Clinical care

Prescribing medicines

Prescribe from the pharmacy’s own stock with pick-lists for dose, frequency, route and duration.

1Add a medicine

1
Search the drug
Click “Add drug from formulary (shows stock)” and type the name. You see what is in the pharmacy, with strength, form and stock.
2
Dose
Enter the dose amount and choose the dose unit (mg, ml, tablets and so on).
3
Frequency
Choose from the list: Once daily, Twice daily, Three times daily, Four times daily, Every 8/6/4 hours, At night, When required, Once immediately and more.
4
Route
Choose the route: Oral, Intravenous, Intramuscular, Subcutaneous, Topical, Inhaled, Rectal, Eye, Ear and others.
5
Duration and quantity
Choose for how many days. The quantity is suggested from dose × frequency × days; you can change it. Everything is checked again on the server.
6
Instructions and urgency
Add instructions (for example “after food”). On the ward, mark medicines needed immediately as STAT; they are highlighted in the pharmacy.

Good to know

If the patient has a recorded allergy to the medicine you see an ALLERGY ALERT. You can only continue by giving a reason, which is recorded.
Where your facility is connected, “Send ePrescription” sends the prescription through the national system.

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