Anyone have PDX tips/tricks?

[wellwell]

Anyone have any useful PDX tips or tricks? Yes, this system is archaic, but someone has to be still using it out there, and I know plenty of you have used it before. Fire away!

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[Caverject]

Anyone have any useful PDX tips or tricks? Yes, this system is archaic, but someone has to be still using it out there, and I know plenty of you have used it before. Fire away!

all your functions are an F key. ex F1, F2 etc...special operations are usually a semicolon and a letter, ex print is ;p

 

[torchbearer]

E-prescriptions: It'll pop up a message at the bottom letting you know that you have an e-prescription. If you don't have time to enter it immediately, enter N (for no). The message will periodically pop back up until you enter the e-prescriptions. If you want to pull them up on demand, from the main screen, enter ;Q, then depending on how your computer system is set up, you may also need to change the field on the right side to say ALL TERMINALS.

If you're doing a refill, but you're using a new generic from what the patient got last time, enter the new drug in the Subs field, *not* the brand field. If you change the brand field in any way, it won't work; you'd have to ;C and start over. After entering the new drugs in the Subs field, use your cursor to highlight the Qty field, then press enter to make it say "Use Subs - Print Subs" or whatever is appropriate.

If you change ANYTHING after you've checked the prescription, you have to check it again. This is true even if you just move the cursor around. The only thing you can change after checking is the price--This is useful if you want to price-match what a competitor pharmacy is charging.

I assume these tips would be the same where you work. If you have any other particular questions, let me know.

 

[PharmGamerKid]

omg i hate the "checking" function.

also, you can have multiple pdx screens open so you can work on multiple prescriptions at the same time without having to clear the screen.

 

[Smilescali]

omg i hate the "checking" function.

also, you can have multiple pdx screens open so you can work on multiple prescriptions at the same time without having to clear the screen.

This is KEY!!!
Honestly, I couldn't stand PDX, and if you are in a pharmacy that is busy...yikes! Good luck! I hated to have to credit return everything...My solution was to find a company that had a better and SAFER computer system. I love Connexus🙂 It makes a world of difference!👍

 

[Ackj]

We have PDX at Kmart (not that busy of a pharmacy, only open 9-9, do a little under 200 scripts). Having 2 windows open is nice to switch between. ;p is print ;z and then f3 brings up your script totals by day ;c clears the screen f4 is to search after you type in the first few letters. To change to another insurance (or split bill) is f6 and then aa (alternate third party). To credit return is f6 and cc. I'm sure there are loads more, but this is my 3rd week and I've done a lot of filling and stocking, unless i'm working with a certain rph.

Its not a flashy high tech system, but it gets the job done fairly quickly.

 

[Ackj]

If you're doing a refill, but you're using a new generic from what the patient got last time, enter the new drug in the Subs field, *not* the brand field. If you change the brand field in any way, it won't work; you'd have to ;C and start over. After entering the new drugs in the Subs field, use your cursor to highlight the Qty field, then press enter to make it say "Use Subs - Print Subs" or whatever is appropriate.

Also if a doctor writes a brand without daw, we put in the brand, and the generic you're using as the sub, then do "Use Subs - Print Both" so it comes up like "Hydrocodone/apap, Generic for Vicodin" just in case the doctor mentioned the brand name to the pt. You can avoid a lot of the "this isn't what my doctor said he was giving me" bs by doing that.

 

[jinga]

Anyone have any useful PDX tips or tricks? Yes, this system is archaic, but someone has to be still using it out there, and I know plenty of you have used it before. Fire away!

Wow - I was so tired I seriously thought that said P90X. I was gonna say lol...

 

[dtran01]

This is a good one that's obvious to long-time users but not intuitive to newbies:

If you're typing a drug that does not scroll for a brand, such as Amoxicillin 500 Capsule, go to the brand field and select an amoxicillin 500mg that is NOT the one you have in stock, then hit the \ key and it will scroll for AB rated GENERICS. then pick the generic that you DO have in stock.

The reason why you would want to do this is because if for some reason you didn't have enough of the drug or the bottle you had was for someone else (and therefore you're actually out of the drug), you can simply edit the substitution field instead of the brand field. This lets you change the NDC without having to ditch everything or Rx Reassign the whole thing.

 

[Mdb795]

Does anybody have additional info on how to do certain functions with PDX? Such as determining when a prescription is ready for pick-up and what "holding"/"on hold" means in terms of a prescription? I just started working as a tech and it's all brand new to me

 

[Mdb795]

E-prescriptions: It'll pop up a message at the bottom letting you know that you have an e-prescription. If you don't have time to enter it immediately, enter N (for no). The message will periodically pop back up until you enter the e-prescriptions. If you want to pull them up on demand, from the main screen, enter ;Q, then depending on how your computer system is set up, you may also need to change the field on the right side to say ALL TERMINALS.

If you're doing a refill, but you're using a new generic from what the patient got last time, enter the new drug in the Subs field, *not* the brand field. If you change the brand field in any way, it won't work; you'd have to ;C and start over. After entering the new drugs in the Subs field, use your cursor to highlight the Qty field, then press enter to make it say "Use Subs - Print Subs" or whatever is appropriate.

If you change ANYTHING after you've checked the prescription, you have to check it again. This is true even if you just move the cursor around. The only thing you can change after checking is the price--This is useful if you want to price-match what a competitor pharmacy is charging.

I assume these tips would be the same where you work. If you have any other particular questions, let me know.

Does anybody have additional info on how to do certain functions with PDX? Such as determining when a prescription is ready for pick-up and what "holding"/"on hold" means in terms of a prescription? I just started working as a tech and it's all brand new to me

 

[CetiAlphaFive]

omg i hate the "checking" function.

also, you can have multiple pdx screens open so you can work on multiple prescriptions at the same time without having to clear the screen.

First thing I'd do when I opened in the morning was open 11 PDX windows.