The med should already be in AC. You always prescribe it in AC as usual. Say oxycodone 5 mg tablets, 1 po q4 hours prn pain. Unfortunately, you would have to close the script writer and open it back up (if you typed it into AC). Chris Conrad is changing that in the next version, so you can save and keep open or close. EVERYTHING in your AC inbox will be in EPCS and anything in current meds in EPCS will be in AC.
So, let's say you prescribed Concerta 54 mg 1 po daily. You would type that in AC prescription writer and get to the point of sending it, but you can't because AC and SureScripts and NewCrop won't let you. It will tell you that.
So, you close to save the med. (Remember once the med is in AC, you won't have to do that). You open AC and select ePrescribing and then Manage Via NC Screens. So instead of clicking on AC to send, you simply click on the top left icon. That will open NewCrop. You will now see a list of meds. They will be the SAME meds as in AC. I have never in three years written a med directly from NC.
Now you choose the oxycodone and click on it. That puts it into the field above (Pending) to be ready to send. You can edit it by clicking on the tab EDIT. You then click on Transmit/Prescirbe. (All this is done by my MA so I don't have to do it). You then click on Push to subscribe and it wants you to use your phone with Authy or your token. This is two-factor identification. You HAVE to have that in any EPCS to send. First is your password into AC, then the 15 second Authy. You simply click on Authy.
It records where it went, what time, what pharmacy, who sent, etc. You don't need to look at that, but it is there if you need it.
Changing the pharmacy for MAs is different than for you. The pharmacies will be listed below the Push to subscribe. There is a pharmacy listed in bold green bar. You can change it several ways. For us if we choose 04412, it will give us all the pharmacies in Bangor. Other ways to search.
Number three is nothing I worry about. The recording of what you sent is in EPCS. It is gold. It is the "bible" Where it says is where it goes. If they say they didn't get it you can send that to NC and they will research it. I just click on send again.
If you send a med it will be in current meds. On the right side of the current meds table there is a magnifying glass. Clicking on that will show you ALL the scripts you sent. It will show the exact scripts. It will show you they received it. It will say it was verified and successful. IF IT SAYS VERIFIED it means the pharmacy received it and clicked on verified.
I AM HAPPY TO GO THROUGH THIS WITH YOU BY REMOTING IN ANY NIGHT OF THE WEEK. WE ARE IN THE SAME TIME ZONE.
If I have to send three scripts of Concerta, which we are allowed to do, 90% of the time the staff sets it up so it is in pending meds. It takes me three clicks to send. I can do a med check in under three minutes.
BY THE WAY, NC HAS THREE TEST PHARMACIES YOU CAN PRACTICE ON. TRUST ME ONCE YOU DO FOUR OR FIVE, YOU WILL LOVE IT. IT IS VERY SIMPLE. THE FIRST TIME YOU DO SOMETHING BY FOLLOWING STEPS, IT SEEMS CRAZY.
Last edited by Bert; 01/28/2020 10:29 AM.
