Flows/Print a prescription

flowmedicationsCARE 3.0+

Medications

Concepts

Medication Request

Medication Administration Medication Dispense

Medication Statement

Flows

Prescribe a medication

Manage a prescription Add medications from past records View prescriptions and medications for an encounter Update a prescription

Print a prescription

References

Medication Request

Medication Administration Medication Dispense

Medication Statement

Overview

This flow describes how to print a prescription from an encounter in Care. You can print one prescription, or every prescription in the encounter.

Pre-requisites

• The patient is registered in Care, and you open the encounter for that patient.
• The encounter has at least one prescription with medicines on it.
• You have the permissions listed below.

Permissions

Permission	Access
Can view clinical data about patients	Lets you open and print the prescription.
Can Read encounter related clinical data	Lets you open and print the prescriptions in the encounter.

📝 Note

You need at least one of these permissions to print a prescription.

Steps

1. Open the prescription view

Open the encounter for the patient. Go to the prescription view for that encounter. See View prescriptions and medications for an encounter.

2. Print one prescription

Open the prescription that you want to print. Select Print. Care opens a print-ready view of the medicines on that prescription.

📝 Note

Care does not offer the print action when the prescription has no medicines on it.

📝 Note

Press p to print from any screen that shows a print action.

3. Print every prescription in the encounter

Select Print All Prescriptions. Care opens a print-ready view that covers every prescription in the encounter.

Expected Outcome

• Care shows a print-ready view of the prescription that you selected.
• Care shows a print-ready view of every prescription in the encounter when you select Print All Prescriptions.

Medications

Concepts

Medication Request · Administration · Dispense · Statement

Flows

Prescribe · Manage · From past records · View · Update · Print

References

Medication Request · Administration · Dispense · Statement

Related

• Concept: Concepts/Medication Request
• Reference: References/Medication Request

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