Adding a Community Patient

A community patient, who is living in their own home and requires help with the administration of their medication, must be added into Pharmacy Manager before dispensing their MDS prescription.

To add a community patient to MDS:

1. From the Pharmacy Manager Side Navigation Bar select MDS .
2. Select Community Patient and select Add community patient:

   

3. The Find Patient screen displays, you can now either:

   • Add a new patient, see Adding a New Patient.
   • Select an existing patient, see Selecting a Patient
4. The Monitored Dosage System screen displays for the selected patient:

   

   Complete the following as required:

   • Dosage system - Choose the MDS stationery to be printed and how the dosage times display on the MAR chart or Cassette sheet:
     • Nomad - Clock times (6AM, 10AM), MAR sheets and Cassettes sheets.
     • Cegedim Rx Own - Named times (MORN, BFST), MAR sheets and Cassette sheets.
     • Manrex - Named times (MORN, NOON), MAR sheets and Labels.
     Note - The Cegedim Rx Own A4 portrait and landscape options print onto a laser printer.
   • Print MAR - Select from the list available.
     Training Tip - We recommend you use the Cegedim RX Own Enhanced A4 portrait or landscape options which allow you to choose additional layout and printing options from the Enhanced tab.
   • Weeks to supply - Select the number of weeks medication to be supplied, for example, 4 weeks.
   • MARs - Select the number of MAR charts to be printed for the patient.
   • Cassette sheets - Select the number of Cassette sheets to be printed for a patient.
     Note - Cassette sheets will only be printed if the dosage system is set to either Cegedim or Nomad.

   • Print 'Not in Cassette' Items - Select Print Not in Cassette Items, if you want Non cassette items, for example, creams, liquids, bandages, to be printed on the cassette sheet.

     See Override "not in cassette" item printing Suppose you have a home with a Nomad system, and you are dispensing items that will not fit into the cassette, and the system default is to print Not in cassette items. You can suppress printing of certain items when dispensing.This is useful for items such as dressings, hosiery etc that the home may not want printed on the cassette sheet, but they still require liquid medicines, creams etc to be printed.Go intoMDS tab > Select home >Select the patient.Click on the View button, to view the script for this patient.The Patient Script Details (Monitored Dosage System Scripts) screen appears:Highlight the item you wish to amendClick on the Details button.The Monitored Dosage Details (prescription item details) screen appears.Uncheck Print on cassette sheet.Manrex not available You can only do this for Nomad or Cegedim Rx Own stationery/homes.  If you are using Manrex, this option is greyed out/disabled; you cannot change it.  Updated 18th January 2011   for details.

5. If required, amend the Times and Dose Codes.

   See Administration Times and Dose Codes for details.
6. Select OK .
7. The Start Date screen displays, confirm the start date of the next medication period:

   

8. Select OK to save.

On the MDS screen, select MDS Details to view the Patient Details - Patient screen, note the patient's name displays in MDSC Patient: