Button Description

The QuickScript button allows you to quickly prescribe a medication for a patient. To add to this list see Adding to QuickScript in Adding a New Prescription.

The Add button is used to add new prescriptions to the patient’s current medication list. ALT-clicking on this button allows you to quickly add the actual drugs the patient is taking without having to specify strengths and dosages. This is useful for specialists who simply want to record the patient’s medications without intending to actually print a prescription for them.

The Information button, tracks any changes made to the prescription dose, reason etc. It shows the Type of Change, Dose and Reason. You can insert a reason by right clicking in the reason column for a list of common reasons or slow double clicking to add your own. Alt clicking on the Information button displays the Progressive Medication History information.

The Print button will print the selected medications i.e. the medications which have a tick in the first column.

ALT-clicking on this button will select or deselect all the prescriptions.

CTRL-ALT clicking allows you to backdate a prescription.

The Batch button batches the selected prescriptions for later printing. GPs might use this when printing nursing home prescriptions. You would batch each patient’s prescription rather than printing them immediately. Subsequently, select Print Batch from the Patients menu and all the prescriptions will be printed at once (Open > Patients, Patients > Print Batch).

Note: Authority prescriptions cannot be batched.

The Medication Review allows you to perform a review of all the patient’s current medications, which can subsequently be printed or saved as a consultation record.

The CMI button will display Consumer Medicine Information for the selected medication, if it is available. CMI information is supplied by MIMS and is not currently available for all medications.

On a network, this information is stored on the server in a folder called CMI in the Genie folder. The files are stored as Acrobat pdf’s. When you select a particular item, the pdf is automatically copied from the CMI folder on the server to a CMI folder on the client machine so that the next time you view that particular CMI it is opened directly from the client machine.

Note: On Windows, you must have Acrobat Reader installed on your machine to open, view or print these files.

The Medication Sheet button allows you to print a six week nursing home sheet, a 2 week medication sheet for hospitals both with or without dates entered. Additionally you can print prescription labels for the Compact Business System.

Provided you have NPS RADAR Alert ticked in your User Preferences, this button will become active when an NPS RADAR review is available for the drug you have selected, as well as a RADAR summary popping up the first three times you prescribe a medication with a current NPS RADAR review. The NPS RADAR is updated either through the Special menu or through the Genie CD updates.

The Delete button will delete the selected medications. If only one medication is selected there is no warning. If more than one medication is selected you will be asked to confirm the delete command.

The Reset button can be used to restore the default prescription display.

Ticking the Reg 24 checkbox will print the Regulation 24 request on prescriptions i.e.“Regulation 24. Please dispense all repeats.”

The TPG button will display a list of generic equivalents for the selected medication, allowing you to change the current medication to the equivalent without having to delete and re-prescribe it.

The Strength button allows you to change the strength of the selected prescription without having to delete and re-prescribe it.

Checking the Certificate checkbox will print a sick certificate in the lower right area of the prescription. Checking the Drug List checkbox prints the list of current medications in the lower left area of the prescription.

Note: If you want to print a certificate without actually printing a prescription, you can create a new drug called “Certificate” and enter it in your QuickScript menu. Then when you need a certificate “Prescribe” the drug called certificate and print! Alternatively, create your own sick certificate using a merged letter template.