Prescribing medications for discharge

Either go to Place Orders and above search box click "Prescriptions" or
- In the Admit/Discharge dialogue click the pencil next to "Orders/Rx" or
- As part of your Provider Note, click "Launch Prescriptions" in the Discharge Plan section
Search for the medication you wish to prescribe
- If you go through Admit/Discharge dialogue, there are frequently prescribed meds in the Peds ED folder
- Carefully check the auto-calculated dose - there are no maximums set in Cerner
In the "Send to" drop-down all the way to the right, make sure an Rx printer is selected
- If not, select one; if you don't see one, choose "Other" and select one from your Favorites or Other output devices

Prescribing controlled medications

Order the medication in Cerner so that there is a record of the medication being prescribed
Under "Send to" drop-down, choose "Do not send: other reason (Rx)"
Hand-write the prescription on your triplicate prescription pad and give to patient

Some patients will already have a favorite pharmacy
- Choose "Find Pharmacy" in the drop-down menu under "Send to"
  - Click the tab "Patient Preferred"
To send to a Harbor pharmacy, choose "Find Pharmacy" in the drop-down menu
- Put "HUMC" under Pharmacy Name and erase the city (the patient's city of residence automatically comes up)
  - OPD is the outpatient pharmacy in the Main hospital
  - N22 is the outpatient pharmacy in building N-22
  - FMC is the outpatient pharmacy in the Family medicine clinic on Lomita Blvd
- For DHS patients it is highly preferred that we e-prescribe medications to a Harbor pharmacy
To send to another retail pharmacy, complete the appropriate search for name and city

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