NSW Health has approval to generate printed prescriptions for dispensing. It is a legal requirement that all printed prescriptions must be signed by the prescriber, and Schedule 8 prescriptions also…
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Patient Eligibility For PBS Prescriptions
These are the conditions that must be satisfied in order for a patient to be considered a “privately referred non inpatient”:
The referral must be to the Medical Practitioner by name, not to the…
How to Order Green PBS Prescription Stationery
You can find information regarding how to order PBS computer prescription stationery online at: www.humanservices.gov.au → Health Professionals → Forms → Forms by title and select the relevant order…
Discharge Prescriptions Using Reconciliation
NSW Health has approval to generate printed prescriptions for dispensing. It is a legal requirement that all printed prescriptions must be signed by the prescriber. Schedule 8 prescriptions also…
MAR - Reschedule All Doses of a Medication
Reschedule All Doses of a Medication
Reschedule all consecutive doses of a Medication in the MAR for set administration times or hourly administration times.
Rescheduling Medications with set…
eMM - Prescribing Tapered Medications
Go to Orders from the menu in Patient Chart.
Click Add.
The Add Order screen opens.
Ensure Inpatient/Ambulatory is selected from the Type drop down menu.
In the search field, type the…
PowerPlans - Activation & Modification
Medical staff can order medication PowerPlans for a future encounter (visit). This is often used in wards such as Turner and C1N. PowerPlans have to be activated by clinical staff before the…
MAR - Withholding Doses
Medications can be withheld for a specific number of doses.
From the Menu, click the MAR page
Right click on the dose of the medication that is to be withheld and select Chart Not Done
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Lipid Infusion Orders
Click on Orders +Add button
The order search window will appear
Search and select the lipid by name, example SMOF, Omegaven etc
The lipid concentration will appear along the top of the order…
MAR - Phone Orders
Phone orders should be reserved for emergency cases only, where it is impossible for the doctor to have computer access.
Go to Orders in the Patient's Chart Menu and click Add
The Add Order…
PBS Prescriptions
Printed PBS prescriptions can be generated for dispensing for privately referred, non-admitted patients. It is a legal requirement that all printed prescriptions must be signed by the prescriber.…
Order List settings for RTC/Turner - CHW
To improve the workflow in RTC/Turner, nurses should adjust their settings for the orders list to make it easier to see which orders are ready for activation.
Adjusting the settings
Click on…
Nursing View
Nursing View is the Nurse’s landing page in PowerChart where patient information, history, orders and results can be reviewed for the patient’s recent activity. Information can also be added to some…
Renew Prescription or Change Dose
To renew a prescription (e.g. when the patient has run out of repeats) or change the dose of a prescription, you can use the Renew function. The Renew function keeps a record of previous order so it…
Nursing Admission Assessment
The electronic nursing admission assessment replaces the paper admission form currently in use.
The Nursing Admission Assessment consists of two parts:
Nursing Initial Assessment
It only contains…
MAR - Nurse Initiated Orders (CHW)
Nurse Initiated Medications will be used by some nurses. If you nurse initiate orders on the paper medication chart you will be able to continue to do this on the electronic system. Prior to this…
Prescriptions for Public Outpatient
It is a legal requirement that all printed prescriptions must be signed by the prescriber. Discharge prescriptions should be created during the discharge reconciliation process, for instructions see…
MedLocator - CHW
MedLocator is a ‘look up’ application, providing information for clinical staff about the location of required medications, after Pharmacy hours. Clinicians will be able to check if the medication is…