topic below to expand the section:
To view and update the settings:
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From Control Panel - File Maintenance select Settings .
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The Vision System Settings screen displays, select the Therapy tab:
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Complete the sections as required:
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Medication Review - Set your defaults for medication reviews. You can use the following abbreviations: D (Days), M (Months), Y (Years), for example 6M = 6 months:
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Date Offset - Set the period in the future when you want to carry out the medication review. The default is six months, update if required.
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Overdue Offset - Set the period after the review is due that you want it to display as overdue, red in the Review column. The default is zero, update if required.
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Due Offset - Set the period before the review is due when you want to be reminded. The default is minus two weeks, yellow in the Review column. Update if required.
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Default Read Code - The clinical term you want to use for medication reviews. Defaults to 8B3S.00 Medication review, update if required.
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Date Offset Limit - Defaults to the maximum time frame of 13 months, this is the offset date entered automatically when you select Item Review from any Therapy - Add screen.
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Repeats
- Old Repeat Offset - Enter a time period, for example 18m (18 months). Repeat masters not issued during this time display in red on the left-hand column in the Repeat Master screen.
- Repeat Limit - Set a practice wide maximum number of repeats anyone in your practice can authorise. By default
England, Wales and Northern Ireland - Defaults to 366, update as required with a maximum of 999.
Scotland - Defaults to 99, update as required with a maximum of 99.
See Consultation Manager Setup - Therapy Settings for details on setting a prescriber specific limit .
- Enable Inactive/Reactivation Reason - You cannot delete repeat masters once they have been issued, to stop a repeat master, it must be inactivated. Tick to enable inactivate/reactivation reasons.
- Repeats Interval - A practice wide setting, specifies the default time between repeat issues. Defaults to 28 days, update as required.
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Enable Repeat Dispensing - A practice wide setting, tick to activate Repeat Dispensing functionality.
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Repeat Dispensing Warning Days - A practice wide setting, defaults to 10 days. This triggers a message when reauthorising a batch prescription which has more than the specified days before expiry. You can enter between 1-99.
- Out of Practice - Scotland only:
- Dosage Warning Text - Enter the warning to display if an item prescribed else where is selected to issue.
- Non Medical Prescribing - Mandatory in Scotland, optional elsewhere. Tick to restrict all Non-Medical Prescribers, for example, Nurses and Paramedics to the appropriate National Drug Select Rule for your country.Note - This is a practice wide setting and cannot be updated for individual Non-Medical Prescribers.
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Select OK to save.
To activate and set up the Cegedim Healthcare Solutions Formulary Management Tool (FMT) options within Vision 3:
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From Control Panel - File Maintenance select Settings .
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The Vision System Settings screen displays, select the Formulary tab:
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Select Activate Service to enable the Cegedim Healthcare Solutions Formulary Management Tool (FMT).
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Select Setup Services to manage the allocation of formularies to your members of staff.
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Select OK to save.
To view and update the settings:
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From Control Panel - File Maintenance select Settings .
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The Vision System Settings screen displays, select the Prescriptions tab:
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Complete the sections as required:
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Prescription Form - By default, PRN options are switched off. Selecting one of the following, enables PRN printing:
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Separate out PRN’s - Tick to print/send PRN medication on a separate prescription.
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One PRN per script - Tick to print/send only one PRN item per prescription.
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PRN Guidance Text - Enter guidance text to print on the reorder form to help your patients when they are ordering PRN items.
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Reorder Form
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Include Out of Practice - Tick to include items prescribed outside of your practice on the reorder form.
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Included Non-Allopathic - Tick to include non-allopathic items the reorder form.
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Out of Practice Guidance Text - Enter guidance text to print on the reorder form to help your patients when they are ordering medication.
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Non-Allopathic Guidance Text - Enter guidance text to print on the reorder form to help your patients when they are ordering medication.
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Select OK to save.