3 – ADD MODIFY OR DELETE SIG/INSTRUCTIONS

Patient instructions can be manually added or selected from a dropdown list.

SureScripts Best Practices recommend that patient instructions be written in plain English. This is not mandatory, but it is highly recommended. Here is some additional information.

https://surescripts.com/news-center/intelligence-in-action/prescription-accuracy/industry-collaboration-is-the-key-to-improving-patient-safety/

Users with the appropriate Security Settings can

• Navigate to the Main Screen
• Select Preferences > Setup Clinical Tables >

  D Rx Instructions (SIG.TBL)

  ADD

• Enter the updated information
• This will appear at the bottom of the list.
• Select the line and use the arrows or the A-Z buttons to modify the order, as needed.
• Save Changes

  MODIFY

• Select the item so that it appears in the New Entry screen.
• Modify, as desired
• Select ‘Add’
• Save Changes

  DELETE

• Select the item so that it appears in the New Entry screen.
• Select the ‘X’ button.
• Save changes

Do not include the following -

• These punctuations

  ; > < ! \ ^ $ ? = ^ ` { | } ~

• ‘As directed’ – use specific instructions
• Partial dosage in numbers. (ie. ½ should be ‘half’)
• Duplicate information (ie. as needed PRN),
• Extraneous information (ie. Sig 1 po),
• Information that should be elsewhere in the prescription (ie. dispense 1 tube, generic take one daily)

Please contact Support, if there are any questions.

In the future, this information will become part of Value Sets.