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{{Doc header
|type=flow
|domain=medications
|title=Manage a prescription
|summary=Create a prescription as a named batch of medication requests and see the prescriptions of an encounter.
|order=2
|introduced=3.0
|concept=Concepts/Medication Request
|reference=References/Medication Request
}}

== Overview ==

A prescription is a named batch that groups one or more [[Concepts/Medication Request|medication requests]] for the same encounter. This flow describes how to create a prescription and how to see the prescriptions of an encounter.

== Pre-requisites ==

* The patient is registered in Care, and you record the encounter for that patient.
* You are a member of the facility that manages the encounter.
* If you create a prescription, you prescribe a medicine in the same encounter. See [[Flows/Prescribe a medication|Prescribe a medication]].
* You have the permissions listed below.

== Permissions ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Permission !! Access
|-
| Update Encounter related clinical data || Lets you create a prescription when you prescribe a medicine.
|-
| Can view clinical data about patients || Lets you see the prescriptions of the encounter.
|-
| Can Read encounter related clinical data || Lets you see the prescriptions of the encounter.
|}

== Steps ==

=== 1. Create a prescription ===

Create a prescription when you prescribe a medicine.

# Prescribe a medicine for the encounter.
# Choose to add the medicine to a new prescription.
# Enter a name for the prescription.
# Enter a note for the prescription. The note is optional.
# Save the medicine.

{{Note|1=An encounter can have more than one prescription. To add a medicine to a prescription that exists, choose that prescription instead of a new one.}}

=== 2. Open the prescriptions of the encounter ===

# Open the encounter.
# Select the '''Medicines''' tab.
# Select the '''Prescriptions''' sub-tab.

Care shows a list of the prescriptions of the encounter. The list shows each prescription by name.

=== 3. Select a prescription ===

* Select a prescription in the list. Care shows only the medicines that belong to that prescription.
* Select '''All Prescriptions'''. Care shows every medicine of every prescription of the encounter.

== Expected Outcome ==

* Care groups the medicine in the prescription that you choose.
* The list shows each prescription of the encounter by name.
* You see the medicines of one prescription, or the medicines of all prescriptions.

{{Navbox medications}}

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