Record and Report Patient Allergies and Conditions
Fred Dispense has the ability to document a patient’s allergies and or conditions. It is possible to report on patients with a particular Allergy or Condition, or where a patient may have multiple allergies or conditions.
Record Patient Allergies or Conditions
- Select [F8] to access the Patient Update screen.
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Select Allergies. The Patient: Allergies & Conditions popup displays.
- Use the [Down Arrow] or [Up Arrow] or the mouse to scroll and highlight the class of drug to which the patient has and allergy.
- Press the [Insert] key on the keyboard or click the Add button to record that Allergy.
- Repeat this process to add multiple allergies.
The list of allergies is limited to the Interaction Groups available in Fred Dispense.
The allergy information displays during the dispensing process.
Reporting Patient Allergies or Conditions
Patients with particular allergies or conditions can be reported on by generating a Patient Mailing List Report.
In order to filter the report to particular allergies the allergies code number is required. This code number is a unique number allocated by Fred Dispense to allergies and conditions; the codes are consistent to all pharmacies using Fred Dispense. The code number for a particular allergy or condition can be looked up via Lists > Interaction Groups.
Click Find to look for a particular allergy or condition within the Interaction Groups list. Use the <Down Arrow> or mouse to scroll through the list. Alternatively start typing the word to move directly to the item.
Take note of the numbers associated with the allergy or condition you want to report on. In this example we will be reporting on Asthmatic and Smoking so the codes 500 and 113 will be needed.
Generate a report
- Select Activities > Mailing Labels.
- Enter R for Report of Patients in the Process Command field.
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In the Patient Mailing List Processing screen enter the Optional Criteria to filter the report so that only patients with a particular allergy are shown.
- Tab through all the other fields.
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At the following prompt, click Yes.
Optional Criteria
One Allergy or Condition
To list patients with a particular allergy or condition enter the optional criteria as shown below, replace the code (113) with the code previously identified via the Interaction Groups.
The example below will filter the report to patients with Smoking recorded in their allergies.
PALLERGY="113" OR AT(" 113 ",PALLERGY)>0
Multiple Allergies or Conditions
To list patients with a combination of allergies or conditions enter the optional criteria as shown below, replace codes as appropriate.
The example below will filter the report to patients with Smoking and Asthmatic recorded in patient allergies.
(PALLERGY="113" OR AT(" 113 ",PALLERGY)>0) AND (PALLERGY="500" OR AT(" 500 ",PALLERGY)>0)