Prescriptions

Creating a prescription

Prescriptions can be made in Quick Visit (the Medicines section), at the Follow-up step of Start Visit, from a consultation (New Prescription), or from Prescriptions → New ("Prescribe medicines for a patient, linked to a visit or standalone.").

1. Prescribed by: the doctor. Inside a visit it's "Locked to this visit's doctor."
2. Medicines: click Add medicine for each one:
   • Medicine: from your clinic's medicine list.
   • Dosage, for example 500 mg or 1 tablet.
   • Frequency, for example Twice daily, TDS or SOS.
   • Duration (days).
   • Instructions, for example Take after meals. (filled in from the medicine's default instructions where set).
3. Notes for the whole prescription, if needed.
4. Issue prescription immediately:
   • Ticked: "Makes it final and ready to hand to the patient."
   • Unticked: saved as a draft you can edit and issue later.
5. Save. You'll see "Prescription created."

Whether Issue prescription immediately starts ticked is a clinic setting (Clinic Settings → Visit flow).

Repeating a past prescription

When a patient needs the same medicines again, copy them from an earlier prescription. You'll see "Copied N medicines". In Quick Visit, use last visit's medicines, a saved favourite, or your usual medicines card (see Filling in a Quick Visit).

Allergy checks

Quick Visit checks every medicine against the patient's medical alerts and warns you about a conflict, for example amoxicillin for a patient with a penicillin allergy. Keep alerts up to date for this to protect your patients.

Statuses

On a draft, edit the Prescription date and medicines, then click Issue. To withdraw one, click Cancel prescription.

Prescription routes

Medicines are given a route: Oral, Topical, Mouth rinse, Injection or Other, set on the medicine in your list.