Create prescription

ModulePrescriptions

Suggested profileDoctor

PermissionPRESCRIPTIONS: WRITE

StatusValidated

Objective

Generate a new medical prescription for a patient, with their medications, indications and responsible doctor data.

Before starting

• Have PRESCRIPTIONS: WRITE.
• The patient must be registered and active.
• Have available medications and active components in the catalog.
• If using templates, have them previously configured.

Step by step

1. Enter the Prescriptions module from the side menu.
2. Click New prescription (top toolbar).
3. The capture dialog opens with several sections:
   • Patient (search by name or medical record).
   • Prescription type (select the appropriate one: fertilcenter, papcenter, etc.).
   • Date (pre-filled with the current date).
   • Responsible doctor (pre-filled with the current user if applicable).
   • Medications: add one by one with their presentation, dose, route, frequency and duration. You can search from the catalog and drag to the prescription.
   • Additional indications (free text).
   • Template: optionally, apply a preloaded template that fills in medications and indications.
4. Review the captured information.
5. Click Save.

Expected result

• The dialog closes.
• The prescription appears in the TreeTable under the patient.
• The system shows a success message.
• The prescription is ready to be printed or sent.

Pending: add screenshot of recetas-crear-01-dialogo.png and recetas-crear-02-medicamentos.png.

Common errors

Situation	What to do
The patient does not appear	Verify that they are registered; use the Patients module search.
The medication does not appear	Configure it from the Medications module; verify that it has a variant.
The template does not apply	Verify that the template is active; try applying it after choosing the patient.
The dialog does not save	Check the connection and that all mandatory fields are complete.

Suggested permissions

• PRESCRIPTIONS: WRITE.

Relation with other modules

• Patients: the prescription is associated with the patient.
• Medications: the medications and variants are loaded from the catalog.
• Templates: can be applied to speed up the capture.