Pharmacy Details - Keystroke reduction
Pharmacy Manager correctly operates, by default, in a clinically safe mode. Some users feel that this approach can be relaxed in favour of the expertise of the pharmacist, ensuring standards are maintained but productivity is increased.
It is possible to easily configure your system to dramatically reduce the number of keystrokes required to produce many labels from electronic prescriptions.
Pharmacy Manager contains the following functionality devised to make your dispensing more efficient.
Patient Medication History Options
The option determines whether or not the existing history is displayed as you step through the Patient selection wizard. Switching it off saves at least one key press each prescription.
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Check
Patient medication history options
to prevent this extra window
from appearing every time you dispense and electronic prescription. -
Uncheck
if you
prefer not to use this feature.
Quantity matching
With the use of the unit of measure DM+D codes in the incoming release prescription message, the process of entering the quantity to dispense can be automated, where possible.
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Select
On to save having to type the dispensed
quantity on subsequent prescriptions -
Select
Off if you prefer not to use this
feature.
In the event that a dispensing robot has been configured and activated in Pharmacy Manager, this quantity matching option is disabled.
Defer sending claim - England only
You can defer sending a claim.
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Check
Defer sending claim to enable this
feature. -
Uncheck
if you
prefer not to use this feature.
Dispensing preferences - Scotland only
The first option determines whether the patient's exemption status is displayed in a box that pops up after the labels have been printed. This extra checking level is particularly important as pharmacies are paid based on the information sent to the PPD.
The second option may pose a risk to clinical safety and should only be used with caution. When an electronic prescription is being repeated, the quantity dispensed for the repeat needs to be re-entered on the Dispensary tab, even when it is the same. This option allows you to repeat the quantity shown in the patient selection wizard. There is no validation if there is a difference, so all staff should be warned to double check the quantity has not been revised by the prescriber.
Trusted directions
Select User alert when trusted direction not set to be prompted to create a trusted direction, when dispensing a prescription that contains an electronic direction.
Reset
Select Set Defaults to reset all options to their default settings.
