AHE 176 - Prescription Processing

5.0 Credits
Covers receiving and processing of medication orders, assisting in obtaining additional information from patient or healthcare providers, updating records and processing a prescription. Learn to utilize current computer software where applicable. Prerequisite
AHE 170, AHE 172, AHE 173, AHE 177, and completion of or concurrent enrollment in AHE 175 all with a minimum grade of 2.5 or equivalent. Corequisite

Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Receive prescription or medication orders and identify the components of a complete prescription or medication order.
Prioritize prescriptions and medication orders on the basis of pertinent criteria.
Identify the necessary steps in processing a prescription or medication order.
List information normally contained in a patient profile.
Assess prescription or medication order for completeness, accuracy, authenticity, legality, and reimbursement eligibility.
Update the medical record/patient profile with such information as medication history, allergies, medication duplication, and/or drug-disease, drug-drug, drug-laboratory, and drug-food interactions.
Identify proper language to be used on medication labels and list the information needed to make a medication label complete.
Describe the purpose of patient profiles and how to enter, update and maintain them.
Demonstrate understanding of the compliancy checks the pharmacy computer performs.
Describe the time limits for refilling prescriptions.
Describe filing rules for filing prescriptions.
Demonstrate knowledge of medial abbreviations and terminology.
Demonstrate knowledge of techniques for detecting medication errors.