Managing medication orders for outpatients

You can dispense outpatient medications from the hospital pharmacy. When a clinician asks the hospital pharmacy to dispense a medication, that medication appears on the Outstanding Orders list.

1. From  Pharmacy > Outpatient Orders, select a pharmacy from Pharmacy.

2. Select  to search for a patient.

   Or, select a patient from the list on the left.

3. From Outstanding Orders, select  next to the medication you want to dispense.

4. Select Pharmacy (Un)Approval to approve the medication.

   In the Ph column,  is shown on a green background to show the medication is approved.

5. Optional: enter a reason.

6. Select Print Hospital Prescription to print the dispensation sheet.

7. When the medication is ready for collection, select Ready for Collection.

8. When the patient has collected the medication, select Collected.

9. Optional: enter a note about the collection. For example, you might include who collected the prescription, or if the prescription was delivered to the patient.

You can approve medications. You can also remove approval from medications.

1. From  Pharmacy > Outpatient Orders, select a pharmacy from Pharmacy.

2. Select  to search for a patient.

   Or, select a patient from the list on the left.

3. From Outstanding Orders, select  next to the medication.

4. Select Pharmacy (Un)Approval.

   • If the medication is not approved and you want to approve the medication, select Pharmacy (Un)Approval to approve the medication.

     In the Ph column,  is shown on a green background to show the medication is approved.

   • If the medication is approved and you want to remove approval, select Pharmacy (Un)Approval to remove approval.

     The Ph column is blank showing the medication is not approved.

5. Optional: enter a reason.

You can transfer a prescription to another pharmacy, as long as it is not yet marked as ready for collection. You might want to transfer a prescription to another pharmacy if the pharmacy doesn’t have the medication, or the pharmacy is closing soon.

1. From  Pharmacy > Outpatient Orders, select a pharmacy from Pharmacy.

2. Select  to search for a patient.

   Or, select a patient from the list on the left.

3. From Outstanding Orders, select  next to the prescription you want to transfer.

   You can only transfer one prescription at a time.

4. Select Transfer prescription.

5. Select the pharmacy you want to transfer the prescription to.

6. Optional: enter a reason.

You can reject a prescription if is not approved. You must contact the prescriber if you reject a prescription. Nervecentre doesn't notify the prescriber automatically.

Read more about approving medications

1. From  Pharmacy > Outpatient Orders, select a pharmacy from Pharmacy.

2. Select  to search for a patient.

   Or, select a patient from the list on the left.

3. From Outstanding Orders, select  next to the prescription you want to reject.

4. Select Reject prescription.

5. Optional: enter a reason.

   The prescription goes to the Completed and cancelled orders list.