17 March 2025

• Pharmanet Profiles: In each Settings/Location record a 'Pnet interval minutes' option has been added, default is 10 minutes. When a pharmanet profile is requested prior to doing a prescription, it is only done if the minutes specified have passed. This setting is terminal specific and allows profiles to be accessed when filling scheduled items prior to the actual refill process. Whoever did the last profile access is the signatory on any dispense following where e-signing is enabled.


• Regular Scheduled Refills: For regular facility and scheduled rxs being filled, a View function is now available. Given any Start Date now or in the future, when the patient begins taking the meds and the packaging interval dispensed, View shows what will be provided. Prep signing of the dispenses (an option in the facility record) is now allowed if batch signing is enabled.
  
  For facility refills, the start date is kept for the facility and the information can be referred to again without specifying the date or packaging interval. The data is analyzed for possible errors, compares the current dispenses with the last cycle of dispenses, and produces an inventory report on the dispensed items. When a new start date is entered that is greater than the current one, previous results are saved and may be viewed via the Archive function button.
  
  For scheduled prescriptions, the View only provides data for the date specified and assumes a packaging interval of 1 day. No history is kept. Prescriptions being processed may be scheduled in two new ways:
  
  1. Where a prescription is written for a dispense every some number of weeks, it may be scheduled with a startdate and the cycle length in days, the first day witnessed, the remaining days being carries. The program will automatically cause the prescription to be refilled again at the end of each cycle period.
  2. For safe supply (and perhaps other situations) a prescription with dispense rules may be scheduled and each day the rules will be applied to determine the amount and times for administration. This integrates with the delivery system.
  
  Scheduled items may now be batch signed if batch signing is enabled. Such items may be signed in the same manner as regular facility items but with a system provided facility code of SCHD.

19 February 2025

• 4-Up Compliance Card: A new compliance card format is added to the program to print 4 labels on one sheet. You can select the new Dosette Type from the patient profile.

03 February 2025

• Stop Date: A Stop Date must be entered for prescriptions created using a drug with category set to OAT.
• RU Reversal: RU reversals no longer absorb the refill on a prescription.

24 September 2024

• Lab Requisition: A lab requisition form can now be created from the patient profile. The form can later be retrieved under Patient > Documents.
• Sig Length: The maximum number of characters allowed for Sig is now increased to 240. For thermal labels it will print long sigs on an aux label and for laser labels it will split the sig into 2 parts, 1 on each vial label.

9 June 2024

• Preferred Language: You can now select a preferred language from the patient profile. This will cause automatic translation of the sig when creating new prescriptions. The translation also prints on the vial label.
• Simplify Sig: While creating a new prescription, you can use this tool (gear icon in the sig area) to simplify a long and complicated sig so that it can print on one single vial label.

3 June 2024

• Blank MAR: Option to print a default format monthly MAR sheet with no patient info on it.

• ERx Button/Filter: Clicking the "X records in ERx" button from the patient Rx profile will filter the ERx by the current patient.

• Append Scan Options: When scanning and choosing the "append" option to add to an existing scan it will add the new scan as a new database item. When you have more than one scan appended, you can arrange the display order of the scans by clicking "view written rx" and then the "scans edit" button.
  An "append" option has also been added to the WinRxBatchScan program. Both WinRx and WinRxBatchScan will need to be updated to use this option.

• Reports Permission: There is a separate user permission for reports now. When enabled the user can click the "Reports" button under Modules on the main WinRx screen.

• Caps Lock for Sig: There is caps lock option for the sig field which can be set in Settings > System. It can also be toggled on/off on the new Rx screen.

27 May 2024

• Ingredients on Inventory report: Compound ingredients now show up on the inventory report as Rx transactions.

24 May 2024

• Drug's Image on MAR: When available, images now print on the medication administration record. A new compliance card format is also added to the program that contains images of drugs.

09 May 2024

• Plan Specific Name and Birthdate: You can now set plan specific first name, last name, and birthdate for patients where the information is different for third party plans compared to BC Pharmanet.
• Location Settings: Additional location specific settings are now added to the program. In order to change these new settings, user must have admin privileges which can be set in the employee record from the Supervisor menu. New settings are available under Settings > Location > Edit Location > F3 Preferences.

20 Mar 2024

• E-sign short fills: When accountability e-signing is in effect, when a short label is printed a SHORT item is put on the task queue (displayed in yellow) for final check signing. When it is signed, that information is added to the signature log for the rx transaction to which it is relevant. If notifications are turned on, a notification the short amount is ready for pick-up is sent to the patient.

06 Mar 2024

• Plan specific intervention codes: You can now enter intervention codes specific to each third party plan. If there is no intervention code specified for the third party plan, the regular intervention code field is used as before. Intervention codes for BC Pharmanet are entered in the same place as before.

01 Mar 2024

• Rx Status Tracking : In the local profile and rx update screens there is now a 'Track Status' button. This allows setting store memos and sending texts/emails to the patient or doctor relating to a particular prescription - - currently designed for when special authorities need to be in place before a prescription can be dispensed. Multiple communications can be sent at the same time within the communication screen and all are recorded so the progress towards dispense can be easily supported.

29 Feb 2024

• Patient's Plans Order: You can now change the order of patient's plans by using the arrows around the first plan, second plan, and third plan labels.

25 Feb 2024

• Physician referral report: The referral report values alcohol, caffeine, tobacco, weight, and activity level are now included in the referral report based on observations present. To set an observation value, go to 'life tracking' from the patient screen, select an observation and hit 'space'. If the patient is using iEMR, they may send those observations to the pharmacy themselves.

24 Feb 2024

• e-Signing auto notifications/refill reminders: In the patient screen, put a check in the 'Notifications' box and set the preferred contact method. When e-signing, when all the patient's prescriptions have 'final check' signed, a notification will be sent to the patient that their prescriptions are ready for pick-up. If the preferred contact method is 'Text' and the patient is using iEMR, a notification will be sent instead of a text. Refill reminders to the patient will also be scheduled to be sent 7 days prior to each prescription's next refill date. When prescriptions have the same refill date, only one reminder will be sent for that date. No reminder will be sent for PRN items.

20 Feb 2024

• Med Review 6 mon callback: An call back option is automatically requested after dispensing a med review service. To activate this, set memo days in the med review drug records to 185. Hint: to speed med review prescription entry, set the therapeutic category to 'SERVICE' and give them a drug type where there is a zero fee supplied so the 'Complete Rx' button is enabled as soon as the script is displayed.

20 Feb 2024

• Med Review Enhancements: A med review will not be allowed < 185 days from one done either locally or at another store. When a med review is done, a service transaction is generated and put on the ERX list for sending to pharmanet. Before the med review is finalized, a detected issue may be related to it by hitting the 'Issue detected' button. In this case, when the service is put on the ERX list, it is with pin 99000502. When a previous med review is accessed, an issue follow-up may be done which will result in a service transaction for pin 99000503. Only 2 issue follow-up transaction per med review will be allowed to be generated. If you have a copy of a med review from another clinic, you may create a new local med review with an attached issue detected. In that case, only the service transaction 99000503 will be generated for transmission. One follow-up may also be done.

• Logging patient communications: In the patient screen, hit the 'Life Tracking' button. In the window that opens, click on the Communication grid and hit 'Space'. A new communication will open. Select the recipient, enter the send date and note and hit 'Done'. A memo will be generated that you may later process to follow-up on a patient communication.

• Protocols: In the local profile display screen there is now a 'Protocols' button. Hit this to create a list of drug/qty/day supply/sig items and select a protocol to automatically create new prescriptions with items defined in the protocol.

16 Feb 2024

• New comlpiance card format: A new format is added for 4 x 2 3/8“ size labels. You can set the size of compliance card from Settings > System > F2.

14 Feb 2024

• Refill reminders: You can now set reminders for patients or prescriptions so a text or email or iEMR notification is sent to the patient on a specific date or when a refill is due. You need to install the program WinRxBackgroundService on your server computer. You can set reminders from the patient profile > reminders or from the prescription > memo.

02 Feb 2024

• New laser label program: We have a new laser label format that should improve printing speed and font quality when printing to letter size sheet labels. The new formats are labeled as "Laser Label - Preprinted (Letter)" and "Laser Label - Blank (Letter)".

30 Jan 2024

• New Compliance Card program: We have a new compliance card format that should improve printing speed and font quality when printing dosette labels to thermal or laser printers.

25 Jan 2024

• New thermal label program: We have a new thermal label format that should improve printing speed and font quality on thermal label printers. The new formats are labeled as (63mm x 73mm) under Settings > System > F2. You can use the 'ARI Test Label' format to adjust your printer's margins first.
• Generic vs Brand: You can now identify drug records as a generic or brand name. You can run the formulary update from Supervisor > Utilities > Formulary to update all drugs at once. You can then filter your inventory report based on the new identifier.
• Non-divisble pack size: A new field is added to drug records to mark drug files as non-divisible packages. This would prevent users from part-filling non-divisible items.