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The Medical Practice needs to have eScripts installed and should contact their software provider to organise this. Once a prescriber is running eScripts, paper prescriptions will come in the door with the patient as usual. The patient can still choose their pharmacy. ie. Doctors cannot establish a relationship with a single pharmacy. The customer Patients still has have the choice of as to which pharmacy he/she will they use.
To dispense an ePrescription, scan (or type in the numbers) the barcode. The data will populate each field as you go. Pharmacists must check the details and change if required as they dispense the prescription.
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The information is held secure so no one else has access to it.
For more information about the HIE Adapter and troubleshooting see:
HIE Status / LTC Registrations
Processing eScripts in more detail
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