Add and print medication requests

Medication requests combine multiple medications on one prescription. If you need to adjust the medications included in a medication request, add a new medication request to supersede the old one.

To view medication requests, you must belong to a user group with the Prescribing - Full or Prescribing Once Off/Short Course system rights. To create or delete medication requests, you must also be a prescriber or have a prescriber number.

If you belong to a user group with the Prescribing Once Off/Short Course system right, but you do not have a prescriber number, you can view and reprint medication requests.

To add subsequent medication requests:

On the Medication Summary, click Medication Requests.
In the Medication Requests window, click Add Medication Request.

In the Add Medication Request window, all active, finalised prescriptions including medications grouped by DAA type are displayed.

All active regular medications, DAA medications and medications that are included in the current, active request are selected by default.
In the Create a medication request step:
1. If the location from which the medication will be supplied to the patient after it has been fulfilled is separate to the current encounter place, from the Pickup Location list, select this location. If the pickup location is already set in the clinical record Medication Summary, that location is included in the medication request automatically. If the current encounter place is a nominated medication pickup location, it is selected as the pickup location by default. For more information, see Encounter Place.
2. Select the medications and medication groups that you want to include in the medication request. For each medication, add notes if required.
In the Do you need to print today? step, if you want to print the medication request, set Yes.

Tip:
If consolidated orders are enabled for your health service, you can't print medications included in a medication request to a PBS script.
Click Save.

The new medication request is listed in the Medication Requests window with a status of Active and the number of the medication request is incremented.

The new medication request is also listed on the Progress Notes tab using the following format:

Date <Active> Medication request #x 
Items: y; Pickup Location: z;

For example:
Example new medication request progress note entry

When a medication request is superseded, on the Progress Notes tab, its prefix is updated to <Stopped>. Cancelled medication requests are also listed and prefixed with <Cancelled>.

If you chose to print, the medication request is printed.

If your health service uses consolidated orders, you can now create a consolidated order.

If you chose not to print in step 4, and you now want to print the current medication request, click Print medication request icon Reprint.

If you decide the medication request is incorrect and you want to cancel it, click Cancel icon Cancel. Alternatively, create a new medication request to supersede the current one.