Ordering Prescriptions

Since the pharmacy was not as busy as it usually is on Wednesdays, the pharmacist asked me to re-order prescriptions for patients through the Prescription Assistant Program. As I mentioned before, the Prescription Assistant Program is a program that provides medications to those patients who cannot afford to buy their own. Through this program, the San Jose Clinic receives most of its medications for free. The pharmacist showed me how to log on to the computer system and how to place the orders. The pharmacist then gave me a list of patients who had prescriptions that needed to be re-ordered, so I searched for them in the system under their physician’s name. I also made sure that I was ordering the correct medication of the correct strength before I placed the order. I got to experience what it is like working behind the scenes in a pharmacy and getting a feel of what all goes into getting a prescription dispensed to a patient. Again, everyone’s roles are important in keeping the work flow of the pharmacy in order.