- General Terminology in CalMHSA Rx –
- ‘Client’ in SmartCare is same as ‘Patient’ in CalMHSA Rx
- ‘County’ is same as ‘Practice’
- ‘Location’ is same as ‘Program’, and provider must choose location, as appropriate to Provider Locations or Programs
- CalMHSA Rx Initial Checks –
- Top right corner, you can see your name (confirm that you are logged into correct account).
- Below your name, you can see Practice (=County) name and name of locations (=programs) associated with the selected Practice (Confirm that you are logged into the correct practice and location/program).
- Make sure to complete Information such as Client Demographics, Height, Weight, and Problems/Diagnoses Codes in SmartCare.
- Client details including Pregnancy, Breastfeeding can be completed in CalMHSA Rx.
- You must prescribe outpatient/discharge medications for clients in CalMHSA Rx.
- Note: Medications and allergies for clients in inpatient/CSU/residential units should be entered in SmartCare (Client Orders) in order to use the Medication Administration Record and avoid drug interactions.
- Left Top Hamburger Menu– provides useful menu options to navigate to Patient Info (Prescribe, Medications, Allergies, Diagnoses), Prescription Summary, Pharmacy messages, Reports, Settings, Utilities, Support Center.
- Patient Advisor – provides 4 options in the tab menu on main screen i.e. Patient Scorecard, Patient Support, Clinical Decision Support & Prior Authorizations.
- Prescription Summary- seen on top of the screen that when clicked, provides prescription summary for the client.
- Patient Scorecard– provides Patient adherence to prescribed medications using their expected and actual refill dates. Nonadherence is flagged red. The data covers up to 3 years of adherence.
- Patient Support– Pull up information regarding diagnosis, medications, lab and search
- Diagnosis – provides details with name and code value (ICD10). You can search for particular diagnosis codes and print out diagnosis information along with the third party source (e.g. NIH/Government-associated websites).
- Medications – You can view list of medications with their codes, able to provide list of medications and their details/FAQs for patient education as a printable copy.
- Labs – You can view description, type and values of codes.
- Search – helps in code search with value
- Clinical Decision Support – Messages regarding medications being prescribed, including safety information as sticky notes (that stay for 15 seconds and can be reviewed by providers).
- Prior Authorizations – Queuing up medications with Prior Authorizations, needed, submitted to insurance plan, decision received and cancellations.