Add Drug and Import Drugs from your Dispense Software
Adding drugs to patient’s profiles is simple. Drugs can be imported straight from your dispense software or alternatively you can add it manually.
Instructions
Double Click on Patient’s name to open the Patient’s profile
Select Medication Profile tab
Select Add Blister Foil
Select Add Drug
Enter drug name manually in the search field and then Enter on your keyboard
Alternatively select Import from Dispense to import medication from your Dispense software
Select Med >
Complete all required fields on the Prescription screen
Packing Status: Select the application option e.g. Packed, Packed PRN etc.
Directions: This will import from your dispense software. Alternatively, it can be entered and edited manually
Description: If blank, enter in description of medication
Dose: Enter the correct quantity in the box under the appropriate meal heading
Frequency: Select the applicable options from the drop-down box
Start Date: Defaults to the day the medication was added to the medication profile
Select Save
Drugs highlighted in Orange are preferred canister drugs to be packed by the Alpaca Robot.
Preferred Manual packed medications are highlighted in Green.
Refer to Page XX to see how to assign the categories.
Select Short course or Sinemet for medications that exceeds the default 4 time slots. E.g. Madopar.
Enter the time slots in the 8 fields provided. This medication will print on an individual foil/blister.
Manually Creating Drugs
If the medication cannot be found in the software, you can manually create the drug entry for your patient’s use. This drug will then be saved to the drug database available for future use.
Leave the drug search field blank
Select Med >
Fill in the medication details in the following fields:
Drug
Description
Type
Fill in the remaining applicable details (Directions, Dose Times, Frequency etc.) as shown above.
Select Save
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