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Providers can designate staff members as prescriber agents, granting them the ability to:
  • Draft prescriptions (for controlled medications)
  • Prescribe medications (for non-controlled medications)
Providers can assign prescriber agents by facility and set permissions for whether they can only create draft prescriptions or also prescribe medications.

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Pre-requisite for Provider to Nominate an Agent

Note: A pre-requisite to be able to assign a Prescriber Agent is:
  • Provider should be assigned to the relevant facilities they want to prescribe for (update within Preferences Tab > Provider Section > Edit Provider Details) 44 Rx Nominate Prov Gi
  • Provider should be nominated to prescribe for the relevant facilities they want to prescribe for (update within Preferences Tab > Medications Section > Nominate Provider) Nominate Provider Web

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Add Prescriber Agents to a Provider

  • Go to the Preferences Tab > Medications > Prescriber Agents
  • Click +Add Prescriber Agent. Add Rx Agent Web
  • You will see yourself listed as the provider by default. This cannot be changed, since prescriber agents must be set up by the provider or admin.
  • Select one or more agents, then add the facilities where you want them to create draft medications.
  • Can prescribe → allows the prescriber agent to prescribe uncontrolled substances directly. If Can prescribe is checked, the agent can still create drafts, but will also have the option to prescribe.
  • Click Submit when done. This creates the prescriber agent for the selected site and facilities. Add Agent 2 Web

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Prescribe Medications as a Prescriber Agent

  • Go to the Patient’s Profile > Medications tab.
  • Click Create Medication Order. Create Order Rx Web
  • When selecting an appointment, the prescriber agent will only see appointments for facilities where they are authorized as a prescriber agent. Create Rx Order2 Web
  • On the medication form, the prescriber agent can choose:
    • Prescribe as agent
    • Save draft (required if they are ineligible to prescribe for that facility or if the medication is controlled).
    Create Rx Order 3 Web
  • Medications saved as drafts will appear with a Draft status. Create Rx Order 4 Web
  • Once submitted:
    • Draft medications will appear in the Medications table.
    • A confirmation toast will display details of the medications created.
    • A task is automatically created for the provider, who must review and sign off on the medications.
    Edit Rx Order Web
**Note: **Prescriber agents can edit draft medications, but they cannot prescribe medications once saved as a draft.

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Review Prescriptions by Prescriber Agents

When a draft prescription is created:
  • Providers receive a task notification on the notification bell Rx Notify Web
  • Clicking the notification takes them to the Tasks page, where they can view the associated patient profile
  • From there, they can navigate to the patient’s profile page and review the draft prescriptions under the Medications section Task Rx Web
**Note: **Providers can make changes to draft, but they cannot save drafts, they can only prescribe them directly.