There are several ways to access DrFirst from within BestNotes. The first section shows you how to access DrFirst to manage your client and is located on the client's page. The second sections shows you how to access your medication and prescription management and is located on your calendar. In order to access DrFirst, you have to have an account created and be given the appropriate permissions. If you are not yet set up, contact your System Administrator for setup. If you are the System Administrator, submit a ticket to BestNotes support requesting to add additional staff to your DrFirst account. It is recommended best practice to manage clients prescriptions, medications, and allergies from DrFirst.

Access client

  1. When on the client's page, select the button in the top left corner titled "ePrescribe."
  2. This will take you to manage the clients medications in DrFirst.

OR

  1. From the client's page, navigate to the "Med/Clinical."
  2. Select "Meds" on the left side menu.
  3. Select "Manage DrFirst."
  4. This will also take you to manage the clients medications.

OR

  1. From the client's page, navigate to the "Med/Clinical."
  2. Select "Allergies" on the left side menu.
  3. Select "Manage Allergies."
  4. This will take you to manage the clients allergies.

Manage prescriptions

  1. Navigate to the "Calendar" in the bottom left menu.
  2. Within the "For Review" tab, select "View Pending Medications" to view your "Prescription Report" in DrFirst.
  3. Select "View Med Messages" to view your "Pharmacy Messages" in DrFirst.

Save and close

In order to make sure that all DrFirst data will pull into BestNotes, make sure at the end of each session, you exit DrFirst by selecting the drop-down in the top right corner, and select "Save and Close." This will send the information entered into DrFirst to BestNotes.



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