How to Create a Prescription

Step 1: Ensure Prescriptions are Enabled

To create prescriptions, you will need to first ensure that the feature is enabled in your account. Follow the steps provided in this article to enable prescriptions in your account.

Step 2: Insert Prescription Info for Prescribers

Prescription information should be added to the profiles of staff members who will be creating prescriptions.

This information includes credentials that enable your staff members to create prescriptions, such as GMC numbers, DEA numbers, or NPI numbers.

To add prescription info to the relevant staff members, follow the steps provided in this article.

Step 3: Navigate to the Client Card

Navigate to the search bar at the top of the page and proceed to type at least three letters of the client's name for whom you wish to create a prescription.

Step 4: Create a Prescription

Once you are viewing the client's profile, click on the Create button represented as a blue plus sign at the bottom right corner of the page to reveal the option to create a prescription.

Step 5: Select a Template

Select the form you want to use from your existing templates. If you haven't created a prescription form template yet, read our article on how to create a prescription form.

Step 6: Complete the Prescription form

After selecting the template, you will be prompted to complete the fields in the form. 

Initially, select the appointment related to the prescription and choose the prescriber.

Proceed to select the drug that you need to prescribe by searching from the drugs that you have created previously.

After selecting the drug, you will need to add the dosage. There are two ways to go about this.
The first option is to click on the cogwheel icon to configure the instructions.

This action will open a pop-up window where you can manually build the instructions.

Alternatively, clicking anywhere in the field will reveal recommended instructions on the right side, which you can click to insert.

After selecting a drug, you can preview information from BNF and medicines.org.uk about the drug on the right side of the menu.

Enter the Prescriber Signature after completing all other fields.

Step 7: Save Form

Make sure to select "Save Form" so the Prescription can be saved in the client card. 

After clicking "Save Form," you will see a prompt. Select if you'd like to print the prescription. It will be opened in another tab in PDF format—proceed as you normally would. Otherwise, close it.

You will be able to locate the created prescription by navigating to Chart/EMR and then clicking on the Prescriptions tab in the specific client card where you can review the details of the prescription, make any necessary edits, or print it for your records. 

By following these steps, you will be able to create prescriptions in Pabau efficiently, ensuring accurate records and effective patient care management.