Medication & Prescription Orders
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- Add / Replace Preferred Pharmacy (and Send Orders to Multiple Pharmacies) - (Handout) Update the pharmacy (or pharmacies) that new prescriptions will be sent to both for the current encounter and to save time in future encounters.
- Cancel Rx - (Handout) Cancel Rx will electronically send a cancellation message to pharmacies via SureScripts.
- E-Prescribing of Controlled Substances - (Handout) Providers who are authorized to sign controlled substance prescriptions can send them electronically to eligible pharmacies via SureScripts. The process to send controlled substance prescriptions will mean that providers must dual-authenticate while signing the prescription.
- Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances (EPCS) for Nursing Staff - (Handout) Information for Nurses who are helping Providers who sign controlled substance prescriptions can send them electronically.
- Placing Three, One Month Prescriptions for Controlled Substances - (Handout) The process for setting up multiple prescriptions orders for the same medication ensures that the medical record accurately reflects what prescriptions the patient has and what they should be taking.
- Ordering and Verifying Non-Stock Medications for During Visit Orders - (Handout) Providers may place clinic or inpatient during visit orders through Non-Stock Medication entry when there is not a UIHC inpatient formulary option. The order acts as a placeholder for the verifying pharmacist to initiate an allergy or interaction check.
- Place a Hold on an Active Medication - (Handout) Providers can place holds on active scheduled medications from the Orders activity. Holds can be set to expire within a certain timeframe, at a certain time, or until manually unheld. This hold is visible to nursing staff on the MAR and also displays for the pharmacy staff. A Best Practice Advisory (BPA) reminds providers when a medication has been held for two or more administrations.
- Viewing Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP or PMP) - (Handout) Iowa’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP or PMP) can now be viewed by providers from Epic; providers and Pharmacists can access the PDMP from the patient Storyboard.
- Viewing Real Time Prescription Benefits - (Handout) Clinical staff members, such as Nursing staff, Pharmacists, Licensed Independent Practitioners (LIPs) and Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) are able to view Real Time Prescription Benefits (RTPB).
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