Flag for prescription requested in encounter
Currently if the assistant/scribe is working on an encounter on behalf of a provider, she can enter a medication in the medication step; however, it will be marked as "requested" until the provider reviews it and submits it to the pharmacy. I understand the need for the provider to be the one to submit the medication, but if he or she does not log in to sign the note within a short period of the patient's visit, the patient often gets to the pharmacy before the prescription does.
It would be nice to have those pending prescriptions show up under desktop navigator --> prescriptions. Right now if you set that to display requested prescriptions, you only see prescriptions that were submitted through the prescription pad or from the pharmacy. The prescriptions requested during an encounter do not display.
Showing all requested prescriptions would allow a provider to quickly process prescriptions or at least know which encounters must be opened immediately. This would be a huge time-saver and is essential for any practice that is attempted to move toward a more scribe-based practice model.
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Adam White commented
Currently, if the assistant/scribe is working on an encounter on behalf of a provider, he or she can enter a medication in the medication step. However, it will be marked as "requested" until the provider reviews it and submits it to the pharmacy. I understand the need for the provider to be the one to submit the medication, but if he or she does not log in to sign the note within a short period of the patient's visit, the patient often gets to the pharmacy before the prescription does.
It would be nice to have those pending prescriptions show up under desktop navigator --> prescriptions. Right now if you set that to display requested prescriptions, you only see prescriptions that were submitted through the prescription pad or from the pharmacy. The prescriptions requested during a pre-encounter do not display.
Showing all requested prescriptions would allow a provider to quickly process prescriptions or at least know which encounters must be opened immediately. This would be a huge time-saver and is essential for any practice that is attempted to move toward a more scribe-based practice model.
This is an idea posted by Julia Gold in 2014. She described the same problem that still exists for me today.