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Since going live a few weeks ago, I only just realized that the printing of prescriptions is 1 rx per page.
If you are prescribing 5 meds, they each come out on their own sheet of paper. In our old EMR, all the meds were consolidated onto a single page (on smaller paper, no less). We're using security paper, and it's a waste to print one RX per 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
Does anyone know of a report file or tweak that can be made to consolidate all the the prescriptions onto a single page?
Posted : May 9, 2012 4:47 am
It is a "waste" but so much cheaper. We were paying $200 for a box of 4 up security paper. Much cheaper to print 1x on plain paper.
Posted : May 9, 2012 6:28 am
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How do you 'get away' with printing your Rx's on plain paper? My clinicians baulk at the idea, with reasons ranging from "pharmacies won't accept them if they aren't on security paper" to "I don't want my license compromised."
Our old system was printing on 9.5 x 4.5 (i think) RX paper for scripts, and the paper was expensive. Like 12cents a sheet. We've been able to find 8.5x11 security paper for much cheaper than that, like 4cents or something, but that extra savings goes out the window when you consider that the 12c sheet of paper could 5 scripts on it if necessary.
If we could get away with plain paper it'd solve alot of my problems, but my staff think it's heresy. I'm just an IT guy, so I don't argue.
Posted : May 9, 2012 6:33 am
Honestly, a lot of it depends on what is required in your state. Some are fine with plain paper as long as you have the security printing in the print out. Like micro printing that GE setup. Some states require to be on security paper. I would find out what is required from your state pharmacy board first before making a decision to not use security paper.
Posted : May 9, 2012 6:39 am
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I apologize, but I'm unfamiliar with what you mean by Micro printing. What security features print onto the plain paper, and how do I identify them, and enable them?
Are those features by state too?
Posted : May 9, 2012 6:41 am
The Rx forms out of the box GE provides have security features built in for plain paper printing (if you state allows it). In Oklahoma, our Rx Crystal Report has this printed on it:
Security:
The microprint is a tiny font that prints the above phrase over and over so it looks like a line. You can read it with a magnifying glass and also it blurs when you photocopy it.
Posted : May 9, 2012 6:42 am
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ErnieT, I notice you are in plano. I'm in Longview, a few hours east of you.
Do you know what the specific laws are for Texas?
Posted : May 9, 2012 6:44 am
That is one of the things I am actually trying to verify now. Once I know something, I will be happy to pass it along.
I do know, that anything that has to be on triplicates, still has to be done that way. So you Oxycontin and others like it still have to be hand written.
Posted : May 9, 2012 6:46 am
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Yeah, I've confirmed that as well.
Our psych doc has been begging for us to find a way to 'print' those scripts in triplicate. And he's mad that CPS can't do it. I can't make him understand that it doesn't work that way, especially when he's prescribing meds from a scrip booklet issued by the DEA, with numbered pages.
sigh.
Posted : May 9, 2012 7:05 am
Lol I feel ya. Sad thing is here, probably 80% of our prescriptions are triplicates. We do a lot of pain management and back/spine issues.
Posted : May 9, 2012 7:07 am
Hi Jeff,
GE has different reports for RX and I know they have 2 and 4 per page. Ask your project manager for a new report.
Posted : July 22, 2012 3:08 am
jeff.waite said:
Yeah, I've confirmed that as well.
Our psych doc has been begging for us to find a way to 'print' those scripts in triplicate. And he's mad that CPS can't do it. I can't make him understand that it doesn't work that way, especially when he's prescribing meds from a scrip booklet issued by the DEA, with numbered pages.
sigh.
Jeff, while testing some printing issues today and found that I can specify multiple copies of a prescription by using the 'Print Options...' feature on the Rx Refill form. See pic. Maybe this could help your doc.
Posted : August 15, 2012 3:15 am
