Purpose: This article explains how to create a new prescription in iPrescribe using the Create Rx button, Active Medications, or Inactive Medications workflows.
Audience: iPrescribe providers
If you registered yourself and/or your practice for iPrescribe, you can set up prescriptions from your patient's profile using any of the following workflows:
- Create Rx button
- From Active Medications:
- Prescribe button, or
- Renew button
- From Inactive Medications:
- Prescribe button, or
- Renew button
iPrescribe Practice users only: E-Prescribing Desktop is also available to you. Use the same username and password you created for iPrescribe. See how to use E-Prescribing Desktop.
Note: If you access e-prescribing through an EHR and have questions, please reach out to your EHR or practice admin.
Learn more about iPrescribe prescribing workflows
2. Go to your patient’s profile:
a. Select New Rx from the main menu
b. Search for your patient's name.
c. Select your patient’s name to see their profile.
1. Select the Create New Rx button on the bottom of the patient profile.
2. Enter the name of the medication.
Below the search bar, you can select options to use pre-populated prescription information to prescribe faster :
- Recents: Pre-populates prescription information that you recently used for that medication
- Favorites: Basic prescription information that is commonly used by you or at your practice; you may customize prescription details for your practice favorites
- Commonly Prescribed/Other: Select the medication name and dosage to start filling out prescription information
3. Once you have entered and reviewed all prescription details, select one of the following:
- Sign and Send to send this single prescription to the pharmacy immediately.
- Add to Pending to add this prescription to your list of Pending prescriptions. The Pending prescriptions section allows you to send multiple prescriptions simultaneously.
4. If you are prescribing a controlled substance, iPrescribe requires two-factor authentication before sending to the pharmacy. Enter your iPrescribe login password and the one-time PIN from your authenticator app or token.
1. Go to the Active Medications section on the screen.
2. Either select the row of the medication you want to prescribe, or swipe left on the medication you want to prescribe to display the following options: Stop, Prescribe, or Renew.
- Prescribe lets you review and change instructions for a prescription before you select to either Sign and Send the prescription or add it to your list of Pending prescriptions
- Renew uses pre-existing prescription instructions and adds the prescription directly to the Pending prescriptions queue
3. If you are prescribing a controlled substance, iPrescribe requires two-factor authentication before sending to the pharmacy. Enter your iPrescribe login password and the one-time PIN from your authenticator app or token.
1. Go to the Inactive Medications section on the screen.
2. Either select the row of the medication you want to prescribe, or swipe left on the medication you want to prescribe to display the following options: Stop, Prescribe, or Renew.
- Prescribe lets you review and change instructions for a prescription before you select to either Sign and Send the prescription or add it to your list of Pending prescriptions
- Renew uses pre-existing prescription instructions and adds the prescription directly to the Pending prescriptions queue
3. If you are prescribing a controlled substance, iPrescribe requires two-factor authentication before sending to the pharmacy. Enter your iPrescribe login password and the one-time PIN from your authenticator app or token.
To check if a prescription was delivered to the pharmacy, go to the main menu and select History.
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