Working with Pharmacies and Prescriptions
Exercise 1—Add a pharmacy.
A patient, Jacob Adair, has told you that he fills his prescriptions at a new pharmacy called Test. The pharmacy is located at 1234 Exchange Way, Atlanta, Georgia 30339. The telephone number is 678-321-4567. To add Test Pharmacy:
Select Lists > Pharmacies. The Pharmacy List window is displayed.
As you can see, Test Pharmacy is not on the list. Click Add. The Pharmacy Definition window is displayed.
In the Name field, type Test Pharmacy, and press Tab. The cursor moves to the Address field.
In the Address field, type 1234 Exchange Way, and press Tab twice. The cursor moves to the Zip field.
In the Zip field, type 30339, and press Tab. The City and State fields are populated automatically, and the cursor is now in the Phone field.
Type 678-321-4567, and press Tab.
Enter any other data that you feel is pertinent.
Click OK and Cancel.
Exercise 2—Indicate that Test Pharmacy is the preferred pharmacy for Jacob Adair.
To identify the patient’s preferred pharmacy:
Navigate to the clipboard of Jacob Adair.
On Page 1 of Jacob Adair’s clipboard, click Page 2.
In the Preferred pharmacy field on Page 2, you see the notation No preferred pharmacy. Click Select. The Pharmacy List window is displayed.
Select Test Pharmacy from the list, and click OK. Page 2 of Jacob Adair’s clipboard is displayed again, but now the Preferred pharmacy field indicates that Test Pharmacy is his preferred pharmacy. The telephone number is also displayed.
To exit, click Page 1.
Click OK.
Adding a Patient’s Preferred Pharmacy