ePrescribing Fields
When writing an electronic prescription there are additional fields where you can include information that you may have previously noted on a paper prescription.
ePrescribing field | Description |
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Regulation 24 | For medical practitioners, midwives and nurse practitioners, if
hardship conditions apply, set Regulation
24 to authorise the original and repeat
supplies of PBS medications to be supplied to the patient at one
time. Regulation 24 is now
Regulation 49. If set:
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Provide direct to pharmacy | For S8 drugs in Tasmania, set if the electronic prescription is
sent directly to the pharmacist who should retain the script instead
of returning it to the patient. Select from the following reasons
for why you may want to have the prescription sent to the dispenser
directly as a prescriber:
Note: The patient is not sent an
ePrescription token or any repeat tokens. Options to send or
resend an ePrescription token by SMS or email are disabled. This
medication is excluded from the ASL. This field cannot be used together with Script Owing. |
Unusual Dosage | Set if the dosage prescribed is outside the recommended therapeutic levels. |
Note to Pharmacist (Electronic prescribing only) | Use to include prescription notes for the pharmacist, such as
details of unusual dosages, staged supply and so on. Additional text for Schedule 8 drugs and restricted prescribers may be included to meet ADHA guidelines, depending on the current logged-in centre’s state. Any notes you add are included only with electronic prescriptions. |
Authorisation Number | For controlled substances, enter the number provided by your
state or territory that gives you authority to prescribe controlled
substances. The name of this field depends on which state or
territory the encounter place from which the prescriber is
prescribing is based:
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Dispensing pharmacy | In NSW only, enter the name of the pharmacy from which a prescription is to be dispensed. For example, for opioid treatment programs, such as methadone or buprenorphine, doctors would prescribe these drugs to be dispensed at a particular registered pharmacy. |
Script Owing | For urgent cases where you have telephoned a pharmacist and asked
them to supply a medication without a prescription, set
Script Owing for the subsequent
prescription. The prescriber should also relay paper evidence of the
prescription to the necessary pharmacy. The prescriber must then
forward the written prescription and duplicate to the pharmacist
within seven days of the date of supply. Note: The patient is not sent an ePrescription token or any repeat
tokens. Options to send or resend an ePrescription token by SMS
or email are disabled. This medication is excluded from the ASL.
This field is not available when the Provide direct to pharmacy field is active. |
Exclude from Active Script List | Set if a patient wants you to exclude this prescription from their Active Script List. |