Writing Medication Prescriptions

1. Click the Surgery - Plan - Mgmt tab on the ExamWRITER chart window.
2. Click the Plan bar.

   The Plan window opens.

3. Select the Medication Rx check box and click Process.
4. Enter text in the text boxes in the Medication Order window and select options from the drop-down menus.

   If the patient’s medical history has been entered into the EMR, it appears in the Medication Hx grid at the bottom of the window.
   
   The expiration date automatically populates to one year from the date of the order for all refill medication orders. You can only record a medication’s expiration date in ExamWRITER 8.0 exams and higher. You cannot record a medication’s expiration date when you refill a medication order that was recorded in an exam created with ExamWRITER 7.4.1 or below.

5. To taper a medication frequency, follow the instructions below and then go to step 7; otherwise, go to step 6.
   1. Select the highest frequency from the Frequency drop-down menu and click Save Sig.
   2. Select the second highest frequency from the Frequency drop-down menu and click Save Sig.
   3. Select and save frequencies until you have entered all medication frequencies.
6. Click Save Sig.
7. Click Save Med. Order to add the medical prescription to the Current Therapeutic Rx table.
8. Click Print w/Sig/Exit to print the medical prescription with a provider’s signature and exit the Medication Order window.

   OR

   Click Print no Sig/Exit to print the medical prescription without a provider’s signature and exit the Medication Order window.

   For more information on printing a provider’s signature on medical prescriptions, go to To modify or add provider information.
   
   Some states require an original signature on medical prescriptions. Check with your state regulatory agency to find out if printing a signature on prescriptions is legal in your state.