Creating an Owing

There may be occasions when a prescription can only be partially dispensed due to insufficient stock.

Note - An Owing is created during the dispensing of an item.  The method of creating an owing depends on whether you are using a stock control method.

Creating an Owing

  1. Dispense the prescription in the usual way, completing the patient, prescriber and item details. See Dispensing an Electronic Prescription.

  1. If Stock Check While Labelling is selected, Pharmacy Manager automatically populates the quantity owed in the Owe field. If Stock Check While Labelling is not selected, enter the Owe quantity.

    See Qualified stock adjustments for details.
  2. Complete the prescription in the usual way, and select Finish, see Dispensing an Electronic Prescription. An Owings label(s) prints.

Note - The number of labels printed can be adjusted in Pharmacy Details, see Pharmacy Details - Dispensing for details.