LSS 5.6.4: Pharmacy Action of Print

Overview: Printing a paper copy of a prescription to be signed manually.

Location: Pharmacy Action Window under Medications in Orders.

Button: Click on the Action field in the Pharmacy Action Window to change the action to Print.  When entering in medications, the choices for the Action field in the pharmacy action window are Call-in, Fax, Transmit, Print, or None.

The Print action is used as an pharmacy action for medications that cannot be transmitted electronically, or for which the patient requests a paper prescription.  Some schedule (schedule II) medications cannot be transmitted electronically at this time, and must be printed out on paper.  This paper copy can then be "wet signed" by the provider and given to the patient.  The prescription will be stored in the patient's EMR as an active prescription.

This will create an active medication in the patients medication list.