Purpose: This article helps you add and remove favorite pharmacies and open the pharmacy search to the Favorites tab in the iPrescribe app.
Audience: Active iPrescribe users
Use the sections below to learn what each star means, add or remove a favorite pharmacy, and set the pharmacy search to open to the Favorites tab. This article does not cover searching for or selecting a pharmacy for a patient.
Favorite pharmacy types
Use this section to learn what each star icon means. Favorites help you find a pharmacy faster on future prescriptions.
What each star means
- Unfilled star: The pharmacy is not a favorite.
- Yellow star: The pharmacy is a patient favorite. It is saved to one or more specific patient profiles.
- Black star: The pharmacy is a practice favorite. It is saved for your whole practice, which is useful for an in-office or nearby pharmacy your practice uses regularly. Only practice admins can add or remove practice favorites.
Add or remove a favorite pharmacy
Use this method to save a pharmacy as a favorite or remove a favorite. Any user can manage patient favorites. Only practice admins can manage practice favorites.
Steps to add a favorite pharmacy
- Search for the pharmacy. Review the Search for and add a patient's pharmacy article for the steps.
- Tap the star icon next to the pharmacy you want to save:
- Tap the yellow star to save the pharmacy as a patient favorite.
- If you are a practice admin, tap the black star to save the pharmacy as a practice favorite.
To view your saved favorites, tap the Favorites tab on the pharmacy search screen.
Only practice admins can add or remove practice favorites (black star). If you need a practice favorite changed, ask a practice admin.
Steps to remove a favorite pharmacy
Option A: Remove a patient favorite (yellow star)
- On the pharmacy search screen, find the pharmacy you want to remove.
- Tap the yellow star next to the pharmacy name.
Option B: Remove a practice favorite (black star), practice admins only
- On the pharmacy search screen, find the pharmacy you want to remove.
- Tap the black star next to the pharmacy name.
Open the pharmacy search to the Favorites tab
Use this setting if you want the pharmacy search to open to the Favorites tab instead of the Pharmacies tab. In iPrescribe version 6.104 or later, Pharmacy Search Settings is off by default.
Steps to turn on Pharmacy Search Settings
Tap the hamburger menu (☰).
Hamburger menu Select Settings.
Settings menu Tap Pharmacy Search Settings, then turn the toggle on. To turn the setting off, turn the toggle off.
Pharmacy Search Settings toggle
When the setting is on, the pharmacy search opens to the Favorites tab for every patient. The setting stays on after you log out and log back in on the same device.
This setting belongs to your device. If you switch to a new device, turn the setting on again.
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