If you are working under a supervising provider, you can easily create prescriptions indicating you are prescribing under a medical directive. Both your and your supervising provider's information shows on the prescription header and footer.
You must first configure which providers you can sign on behalf of; refer to Setting up signing authority for medical directives.
Steps
Create a prescription from the Prescriptions section or an encounter. Refer to Creating prescriptions.
At the top of the prescription dialog ("prescription pad") your default supervising provider automatically populates. If no default is set, the system automatically populates the appointment provider if the patient has an appointment on the same day you create the prescription or the patient's primary practitioner. Otherwise your name is populated.
Click the supervising provider field to choose a different provider.
📌 Note: Only providers for whom you have signing permission appear.
Click Sign; refer to Signing prescriptions. Your signature, name and licence number populate, along with the supervising provider's information.
The prescription header displays the supervising provider’s name and license number.
The prescription footer displays your signature and a statement that shows working under the medical directive of the supervising provider.
💡 Tip: In the patient's list of Prescriptions, or Active Medications list in summary view, you can choose to see the supervising provider. Click the gear icon to add it.
Updated February 20, 2025