Case - Scripts

Scripts are used with the scheduling appointment book. When a script is entered, the appointment book will track the remaining visits and the script end date autoatmically.

This tab will list the scripts entered for the current case.

• To add a script, click the "New Script" button.
• To edit a script, double-click on the script in the grid or highlight the script and click the "Edit Script" button
• To delete a script, highlight the script in the grid and click the "Delete Script" button.

 

When adding or editing a script, the screen below will appear.

Script Date	Date the script was written
Script End Date	Date the script will expire
Prescribed Visits	Total number of visited prescribed on the script
Remaining Visits	Calculated based on the number of times the case has been scheduled. See below.
Prescribed frequency	Number of times the patient is to be seen per week
Weeks	Number of weeks patient is to be seen
Authorization Expire Date	Date authorization for this script expires
Authorization Note	Any note needed for the authorization such as authorization number

 

If a script is entered for a case, the visits remaining are calculated automatically and other scheduling features will start to become active.

• When  case is scheduled, the visits remaining is decreased by 1. If the patient cancels or does not show and the appointment status is changed to reflect this, the remaining visits will increase by 1.
• Once the script gets to 3 or fewer visits remaining, a message box will appear on the appointment book each time the case is scheduled to warn the user that the case has "x visits remaining". It will not stop the user from scheduling the case, however.
• If a script end date is entered, the system will also warn a user if they are scheduling a case outside of the script end date. It will not stop the user from scheduling the case, however.
• Script information will appear in the Appointment Info box on the main appointment book screen and also on the EMR Chart for the patient.
• If there is more than 1 script entered for a case, the system will use the latest script on file for calculations and will ignore the previous script.