Navigating Pharmacy Manager

For Scotland and Wales, Pharmacy Manager v11.2 introduces:

• A top Toolbar to enable you to quickly and easily access specific information:

  

  • File - Select from the available options as required.
  • Tools - Select from the available options as required.
  • Help - We are in the process of introducing a new on-line Help Centre, select to access your old Help and a link to the exciting new Help.
  • Quick actions - We have introduced a Quick action list to cover some of the more common tasks, select from:
    • History
    • Responsible Pharmacist Log in
    • Handout to Patient (FMD)
    • Enter Barcode
    • Quick Interaction Check
    • Quick Robot Request
    • Start MUR
    • Add New Product
    • Select Handout Search
    • Message Dynamics
    • System Backup
  • Patient/Product - Defaults to Patient:
    • Enter a patient name, or part of a patient name, and press return to find a patient, or
    • From the down arrow, select Product and enter a product name or part of a product name, and press return to find a product.
  • Notifications - When you log into Pharmacy Manager, if there are any notices for your pharmacy the Notification alert indicates the number and the highest urgency:
    • Red Notification - You have critical notices that must be addressed before Pharmacy Manager can be used.

    • Amber Notification - You have important notices that must be read and acknowledged before Pharmacy Manager can be used.

    • Blue Notification - You have low priority notices.

    • No Notification - You have no notices outstanding.

    Select the bell to view and process your notices:

    

• A Side Navigation Bar to enable you to quickly and easily move from screen to screen:

  

  To display the screen names alongside the icons, select Options . Once you select a screen, the side navigation bar is again minimised to the left hand side of your screen.

  Simply select the screen required:

  	Dispensary - Select to process Paper prescriptions.
  	ePharmacy (Scotland only) - Select to process Pharmacy First Scotland - Standard (MAS), AMS, CMS and UCF.
  	Ordering - Select to manage your integrated ordering system.
  	Pending - Select to display any unfinished prescriptions from the Dispensary screen that have been saved to finish later.
  	MDS - Select to display and manage your Monitored Dosage System's.
  	Owings - Select to manage items that you owe to patients.
  	Instalments - Select to manage and process prescriptions dispensed in instalments.
  	Repeats - Select to manage repeat medication for your patients.
  	Reports - Select to access your system generated reports.
  	eMessages - Select to process and dispense electronic prescriptions.

All these screens have been modernised and given a fresh new look with smarter functions:

• Only task appropriate functions are available from each screen:
  • Menu buttons - Select and choose from the options offered as required.
  • Additional Information - Where appropriate, you can select Additional Information alongside a selection to access and, where appropriate, update relevant information.