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Version: 3.1

Manage a prescription

Overview​

A prescription is a named batch that groups one or more medication requests for the same encounter. This flow describes how to create a prescription and how to see the prescriptions of an encounter.

Pre-requisites​

  • The patient is registered in Care, and you record the encounter for that patient.
  • You are a member of the facility that manages the encounter.
  • If you create a prescription, you prescribe a medicine in the same encounter. See Prescribe a medication.
  • You have the permissions listed below.

Permissions​

PermissionAccess
Update Encounter related clinical dataLets you create a prescription when you prescribe a medicine.
Can view clinical data about patientsLets you see the prescriptions of the encounter.
Can Read encounter related clinical dataLets you see the prescriptions of the encounter.

Steps​

1. Create a prescription​

Create a prescription when you prescribe a medicine.

  1. Prescribe a medicine for the encounter.
  2. Choose to add the medicine to a new prescription.
  3. Enter a name for the prescription.
  4. Enter a note for the prescription. The note is optional.
  5. Save the medicine.

Note: An encounter can have more than one prescription. To add a medicine to a prescription that exists, choose that prescription instead of a new one.

2. Open the prescriptions of the encounter​

  1. Open the encounter.
  2. Select the Medicines tab.
  3. Select the Prescriptions sub-tab.

Care shows a list of the prescriptions of the encounter. The list shows each prescription by name.

3. Select a prescription​

  • Select a prescription in the list. Care shows only the medicines that belong to that prescription.
  • Select All Prescriptions. Care shows every medicine of every prescription of the encounter.

Expected Outcome​

  • Care groups the medicine in the prescription that you choose.
  • The list shows each prescription of the encounter by name.
  • You see the medicines of one prescription, or the medicines of all prescriptions.

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