'Send to Pharmacy Field' when Prescribing

The Send Script to Pharmacy field is used when an electronic prescription must be retained by the pharmacy rather than issued to the patient. This is typically required for drugs of dependence or for patients who are unable to manage their own prescription tokens.

This field supports electronic prescribing where the pharmacy is responsible for holding the prescription. When a value is selected, the patient will not receive a token, the script will not appear in the patient’s active script list, and MediRecords will not automatically make the prescription available to the pharmacy.

Use Cases

You may be required to select a value from the Send to Pharmacy field in the following scenarios:

• You are prescribing drugs of dependence
• You are prescribing for patients who are incapable of safely managing their own prescriptions
• A pharmacy must retain the prescription on file

If you have selected a value from the Send to Pharmacy field, then the following will occur:

1. The patient will not receive a copy of the electronic prescription token
2. The prescription will not appear in the patient's Active Script List
3. The prescription will not be sent to the pharmacy automatically

Sending a Script to Pharmacy

When creating the prescription, you can select the relevant value from the Send Script to Pharmacy field, from the following options:

• Dosing Point
• Staged Supply
• Repeat on File

After the prescription is finalised, the prescription will not be sent to the patient, and will not be published to their Active Script List. You will then need to forward the prescription to the pharmacy manually.