** NEW ** EMIS Web - EPS Service Level Prescribing

Using Service Level Prescribing in EMIS

Service level prescribing enables prescribing clinicians to print prescriptions with the correct prescriber details, based on the payment structure and the issuing service.

For example, service level prescribing could be used in an area that has many GP organisations and a team of community district nurses that treat patients from any of those GP organisations. As long as the community district nurses are configured for service level prescribing, they'll be able to print prescriptions as independent prescribers. Any prescription costs will be allocated to each patient’s registered organisation.

Using EPS at service level

EPS at service level cannot currently be used for GP practices.

EPS can be used when prescribing at service level and the ODS/NACS code added to the service will be used to allocate costs.

Prior to activating EPS at service level:

• Your organisation must be using the Personal Demographics Service (PDS)
• Each user much have, and be actively using, a smartcard
• EPS must already be enabled at your organisation
• The service must have its own ODS/NACS code

To order EPS for service level prescribing or to request for EPS to be enabled at your organisation, please contact your Account Director.

Configure prescription printing

Before being configured for prescription printing, you must make sure your details have been configured to authorise prescriptions.

1. Access Services.

   1. Click , point to Configuration, and then select Organisation Configuration.
   2. On the Organisation screen, in the navigation pane click the Services tab.
2. In the navigation pane, select the organisation that the service belongs to.
3. In the top main pane, select the required service, and then on the ribbon click Edit.
   The Edit Service screen is displayed.
4. On the Edit Service screen, check the prescribing clinician is already added to the selected service as a user.
5. Click the FP10 Prescriber Area tab.
6. To activate the screen and enable the Cost Centre and Provider sections, select Override parent services/organisation.
   
   

   FP10 Prescriber Area showing the Override parent services/organisation option selected

7. Use the table below to help you complete the Cost Centre section.
   

   The selected Cost Centre is where prescription costs will be allocated to.

   Cost Centre	Select
   The patient's clinical commissioning group (CCG, or BSO for Northern Ireland)	Patient CCG (or BSO for Northern Ireland)
   The patient's registered organisation, e.g. a community district nurse prescribing for the patient's registered organisation.	Patient Registration Organisation
   Non-service parent organisation, e.g. a trust.	Non-service Parent
   To be specified.	Specified, and then complete the Name, Address, Code and Telephone fields for the specified cost centre. Important: You must ensure the ODS/NACS code is accurate to ensure prescription costs are allocated to the correct organisation.

8. Use the table below to help you complete the Provider section.
   

   The selected Provider will be the source for any prescriptions issued.

   Provider	Select
   The patient's CCG (or BSO for Northern Ireland)	Patient CCG (or BSO for Northern Ireland)
   The patient's registered organisation, e.g. a community district nurse prescribing for the patient's registered organisation	Patient Registration Organisation
   Non-service parent organisation, e.g. a trust	Non-service Parent
   To be specified	Specified, and then complete the Name and Code fields for the specified provider.

9. Click OK, to update the prescriber settings.

   You must restart EMIS Web for the changes to take effect.

Issue medication

When prescribing clinicians issue prescriptions, the Issue screen includes an additional option, Service Override.

1. Complete the issue medication details as required.
2. Beside the Service Override option, click  and select either None or a listed service, e.g. a community district nurse team.

   If the list of available services is not appropriate for this issue, you must select None; there is no default setting.

3. Click Approve and Complete.
   

   If configured prescribing services are available, and a service override is not selected, a message is displayed. You must select either a service or None. The prescription is printed with the nurse prescriber details.
   

Testing

Use Spine Dummy Patients and nominate the Pharmacy with Post Code - WF2 8BQ (NHS Digital use this)