1. Halaxy Help Guide | New Zealand
  2. Patient Management
  3. Clinical Records

Create a paper prescription

Who can do this?

Practitioners only (eligible professions)

Prescriptions are essential to medical practice. Halaxy allows practitioners to order and print paper prescriptions straight from the platform. It's a simple process for a basic service to quickly help patients in need of medication - at no extra cost.

Note

To be able to create prescriptions, Prescriptions and Order Requests must be enabled in your access level settings.

Video Tutorial

Tip

Want to track patient prescriptions in your practice? Run a Prescription report!

Create a prescription

  1. In the patient's clinical note, click the Add Record dropdown, and select Prescription.

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  2. In the pop-up, configure the following:

    • Order type: Select Prescription. (You may also duplicate an existing prescription.)

    • Ordering Practitioner: Select the practitioner requesting this clinical order.

  3. Click Create.

  4. In your new prescription order, under the List of Drugs section, click Add a drug.

  5. In the pop-up, for Prescribe as, select a drug list to search:

    • Private: Drugs that are ineligible for subsidy and are paid for in full by the patient

    • Custom: Drugs that you have configured in Halaxy that are not available in the drug database

    • Saved: Drugs that you have added to your Saved list

  6. In the list, select a drug name and strength to add to your prescription.

  7. If you are configuring your drug's details, fill out the following sections:

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    • Directions for use: Complete either section A or section B. If you are filling out section A, you must complete all the fields.

    • Repeats and quantity: Repeats and dispense quantity are required fields.

    • Prescription notes: Complete as needed. Depending on the drug prescribed, some fields in this section may be mandatory.

  8. Click Save.

When you have added all the necessary drugs, your prescription is now ready to be published as a paper prescription.

Publish and print a paper prescription

  1. On the upper right corner, next to the Edit button, select the down arrow button.

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  2. Click Publish, and then Continue.

  3. In the next pop-up, select Paper as your prescription type.

  4. If you need to edit the prescription, select the down arrow button beside Print, then click Revert. You will need to click Publish again to save your changes.

  5. When all the details are final and the prescription is published, select Print. (You can choose to download or print the prescription as many times as needed.)

Note

After publishing, the prescribed drug will automatically be set as current prescription. This helps track the prescription medications of the patient. You can set it as not current by switching the toggle off.

Caution

A paper prescription can still be edited after publishing, but it can no longer be edited once it has been printed.

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