Prescription Setup Tab

The Prescription Setup tab (abbreviated to "Presc Setup" due to space constraints) is where the pharmacy can define how they want prescriptions to be processed.  These settings apply to all pharmacy locations in the hospiital.

There are five sub tabs covering Drug Classes, Draft Terms, Wasted Methods, Generic Master, and CDM Setup.

Drug Class Setup

Drug classes can be defined according to your state's DEA restrictions.  You can also leverage Drug Classes for any other reason, such as restricting non scheduled substances to no refills due to supply chain issues.

Add A New Drug Class

To add a drug class, click on the  Add button.   A small Add/Edit window will open.

Fill in the information for your new class.

Edit Drug Class

To edit an existing drug class, select the row and click on the Edit button.  Or double click the row containing the drug class you want to edit.

This will open up the Add/Edit window, and allow you to make the changes. 

Draft Terms Setup

Draft Terms are a legacy method of writing prescription instructions.  It is kept primarily as a teaching tool for students learning the correct format for writing prescriptions.

Add New Draft Term

To add a new draft term, click on the  Add button.  An Add/Edit window will appear.

Edit Draft Terms

To edit an existing draft term, select the row from the list and click on the Edit button.  Or double click the term to open the Add/Edit window.

Wasted Methods

If your pharmacy uses Medication Administration Records and must track the wasted method, you can add custom methods here.  

Custom Return locations can also be added, if you have multiple locations to return any unused products. 

Add Wasted Method

Click on the Add button to add a new Wasted Method. 

The Add/Edit Waste Method window will open.

Generic Master Setup

This section is where a pharmacy can define the Generic Families to which drugs may be assigned.  A generic family is useful to prevent large amounts of repeat work.  Any drug that is assigned to a generic family will automatically inherit the interactions and warnings, auxiliary labels, and drug sheets that belong to that family.   For example, you can have a standard "aspirin" family, and then any products that are part of that family can automatically pull in the standard warnings, labels, and info sheets, instead of having to manually enter that information for every product.  Related generics also display on the product, so you can see at a glance all the other related products in your product setup that are part of the family.

Search for Generics

As this list may grow quite long, there is a search box at the top to help you find any existing generic families.  You can search for the first few letters to narrow down the list.

Generic Info Subtab

This is a summary of the warnings that will automatically be passed along to any drugs that are a member of this family.  They are edited under the Auxilliary subtab.

Interactions and Warnings

This section is where you can add in any known drug interactions or warnings.  These can be limited basted on species, species by weight and age, other patient alerts (such as known allergies), other generics, specific patient diagnosis, or a custom warning specific to this one product.

Prescriptions can still be issued against a patient when there is an interaction warning.  The warning appears on the prescription screen to allow the clinical staff to review it first and see if it is applicable.

Add New Warning

Click on the Add button to add a new warning.  The exact message can be customized to include details about why the warning was included.

For example. for a patient that has a Drug Reaction alert set, you can include a warning to check history and verify it is not a member of the generic family.

View Existing Warnings

Once added, you can mouse over the info dot to see the specific message associated with the warning.

This is the message that will appear on the prescription request screen.

Remove a Warning

Click on the large red X to remove a warning that is no longer necessary. 

CDM Setup

The CDM Setup subtab allows you to name the Control Drug Machines in your hospital and set up billing rules depending on the needs of each machine.

For example, you may want to have your CDMs in the overnight ICU operate differently from a CDM that is only available during daytime hours in a request area.

A list of all the existing CDMs will display when you open this screen.

Add a new CDM

Click on the Add  button to add a new machine.  A window will open on the right side of the screen to begin adding the fields.