How to customise the default footer for dispensed medical labels, create and print your own labels for medication dispensed by your practice.
Note: To customise your practice's prescription label footer and create your own dispensed medication labels, you must have a role assigned to you that gives you editing permissions for Patients and Consultations.
In this article:
Create a Dispensed Medication Label
Edit your Practice's Prescription Label Footer
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Set up and Submit Prescriptions to a Pharmacy
2. Click the Medication tag at the bottom of the notes.
3. Select the medication you want to prescribe.
Note: If you are sending a prescription to CloudRX, make sure the medication has by CloudRX after its name.
4. Enter the rest of the prescription details.
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Dosage: Enter the dosage as indicated
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Quantity: Enter a whole number. For example, if you want to prescribe one box, enter '1'
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(Optional) Medication has been dispensed: Tick this box to enter the batch number and expiration details
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(Optional) Comments: Type any additional comments you have for the patient
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Show in summary: Choose whether you want this prescription to appear on the patient's record or not
5. (Optional) If this is a repeat prescription please follow the steps outlined here.
6. Click Save.
The prescription will appear in the Prescriptions tab in the patient record. You can now submit the prescription to one of the pharmacies we integrate with or share/email it to an external pharmacy.
Create a Dispensed Medication Label
You can create your own dispensed medication label, from consultation notes:
1. Start creating a consultation note as you normally would.
2. Click the Medication tag at the bottom of the consultation notes.
3. Fill out the medication details as you normally would.
4. Tick the Medication has been dispensed box.
5. Enter a Batch number and Expiry date for the medication.
6. Click Save. The Consultations page refreshes and the new consultation note appears in the list.
7. Make sure the consultation note that you've created is selected, then click the Print label (dispensed) button on the right-hand side:
A PDF opens in a new tab.
8. Download or print the PDF as you normally would.
Note: All labels are printed 7.061cm x 3.351cm.
The dispensing label now displays the patient name, medication quantity, dosage instructions, dispensing date and the medication name.
Edit your Practice's Prescription Label Footer
You can customise your practice's prescription label footer at any time, from the Settings page:
1. Go to the Medical settings tab.
2. Scroll down to the Prescriptions section.
3. Click Add footer.
4. Type what you want the footer to say in the text box.
5. Click the tick icon beneath the text box.
6. Click Save at the top of the page.
The footer is saved and applied across your entire practice. You can edit this footer at any time by going back to the Medical settings tab, and clicking on the Dispensing label footer text:
