INSIGHT - Summer 2020

Summer 2020 | 4 Quick Clicks & Tips COVID-19 Prescription Alert in NRx ® and PrimeCare ® The North Carolina Board of Pharmacy (NCBoP) mandated that all COVID-19 medications have a diagnosis code on the prescription that coincides with the virus before pharmacists can dispense them for that reason. Z-pack is one of those Rxs. Other BoP may follow suit. To remind your staff to pay special attention to COVID- related prescriptions before filling: 1. Go to the Clinical section of the Drug Record. 2. Under Notes, turn on Override Required , and add comments accordingly. Therapeutic Interchange Indication If you have NRx set up for therapeutic interchange, you can indicate when a drug is interchanged on the label. y From the User Defined Literals window, the 253 and 254 literals are populated with “Substituted For.” y The label design uses Routine 253 in front of Routine 65 (Drug Not Dispensed, If Two Drugs). If you fill a medication with a normal generic substitution, “Substituted For” prints on the label, but it will also automatically print “Interchanged,” if you selected a therapeutic interchange drug. New SCRIPT Standard There’s much to gain from implementing the NCPDP ® New SCRIPT Standard Version 2017071, but there’s little you need to do within your pharmacy management system to start using the new message types. y Be on Service Pack 19.1.30 or higher. y Enable the New Script (2017071) Format option. For NRx: 1. Access Store Control > Store Level Options > Rx Filling > Electronic Prescribing Options . Check the box to Send RxFill Messages under Rx Filling > Electronic Prescribing Options . Save your changes. 2. If you are using the Tickler file to process multiple records at a time and would like for the RxChange request and/or response to go to the Tickler, be sure the desired options are checked under Store Control > Store Level Options > Rx Processing > Tickler File Options . Save any changes. 3. Once you have set these options, enable access for the appropriate users to generate RxChange requests. Click Store Control > Security Access > Manage Employees . 4. Select the user from the list and scroll to ePrescription Access under the Prescription Access menu of the Pharmacist/Technician Security Rights section. Enable Create RxChange Request and click Save . Continue updating the remaining applicable users and be sure to save any changes. For RxCare Plus ® : 1. Access (A) Store Information > (1) Identification > (F2) Pharmacy Options > Rx Filling Options > Electronic Prescribing Options . 2. Under Rx Filling Options > Electronic Prescribing Options , enable the Send RxFill Messages option. Press F1 to save your changes. 3. If you are using the Tickler file to process multiple records at a time and would like for the RxChange request and/or response to go to the Tickler, be sure the desired options are enabled under (A) Store Information > (1) Identification > (F2) Pharmacy Options > Prescription Processing Options > Tickler File Options . Press F1 to save any changes. 4. Once you’ve set these options, enable access for the appropriate users to generate RxChange requests. From the Pharmacy Data System Directory, select (G) Security Access Codes > (A) Security Access . 5. Select the user from the list > F2 to scroll to Prescription Rcd options > ePrescription Access . Update access to Create RxChange Req as appropriate. 6. Press F1 to save. Continue updating the remaining applicable users and be sure to press F1 to save any changes. If you have any questions, please email Pharmacy Services at pharmacyservices@ redsailtechnologies.com or call 800.845.7558, ext. 1471.