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E-Prescribing

Prescribing from inside the platform means one less system to log into and one less place a client's history lives. Ready Practice includes e-prescribing — writing a prescription and sending it electronically to the client's pharmacy — as an add-on for practices with prescribing providers. Prescriptions written this way come back into the client's record automatically, so their medication list stays current without anyone retyping it.

E-prescribing is regulated, so setup has real prerequisites. They're worth doing carefully once.

Before you can prescribe​

Each prescribing provider needs to be registered individually. Registration requires:

  • Their NPI (National Provider Identifier — the ten-digit number that identifies a clinician to pharmacies and payers).
  • Their DEA registration, if they prescribe controlled substances.
  • Identity verification, completed by the provider themselves.

Once a provider is registered, they can prescribe. Registration is per person, not per clinic — adding a new prescriber later means running through it again for them.

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A provider can't send prescriptions until their registration is complete and verified. Start this well before you need it; verification isn't instant, and a partially-registered provider will simply find the prescribing option unavailable.

Write and send a prescription​

From the client's record, open the prescribing tool. It opens with that client already loaded, so you're not re-entering demographics.

  1. Search for and select the medication, then set the strength, quantity, directions, and refills.
  2. Search for the client's pharmacy by name or location — the directory covers retail and mail-order pharmacies nationwide.
  3. Review and send. The prescription transmits electronically to that pharmacy.

The prescription then appears on the client's medication list in Ready Practice, so their record reflects what was actually sent.

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Record a client's allergies before prescribing. They're part of the safety checks that run when a medication is selected, and they carry across every prescription for that client rather than being re-entered each time.

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Confirm the pharmacy with the client at the visit. A prescription sent to a pharmacy they no longer use is the most common reason a client calls to say their medication "never arrived."

Next steps​

  • To document the visit the prescription came from: see Clinical Notes & Charting.
  • To turn e-prescribing on for your practice: contact the Ready Practice team — it's an add-on with per-prescriber setup.