If pt name on c2 Rx is not exact match with pt ID for example md wrote "Tom " but pt name on Id is "Thomas Jack " , can we fill Rx or md need to correct it or write a new one?
Pt name on c2 rx
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Even the dumb questions I asked in hindsight when I first started were not like this
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Tom is a common shorthanded nickname for Thomas.
If you believe its the right person, why not?
Just to make a example with random names.
Now if you got Jane Smith, and the person provided an ID with Maria Gonzales. I'd questioned it. (On really rare occasions, the doctor's office switched up the patients name)
But that much is pretty obvious.
If you believe its the right person, why not?
Just to make a example with random names.
Now if you got Jane Smith, and the person provided an ID with Maria Gonzales. I'd questioned it. (On really rare occasions, the doctor's office switched up the patients name)
But that much is pretty obvious.
It actually can be a problem for the state PMP. In NY at least, there is no way to link separate names. We had somebody filling at our store under "Angie" and another store as "Angela" and the PMP had them as completely separate profiles. I can only imagine somebody trying to game the thing as Bill, Billy, Will, William, etc.
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The MA PMP lets you use wild cards, so if your state is the same, always do the minimum letters. In MA that's 5 and 2, so to search "Angela Johnson" you should search "An* Johns*".
The question is on the validity of the script not if "Tom" is gaming the system. Your example is no different than someone from PA going to NJ to fill scripts where the NJ PMP does not show PA fills.
Reminds me of the new grad pharmacist who wanted to send a mom with a baby to a store an hour and a half away to get an 80 mL bottle of amoxicillin because that's the only store that had it. When told they could just give them the 100 mL bottle in stock the response was "We can do that? But the prescription is for 80 mLs."
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Told my patient Sparky the dog he couldn't get his phenobarb without a valid id. Sparky died.
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As long as his ID said "Sparky" I'd fill it. If the RX said "Sparkles" I'd need to contact the doctor for a new prescription.
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