Quickly adding a prescription during an encounter

During an encounter, there are several options available to quickly prescribe a medication or treatment for a patient. These options save time by bypassing the Prescription Dialog, which is especially useful if you are prescribing one of your favourite prescriptions or renewing a prescription and don't need to make changes to the dosage or instructions, or if you are adding a single medication.

Using the icons in the Prescriptions section header, you can:

📌 Note: if you select more than one of these options to add a medication, each is a separate prescription (i.e. when you print, fax, or download a PDF). If the medications should be grouped together in one prescription, use +Add Prescription instead.

1. To Add Medication from Favourites, click the heart icon. Select the checkbox beside the medication(s) you want to prescribe and click Save.

2. To Add from Patient's Existing Medications, click the circled arrow icon. Select the checkbox beside the medications(s) you want to prescribe and click Create RX.

💡 Tip: The draft appears under Prescriptions and you can immediately sign, print, fax, or download the PDF prescription instead of clicking Save.

3. To Quickly Add a Single Medication, click the lightning bolt icon. Search for the medication and complete the prescription as you normally would. Click Save.

📌Note: You can only change the medication name if it was prescribed without a Drug Identification Number (DIN). For more information on modifying medications, refer to Editing medications.

4. The selected medication(s) is added directly to the Prescriptions area in the encounter. From there, you can sign and send the prescription(s).

📌 Note: After printing or faxing the prescription, the pill status icon in the Prescriptions section changes instantly to printer or fax icons when saving the encounter, confirming the actions.