Adding an Eyeglasses Prescription

Eyeglass prescriptions added using this procedure are listed in the in the patient's prescription history with a Manual source type.

1. On the left side of the Demographics screen, click Rx.
2. Click + Eyeglass Rx.
3. Select an eyeglass usage type from the Eyeglass Rx Type field.

   If you are changing a prescription that has already been recorded, select Recheck.

   The Source field indicates that this is a Manual prescription, meaning it is being created in Eyefinity Practice Management and was not imported.

4. If the prescribing provider is an office doctor, select Provider and proceed to step 6. This field defaults to the provider selected for the patient in Demographics.

   If the provider is an outside doctor:

   1. Select Outside Provider.
   2. Click Search/Add Provider.
   3. In the Outside Provider window, enter the provider’s Last Name and/or First Name.
   4. Click Search.
   5. Click the provider’s name in the list to select it and return to the Rx window.

      If the provider you are searching for is not listed, click +Outside Provider to add the provider. For instructions, go to Adding Outside Providers.

      Only providers and staff members with the Rx Outside Provider Setup security permission selected in Administration can add outside providers. If you do not have this security permission, an Override window displays, allowing another user with permission to enter their username and password and give you temporary access. For information on setting security permissions, see Setting Up Provider Security Settings and Setting Up Staff Security Settings
5. Enter or select the Exam Date.

   The Expiration Date defaults to the setting selected in Administration, but you can change it. For information on changing this setting, go to Setting Up Default Rx Expiration Periods

6. Enter or select the measurements for the Right Lens.
   Values for Sphere, Cylinder, Add, H. Prism, and V. Prism must be in an increment of .12 or .25 (.00, .12, .125, .25, .37, .375, .5, .62, .625, .75, .87, .875).
7. To copy information from the right lens to the left lens, click Copy to Left Lens. Otherwise, enter or select the measurements for the Left Lens.
8. Click Convert to change the plus cylinder ophthalmologic eyeglass prescription to a minus cylinder optometric eyeglass prescription, and vice versa.

9. Enter the Binocular PD measurements, if necessary.

10. Record the Fitting Instructions.
11. Record any Rx Notes.

    Notes recorded here are shown in the Correspondence: Notes window with the Exams note type. For more information, go to Searching Existing Notes.

    You can include notes recorded here on the Patient Audit Report. For more information, go to Generating the Patient Audit Report.

12. Click Save.