Question

If a pharmacist calls your medical office and speaks with the physician, who verifies an electronic prescription on a patient’s new prescription, and what administrative task should the medical assistant then perform in the verification process? List details.​

Answer 1

• The supervising physician provide a policy and procedure to be followed by a medical assistant in transmitting a prescription refill to the pharmacy.
• The medical assistant has training and demonstrates competence in performing the task of transmitting prescription refills to the pharmacy.
• The supervising physician must authorize the medical assistant to transmit a prescription refill to the pharmacy by writing a patient-specific order or with a standing order in the patient’s medical record.
• The medical assistant document the medication refill in the patient’s medical record, including their name or initials, the date and time, a description of the task performed, and the name of the physician authorizing the refill

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