The patient accepts your preferred pack which is priced at the reference price

• Select your preferred generic pack of ATORVASTATIN selecting the strength as required, as normal.

• the ‘Preferred Product Substitution’ screen will appear.

• To claim a reference priced item, the PCRS now requires you to record prescribed information. That is, you must select how the prescription is actually written by the doctor.

• Select one of the following options in the HSE Info dropdown

  • INN Prescribed: The Doctor wrote the generic name on the prescription

  • Proprietary Prescribed: Doctor wrote the brand name on the prescription + Branded Generic Prescribed: Doctor wrote the brand name of a generic on the prescription

  • Do Not Sub-Written by Pres: The Doctor wrote “Do not Substitute” in their own hand on the prescription

• You can tick Remember my answer so the next time you repeat this item, it will remember what you had chosen previously

• Then click ‘Dispense Alternative’ or Click Alt & U to continue the dispense

• Complete the dispense as you normally would.

The patient elects to only accept the original brand, LIPITOR

• On the Dispense Drugs panel, type LIPITOR and select the strength/pack as required, as normal

• the Preferred Product Substitution Screen select ‘Patient has agreed to pay the supplement’

• On the bottom right-hand corner of the Preferred Product Substitution Screen, the Patient Supplement Due – if any - is displayed.

• Click the Dispense Current button

• The Product Substitution Screen will close

• The background colour of the Drug Dispense Panel will change to to indicate that the product was not substituted at the patients’ request and an OB(P) button will appear beside the TOTAL COST field

OB(P) = Original Brand (Patient Request)

Hint: Click the OB(P) button to open the Product Substitution Screen.

• The cost price displayed on the Pricing tab [F9] is the original Cost Price/Trade Price as per the IPU Product file. A new Supplement Amount displays the patient's supplement due

• Complete the dispense as you normally would.

The Doctor has prescribed LIPITOR and has written Do Not Substitute in their own handwriting on the prescription

• On the Dispense Drugs panel, type LIPITOR and select the strength/pack required as normal

• On the Preferred Product Substitution Screen under HSE Info select Do Not Sub-Written by Pre)

• To claim for a reference priced item, the PCRS now requires you to record prescribed information. I.e. how was the prescription written by the doctor?

• From the “HSE Info” list, Select; 'Do Not Substitute'

• Press the Dispense Current button

• The Product Substitution Screen will close

• The background colour of the Drug Dispense Panel will change to white to indicate that the product was not substituted at the doctors’ request and an OB(D) button will appear beside the TOTAL COST field

OB(D) = Original Brand (Doctor Request)

Hint: Click the OB(D) button to open the Product Substitution Screen.

• The cost price displayed on the Pricing tab is the original cost price / Trade Price for the item, as per the IPU Product file

• Complete the dispense as you normally would.