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PocketScript™ e-Prescribing
PocketScript
e-Prescribing Manual
User’s Guide
with Exercises
Dell™ Axim™ X5 Handheld
Pocket PC v5.51
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Care Delivery Solutions 2711 N. Haskell Ave. • Suite 2300, LB 36 Dallas, TX 75204 • 1-866-864-8444 www.zixcorp.com © 2004 Zix Corporation, All Rights Reserved. AEBB1103, v5.51.7 All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks, and service marks are the properties of their respective owners. This document is only reproducible with the express written consent of Zix Corporation.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS WHAT’S NEW IN VERSION 5.51 ......................................................................................................... 1 1.0 OVERVIEW..................................................................................................................................... 1 2.0 DEVICE BASICS............................................................................................................................. 2 3.0 WRITING A PRESCRIPTION......................
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Care Delivery Solutions What’s New in Version 5.51 Major new features are as follows: • New version information on Log In and About pages for improved diagnostics • New Toolbar with shortcuts to Log Out, Queuing, Script Log, Help, and About screens • Online Help for direct, immediate assistance Additional improvements: Internet Browser: the Script Maintenance search options are expanded to include Denied scripts, so that staff can easily identify renewal requests that prescribers denied.
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Care Delivery Solutions The result is fewer rejected prescriptions, enhanced patient safety, and fewer resources dedicated to managing prescriptions. As easy to use as it is powerful, ZixCorp’s e-prescribing solution is delivered via a Pocket PC device or secure Web site to ensure maximum usability from anywhere. 2.0 DEVICE BASICS 2.1 Launching PocketScript On the Start menu, select PocketScript. 2.2 Logging In After you have launched the PocketScript program, you need to log in. 1. U
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Care Delivery Solutions 2.3 Time-outs and Security Password There is a 20-minute password time-out period. After 20 minutes of inactivity, when you resume using PocketScript and attempt to send or print a prescription, the System Locked screen appears. You must reenter your password and tap Verify to send or print the prescription. Signature The signature default time-out is 12 hours and it applies to the entire practice. You can change the practice signature time-out in the Interne
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Care Delivery Solutions • Using the keyboard, enter the first 3-4 letters of the patient’s last name and then tap Go. It is not necessary to enter the entire last name. Search by Chart ID • On the Choose Patient screen, select Chart. • Using the keyboard, enter the chart number and then tap Go. It is not necessary to enter the entire chart number. Search by Waiting Patients with Appointments Click Waiting to see a list of all patients with appointments that have been entered in the I
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Care Delivery Solutions To use the Drug List in prescribing, follow the directions below: 1. Tap Drug List. The Choose Drug screen appears. 2. Decide whether you want to select from a list of All drugs, or narrow the drug search to include only name Brand drugs, or just Generic drugs and tap the related button. Note: In the Internet Browser version, Doctor Maintenance page, you may also make this selection and it will appear on the Pocket PC. If you select Generic and enter a brand na
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Care Delivery Solutions 2. On the Choose Drug screen, the patient’s drug history is shown in the text box. Tap to highlight the prescription that you would like to renew and then tap Refill. Note: After you renew a prescription, the original prescription is “expired” and no longer visible in the Patient Drug History table unless you select Include Expired. 3.2.4 DISPENSED DRUG HISTORY (DDH) Dispensed drug history (DDH) is different from the drug history developed via the ongoing use of
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Care Delivery Solutions 3.2.6 ALLERGIES Before selecting a drug, you can view a list of the patient’s allergies by tapping the Allergy button. A list of allergies that are drug or class-specific appears. Note: If you select a drug to which the patient is allergic, the system automatically displays an Allergy Alert described in section 7.0 Checking Drug Allergies. 3.2.7 EXPIRE FUNCTION The Expire button lets you manually expire a prescription so that the drug will no longer be consider
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Care Delivery Solutions In addition to a list of Preferred/Approved alternatives, PocketScript displays a text message that explains why there may be a better choice than the original selection, such as formulary status or a dispensing limitation. • To select a Preferred or Approved drug, double-tap it or tap to highlight it and then tap Select. • Alternatively, you can proceed with prescribing your initial selection by tapping Prescribe Original. • After you complete the script, you can
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Care Delivery Solutions 3.3.1 ENTERING SCRIPT DETAILS Patient Tap Patient to edit patient information or select a different patient and start over. Note: Information on the Script Summary screen may be lost if a new patient is selected. Drug To select a different drug, tap Drug to go to the Choose Drug screen. If the drug is changed, the information on the Script Summary screen will be changed. To view the PocketScript Drug Reference information concerning the prescribed drug, tap Ref
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Care Delivery Solutions Quantity In addition to quantity, you can key in units such as vial, box, etc. • To the right of the Quantity field, tap the drop-down arrow to display quantity options and tap to highlight and select a quantity. Note: The default quantity is 30. OR • Tap the Quantity field and type the quantity. Pharmacy The Script Summary screen displays the patient’s mail-order pharmacy, if included in the patient’s pharmacy benefit plan, or the pharmacy most recently requeste
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Care Delivery Solutions • Tap Advanced at the top right of the screen. (The button label changes to Basic.) • Enter the information that you may have about the patient’s desired pharmacy. You can use any one or more of the available search fields. Tap Go. • The search results are displayed in order of most matches with the search criteria. Note that the highlighted pharmacy’s details appear in the gray area below. • With the desired pharmacy highlighted, tap Select and you are returned to
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Care Delivery Solutions script will be removed from the patient’s current medication list. Expired prescriptions are not considered when evaluating drug-to-drug interactions. The options are as follows: • Chronic - uses expiration date • Chronic PRN - uses expiration date • Acute 3 days – expires in 3 days • Acute 5 days - expires in 5 days • Acute 7 days - expires in 7 days • Acute 10 days - expires in 10 days • Acute 14 days - expires in 14 days • Acute 1 month - expires in 30 days
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Care Delivery Solutions 2. The Confirmation screen appears for you to check the script for accuracy. Select one of the following options: • To send the script and write another script for the same patient, choose Additional. • To send the script and return to the Main Menu, choose Yes. • To return to the Summary screen in order to make a change, choose No. 3. Select Print Patient Copy to print a voided copy of the prescription for the patient. 4. If you choose Additional or Yes, a confi
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Care Delivery Solutions 5.0 ADDING A MACRO Macros are shortcuts to entire pre-written prescriptions and are available for selection on the Choose Drug screen. A few Macros are preloaded and can be edited. Macros can be developed when you are writing a patient’s prescription or they can be entered using the Internet Browser version Maintenance Pages> Macro Maintenance. Macros should be fully completed. The system will automatically insert default values in empty fields. 1. To add a Macr
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Care Delivery Solutions If you view the Interaction Details, tap Back to return to the Interaction Warning screen and make your decision about prescribing the drug. 2. In the Select a Different Drug dialog box, tap Yes to choose a new drug or No, Use this One to select the drug. Proceed to 3.3 Completing the Script. 7.0 CHECKING DRUG ALLERGIES PocketScript automatically checks for patient drug allergies and if any are detected, displays an Allergy Warning. Note: Patient allergies are usu
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Care Delivery Solutions On the Choose Drug screen, tap the Colors? button. The formulary color key appears. Patients with insurance plans that do not participate in the e-prescribing system For patients whose insurance providers are not included in the e-prescribing system, generic drug options are indicated in green text with “up” arrows. Patients without insurance For patients without insurance, there is no color-coding; however, generic drug options are indicated in green text with
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Care Delivery Solutions 3. Select from the following options: Send: to approve and send the prescription to the designated pharmacy or office fax. Deny: to cancel and not send the prescription, but send a record to the Script Log. Clear: to remove highlighted scripts from the Pending Scripts box. This does not affect script status, just whether they are displayed. Back: to go back to the previous screen. Pull Chart: to mark the script and have the chart pulled. This returns the scr
