Well from the point of view of having the prescription dispensed then changes in the dosage etc can be emailed to the pharmacist who can alter subsequent dosages when you are talking about older people and Webster packs etc. Repeats are generated by the pharmacist and often do not have the original TTBOMK.
Theoretically the pharmacist must see the mark of the pen before he dispenses but a lot of docs seem to think that they are ripping off the system and are reluctant to write repeats etc. It seems to me it is must like our paper systems - if you only have 15% of files missing in OPD you are doing pretty well. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Oliver Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 1:56 PM To: General Practice Computing Group Talk; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [GPCG_TALK] Are facsimiles of PBS prescriptions valid? > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David de Bhál > Sent: Monday, 6 February 2006 1:52 PM > > For PBS purposes and medicolegally they must see the signature before > dispensing the drug for the first time. Two questions: 1. Does seeing my signature on a faxed copy of the prescription qualify as 'seeing the signature'?; 2. What is special about the first time? Doesn't the pharmacist need to see my signature on every PBS prescription that I write, whether it is the first dispensing of that drug for that patient or not? Oliver Frank, general practitioner 255 North East Road, Hampstead Gardens South Australia 5086 Ph. 08 8261 1355 Fax 08 8266 5149 _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
