Using Dentrix, you can quickly create and accurately track your patients' prescriptions. To set up and use prescriptions, you must first set up, define, and add each prescription type to the Dentrix database. You can then set up a printer and customize the printer defaults. You can also edit or delete prescription types.
To set up a prescription type
1. From any Dentrix module except the Office Manager, select a patient.
2. In the toolbar, click Prescriptions.
The Patient Prescriptions dialog box appears.
3. Click Setup.
The Prescriptions Setup dialog box appears.
4. Click New to add a prescription type.
The New Standard Prescription dialog box appears.
5. Do the following:
· Description – Type a description of up to 50 characters or select a description from the list.
Note: The description does not print on the prescription form.
· Drug Name – Type the drug's name (up to 50 characters).
Note: This information prints on the prescription form.
· Sig – Type the dosage interval and any instructions that you want printed on the prescription form.
· Disp – Type the number or amount of the medication to dispense.
· Refills – Type or leave blank the number of refills.
6. Select one of the following options:
· Dispense as Written – To limit the prescription to the specified drug.
· Generic Substitution Permitted – To substitute a generic drug for a brand name one.
7. Type any instructions regarding the prescribed medication under Notes.
Note: The notes print below the prescription form. Click the spell check button to check the spelling of the note text.
8. Click OK.