Charity Medication Dispensing

Outpatient pharmacy provides a variety of services to help patients in need of assistance.  When the outpatient pharmacy is closed the in-patient pharmacy is to provide discharge medications for patients who qualify.  Qualification is determined by Case Management.

Step 1: Obtain necessary paperwork

• Case Management should bring down or fax:
• Facesheet
• Pharmacy Assistance Application
• Be sure name & phone # of case manager is obtained
• Prescription (If faxed, original prescription must be obtained)

Step 2: Print labels for out-patient dispensing

• Access “Canned Text (Canned Labels)”
• Mneumonic: CHARITY
• Enter” to the text field and edit the following information
• Patient name, DOB
• Rx # (Current + 1)
• Drug Name, Strength, Sig, Quantity
• Quantity dispensed should be reflective of the # days supply they will need until Outpatient opens (usually 2-3 day supply)
• MD name
• F12 to File and save edits
• Access “Custom Reports” from Pharmacist Menu
• Access “Print Canned Label”
• Mneumonic: CHARITY
• Print 2 labels
• Repeat above process for each medication

Step 3:

• Affix first label to medication bottle/bag  and 2^nd to the back of the original prescription.   Then staple prescription, FaceSheet, and Pharmacy Assistance Application and place in “Outpatient” box attached to CII vault.
• Record information  in  “Charity Notebook After-Hours Log”

Step 4:

• Print “Patient Information” sheets for each medication using Clinical Pharmacology
• Dispense Patient Information handout(s) and medications(s) to Nurse or House Supervisor per policy

Note: The dispensing of scheduled II-V is highly discouraged, but may be considered on a case by case basis.  See full policy and procedure in charity notebook for details