A prescription is comprised of all of its 'fills' ( i.e. both initial fills and any subsequent refills ). Within PPT, a prescription is uniquely identified by a combination of its Rx #, patient name, pharmacy name.

The user adds a prescription ( an initial fill or refill ) by supplying values for the following data elements. All the elements, except 'cost' and 'receipt image'³, are required and combined to create a prescription:

Patient: A person using a prescription-specified drug.

Pharmacy: Where a prescription is filled( i.e. dispensing facility )

Drug Name: Drug a prescription specifies.

Prescriber: A licensed medical professional that authored a patient's prescription.

Note: Patient, Pharmacy, Drug and Prescribers can be selected and reused from a drop down menu; they only need to be entered ONCE.

Directions: When and how often a drug should be taken by the patient

Refills: The number of refills available to the patient after the initial fill is exhausted

Fill Type: Prescription is either an initial fill or a refill

Rx #: Prescription number or identifier assigned by the pharmacy or dispensing facility

Supply: Number of days the prescription is expected to last before a refill can be ordered

Dispense: Date the prescription was filled and delivered to patient

Expiration: Date when a pharmacy stops filling the prescription. Typically the patient requests a new prescription if they need to continue taking the drug.

Cost: Optional but helpful to track overall and patient prescription costs

Rx/Receipt: Optional purchase receipt image or prescription hardcopy image may be included

The Patient, Prescriber, Drug and Pharmacy databases must contain at least one entry in each corresponding database to add a prescription.

3. Both 'cost' and 'receipt image' are optional

A Functional Description of each of the window's Four Tabs follows:

Add/Change/Delete/View Prescriptions and Related data( Tab One )

• Add new prescriptions via the group of data entry fields on the top of the window to the list at the window bottom
• Delete prescriptions shown in the list on the bottom of the screen by first double-clicking a list item to activate the delete(-) button
• Change prescriptions shown in the list on the bottom of the screen by first double-clicking a list item to activate the Change button
• View prescriptions based on the filtering criteria in the "Prescription List Filter Criteria" block
• Note: All data additions, changes and deletions are done on this tab only and not on the other tabs.
• Details for Adding,Viewing, Changing and Deleting Prescriptions
  

Prescriptions Due( Tab Two )

• Displays a prescription's next fill, last fill and expiration dates and highlights overdue next fill date and expiration dates in the past
• The list may be filtered based on the Patient/Drug name popups and the buttons
• This tab is effectively inoperative if no prescriptions have been entered via tab one. The popup menus will be empty.
• Details for Expired and Overdue Prescriptions
  

Costs( Tab Three )

• Summarizes costs and average cost based on the filtering criteria
• This tab is effectively inoperative if no prescriptions have been entered via tab one. The popup menus will be empty
• Details for Prescription Costs Tab
  

Reports( Tab Four )

• Provides printed and on screen reports based on filtering criteria chosen
• This tab is effectively inoperative if no prescriptions have been entered via tab one
• Details for Reports Tab
  

PPT Menu

About PersonalPrescriptionTracker: Displays version number of PPT and registered user name

Check for Newer Version...: Checks for a newer PPT version. Only available in shareware version. Mac App Store uses the standard App Store notifications

Goto PersonalPrescriptionTracker Web Page: Opens the PPT support web page in a web browser

File Menu

Register...: For shareware users only. Initiates the registration/activation process. Not visible or relevant to Mac App Store users

Help Menu

PersonalPrescriptionTracker Help: Shows PPT help documentation in the default web browser

Show Data Files in Finder: Locates the PPT data files by opening a Finder window for them

Date Display

When displaying dates, PPT uses the System Preference format selected ( see 'Language and Regions' and the 'Advanced...' option ) by the user