For any patient, simply click the Prescription icon and select Dispense to search for a product to prescribe:
After searching for and selecting the desired medication, Instinct will open the dose calculator to help you prescribe. It also offers Plumb’s, provides pricing, and includes your normal medication safety warnings.
By default, the doctor and expiration (1 year from prescription) will be set, but both can be adjusted. There is also a PRN option for unlimited refills.
Snippets can be added (managed by Admins) to include common prescription instructions:
Medications that are marked as controlled substances in your system will have an additional field called Supply that will populate. This field is where you can enter the estimate days this medication will last in order to comply with various state regulations for controlled substances. This information will only be displayed on the Controlled Substance report in a column named Days’ Supply.
After entering all prescription instructions, click the orange ‘Prescribe’ button and Instinct will instruct your label printer to print a label (more on this below). If there is a price associated with the item, it will also appear on the Instinct Invoice.
If there is a Plumb’s Drug Handout linked to the medication, a notification will display in the bottom left-hand corner of Instinct alerting the prescriber. Clicking on the Open Drug Handouts button in the alert, the prescriber is able to print a PDF of the Drug Handout.
💡 ProTip: Order ‘Prepare TGH Meds’ on the treatment sheet with detailed instructions in order notes:
OM/IH Medications
If a medication has been brought by an owner to your hospital you use our OM medications. “OM” stands for owner’s medication. If the medication can not be found you can use miscellaneous/other medications. Alternatively, you can also use OM medications on a treatment sheet if medication has been prescribed and is going to be given while the patient is at your hospital.
Medications can also be dispensed for use in-hospital or “IH.” This can be for those anxious patients who may benefit from a one time dose of trazodone while hospitalized.
