The Prescribing tab of Clinical Options
controls how Clinical's prescribing system works. Access
to Options is provided via user
permissions.
Check pregnancy
code for all women
This options
forces the drug-pregnancy/drug-breast-feeding interaction
checking for all women aged between 13 and 45, whether
they have been flagged as being pregnant or not.
Compliance check
on opening file
Automatic
Compliance checking
may slow down Clinical, particularly if the computer has
insufficient Random Access Memory (RAM). Clear this check
box to prevent compliance checking when a patient's file
is opened.
Compliance check
on printing script
Clear
this check box to prevent checking for drug overuse whenever
a prescription is printed.
Default scripts
to limited duration
Select
this check box to default scripts to use limited duration.
Save in Past Medical
History
Sets
the default state of the Save in Past Medical History
check box within the Reason for Prescription prompt that
appears during the prescribing of a medication.
Mark authority scripts
'Send to patient'
Use
this check box to set the default setting for the 'Send
to patient' option for authority scripts.
Route of Administration
Compulsory
Selecting
this check box enforces the recording of a Route
of Administration for prescribed medications.
Prescribe max. repeats
for limited drugs
Use
this check box to setup Clinical to check the maximum
number of repeats for a limited prescription.
Pre-select 'Save
as Reason for Contact' when giving an Rx Diagnosis
Automatically
save the prescription in the patient's Progress Notes,
as the 'Reason for Contact'.
Prescribe max. repeats
for regular drugs
Use
this check box to setup Clinical to check the maximum
number of repeats for a regular prescription.
Show Therapeutic
Group warning
Select
this check box to display the prompt for authority when
prescribing any drug which has a Therapeutic Group Premium.
Routinely check
for drug interactions
When
a new drug is prescribed for a patient, Clinical checks
for interactions with each item in the patient's current medication list. Clear this check
box to turn off interaction checking.
Dosage on Scripts
in Latin
Print
Dosage descriptions on Scripts in either Latin or English.
Note that the selected language will also appear in the
patient's Progress Notes.
Display printer
and compliance icons
Select
this check box to display printer and compliance icons.
If this check box is cleared, single characters
are displayed in the appropriate columns. For example,
the printer icon (prescription is awaiting printing) is
replaced by the letter P.
The characters are displayed as follows:
Column *
P - The prescription is awaiting printing.
H - Handwritten prescription waiting to
be recorded.
Column #
L - Limited duration medication.
Dosage on Summaries
in Latin
Print
Dosage descriptions in Summaries
in either Latin or English. Note that the selected language
will also appear in the patient's Progress
Notes.
Elapse changes saves
Prog Note
Changes
made to elapsed medications are saved as a Progress
Note.
If
you prescribe a medication for which there is NPS RADAR
information, the information will be provided to you automatically,
up to five times per medication, per practitioner. This
information can be prevented from appearing again after
the first occurrence, by clicking the associated check
box that appears on each information window. To re-enable
NPS RADAR prompting, tick the NPS RADAR check box.
ePrescribing Timeout
Indicate
the duration (in seconds) of an 'acknowledgement of receipt
- timeout' for electronic prescriptions.
The default is 15 seconds
Enter a value of '0' for no timeout
The max duration is 60 seconds
Prompts
Another medication
Clear
this check box if you do not want to be prompted to prescribe
a second medication after you have prescribed the first.
Antibiotic/Influenza
prompt
If
you have prescribed an antibiotic for a patient who is
recorded as having influenza,
you are prompted with a warning unless this check box
is cleared.
Limited duration
elapse
When
ticked, upon opening the patient's record, you will be
prompted with the Limited
Medication Cessation Prompt for all elapsed medications.
Medication spelling
Use
this check box to prompt you to confirm the prescribing
of a medication that is spelt similarly to another, e.g.
Beclomethasone and Betamethasone.
Select
this check box to prompt for RB restriction confirmation.
Route of Administration
(prescribing)
Enabling
this check box enforces the recording of a Route
of Administration when re-prescribing a medication
that previously did not have a Route of Administration
recorded against it.
Route of Administration
(summaries)
Enabling
this check box enforces the recording of a Route
of Administration when printing Summaries
that contain medications that previously did not have
a Route of Administration recorded against them.
Reason for deletion
/ cessation
Select
the check box to prompt for a reason
for deletion or cessation of a drug.
Reason for medication
Clear
this check box if you do not want to be prompted for the
'reason for prescription' after adding a drug.
Qty/Rpts on all
regular medications
Select
this check box to be prompted for quantity and number
of repeats for all regular medications.
Qty/Rpts on all
Schedule 8 drugs
Select
this check box to prompt for the quantity and repeats
to be entered when prescribing schedule 8 drugs. Note:
This setting is selected for Practitioners in WA and cannot
be changed.