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Version: 3.1

Print a prescription

Overview​

This flow describes how to print a prescription from an encounter in Care. You can print one prescription, or every prescription in the encounter.

Pre-requisites​

  • The patient is registered in Care, and you open the encounter for that patient.
  • The encounter has at least one prescription with medicines on it.
  • You have the permissions listed below.

Permissions​

PermissionAccess
Can view clinical data about patientsLets you open and print the prescription.
Can Read encounter related clinical dataLets you open and print the prescriptions in the encounter.

Note: You need at least one of these permissions to print a prescription.

Steps​

1. Open the prescription view​

Open the encounter for the patient. Go to the prescription view for that encounter. See View prescriptions and medications for an encounter.

2. Print one prescription​

Open the prescription that you want to print. Select Print. Care opens a print-ready view of the medicines on that prescription.

Note: Care does not offer the print action when the prescription has no medicines on it.

Note: Press p to print from any screen that shows a print action.

3. Print every prescription in the encounter​

Select Print All Prescriptions. Care opens a print-ready view that covers every prescription in the encounter.

Expected Outcome​

  • Care shows a print-ready view of the prescription that you selected.
  • Care shows a print-ready view of every prescription in the encounter when you select Print All Prescriptions.

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