Version 20.13
Requirements for Proxy Prescribing
- Each Proxy prescriber (e.g. telephone triage nurse or scribe) to whom you would like to enable Proxy privileges should be authorized via a Provider Agent Agreement form. You may fax the form directly to OP at 267-960-2753. If you have additional questions, please contact your Account Manager or email solutions@officepracticum.com.
- Each person with Proxy privileges must have Proxy selected on the e-Prescribing tab of their user profile.
- Medications that can be proxy prescribed must be in the Medication Favorites list. See Edit Medication Favorites for Proxy Prescribing below.
- Medications that can be proxy prescribed must have Allow proxy by non-prescribers checked. See Set Proxy Privileges When Prescribing a Medication below.
Edit Medication Favorites for Proxy Prescribing
- Navigate to the Medication Finder window: Clinical tab > Medication Favorites.
- Locate the medication that requires editing by clicking the + to expand a Category.
- Select the Medication to edit, and click the ellipsis button
located in the Edit column.
- Click the Allow proxy by non-prescribers checkbox.
- Click the OK button.
- Repeat for all additional medications for which you will allow proxy prescribing.
Set Proxy Privileges When Prescribing a Medication
- From a patient chart or while charting a visit note:
- Select Medications and click the New button.
- Complete the prescription and click the Add to Favorites button.
- The Medication Favorite Information window displays. Complete the window selecting the Allow proxy use by non-prescribers checkbox.
- Click the OK button.
Prescribing a Medication as a Proxy Prescriber
- From a patient chart or while charting a visit note:
- Select Medications and click the New button.
- Click the Purpose drop-down and select Med - to dispense.
- Click the ellipses button in the Prescriber field, select the prescribing provider from the Address Book.
- In the Drug field, begin typing the medication name, click the Ellipsis button, or press the Enter key.
- From the Medication Finder window, select the medication by double-clicking or highlight the medication and click the OK button.
Note: If the medication does not display in the Favorites List it has not been set to allow proxy prescribing. |
- Review or complete the prescription.
- Click the Send button, the Choose a Pharmacy window displays.
- If a pharmacy was previously selected, the Previously used by this patient tab will be active.
- If no pharmacy was previously used, search the other tabs.
- Select the Pharmacy and click the Send button.
- The eRx Summary page will open, confirm the prescription then click the Send button.
Version 20.12
e-Prescribing allows providers to send prescriptions electronically instead of printing them. Once the e-prescribing feature is activated, offices are able to select pharmacies from a pre-populated list of pharmacies from across the USA and send prescriptions. e-Prescriptions are sent from your workstation to a queue in the main server, which then transmits the prescriptions into the e-Prescribing network and on its way to pharmacies, as follows:
Workstation > e-Prescribing Service (Server) > Surescripts Network > Pharmacy
How to Send Prescriptions as a Provider Agent or Proxy User
- Ensure that the users are registered and have accurate E-Prescribing user ID's and passwords. You can view this information by going to Practice Management > Staff/Providers and clicking on the e-prescribing tab. If the users do not have credentials please call support at 800-218-9916.
- Proxy prescribers are only allowed to write prescriptions that have been marked as Proxy. After the drug is added as Allow proxy by non-prescribers, the nurse is able to select the drug and send it electronically. Follow the steps below to mark prescriptions as proxy.
- To write a prescription as a proxy prescriber, the user has to alter the prescription. Please see below for a screen shot of how to set the prescription correctly.
Allow Proxy Use by Non-Prescribers
- Open the Prescription and leave the Drug field blank then click the Ellipsis button.
- In the All Favorites tab, click the + to expand the Category of Drugs (step 1) and click the Ellipsis button in the Edit tab (step 2).
- Select the Allow proxy by non-prescribers checkbox. This allows provider agents to write prescriptions for this medication.
You are also able to set proxy privileges from the favorites tab when writing a prescription.
Setting Up the Prescription so Provider Agents can ePrescribe
The provider agent sets the prescription Purpose field to Med – to dispense instead of Med – reference only (step 1). The provider agent searches the address book for the Prescriber (step 2), which must be a doctor in the practice. When the top of the prescription is correct the provider agent is able to save and send.