How to create a prescription for External Fill
How do I request an External Fill prescription?
External Fill prescriptions in VetView are for medications that VetView's pharmacy does not stock, or for prescriptions that the client will be filling at a different pharmacy for other reasons. For example, for a client who has a patient with a chronic condition but who lives in another state, you may consider issuing a one month supply from your hospital's internal pharmacy, and then issuing an external prescription with refills that the client can have filled at any pharmacy, such as a retail chain.
External Fill prescriptions are Go-Home (Client Labeling) prescriptions. Select the pharmacy against which this prescription should be tracked (for reporting purposes) and then choose External Fill.
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Select the drug, write the instructions, and choose the appropriate number of refills.
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When you have finished writing the instructions, click on the Add Script button. The prescription will load in the upper right hand corner.
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Approve the prescription like normal. External scripts can be approved from the patient record, or from the My Pending Prescriptions (Prescribing DVM) widget on the home screen.
How do I print my External Prescriptions?
Once they have been Approved in the My Pending Prescriptions (prescribing DVM) widget, an External Script should immediately open up a PDF to allow the approving clinician to print the prescription. If this window is closed by accident, it can also be found on the patient record, and reprinted there.
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