The Drug Refill Request allows you to search for those medications that may be expiring so you can refill them quickly and conveniently. To access this screen, click on Pharmacy on the Global Menu, then click the Drug Refill Request option.
The system displays the Drug Refill Request screen, where you can filter the results by the following options:
- Days – You can search for a list of drugs that have not be refilled in a certain number of days. Enter the number of days in this field to narrow your search.
- Housing Location – Use this dropdown menu to narrow your search by patients in a certain housing location.
- Category – You can use this dropdown menu to search for patients who have been ordered a medication from a specific drug category.
- Drug Options – Use this dropdown menu to narrow your search by drug options selected when the medication was ordered. Options include:
- ATE – Allowed to Expire
- Court Monitored Medication
- DOT – Directly Observed Treatment
- KOP – Keep on Person
- Medical Medication
- PMRB
- PRN
- Profile Only
- Psych Medication
- Release Medication
- TORB – Telephone Order With Readback
- VORB – Verbal Order With Readback
- Search button – Once you have selected your filters, click this button to view your updated list.
- Toggle Switches – You can use the toggle switch at the top of the list to select all patients in the list, or you can select each patient by using the one next to their information. Once you turn on a toggle switch, there are two buttons that appear so you can Print or Refill the medication for the patient(s) you have selected.
Action menu
You can use the Action dropdown menu beside the Patient Name to do one of the following options:
- Print – Click this option to print the drug order.
- Refill – Click this option to refill this request.
- View – Click this option to view the drug order.
- View Chart – Select this option if you want to open the patient’s chart.
- View Vital Signs – Click this option if you want to view the patient’s last recorded vital signs.
- View Flags – Select this option to view the patient’s flag history.
- View Allergies – Click this option to view all of the patient’s allergies.
- View Drugs – Select this option to view the patient’s drug order history.
- View Progress Notes – Click this option to view any progress notes added for the patient.