Sending prescription to patients

Owned by Abhinab Bharali
Last updated: Mar 08, 2023 by Kavitha S
2 min read

 

Purpose

In cases where the patients would require a copy of their prescription, the provider should be able to send the prescription to the patient.

Currently Bahmni supports sending prescription via email and ability to download the prescription on the provider’s system which can be handed over to the patient after printing.

Bahmni would also support sending prescriptions via SMS and WhatsApp, where the text message would contain a link to download the prescription .pdf file.

Where to access :

On the treatments display control, one would be able to see the share icon against each visit. Clicking on the share icon provides options to share the prescription. Currently, email and download option would be enabled

Screenshots :

Share button on treatment display control in patient’s dashboard
Email and download options enabled

Technical overview

Configuration

Where to Configure ?

Add to clinical/dashboard.json under “treatment” section for the print headers to be used in the pdf generation.

Where to Configure ?

Add to clinical/dashboard.json under “treatment” section for the print headers to be used in the pdf generation.

Sample Config

"prescriptionPrint": { "title": "Bahmni", "header": "Prescriptions", "logo": "../images/bahmniLogo.png" }
"prescriptionPrint": { "title": "Bahmni", "header": "Prescriptions", "logo": "../images/bahmniLogo.png" }

Configuration to enable sending email option for prescription

One needs to have the privilege Send Email for sending any mail. For this we have to assign the privilege to user’s role.

  • Go to OpenMRS → Manage Roles → Select Role which needs to have the privilege for sending mails → assign the privilege Send Email → save the role. The email won’t be sent if the user who are triggering the email doesn’t have this privilege.

One can enable sending email option for prescription from the patient dashboard. For this we have to update the global property value. 

  • Go to OpenMRS → Admin → Advance Settings and set bahmni.enableEmailPrescriptionOption global property value to true. By default, the value will be false and the email icon won’t be visible in the sharing options.

If the patient doesn’t have email address added to the registration details, then the email icon will be disabled and one can’t send prescription email.

 

 

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