Select a Pharmacy for Patients – Vagaro Support

Every pharmacy connected to the E-Prescribe electronic prescribing network can be searched for and found. You can send an electronic prescription to any pharmacy you find. With that said, not all pharmacies are able to receive all types of electronic prescription orders. For example, not all pharmacies can receive controlled prescriptions or receive Compound medication orders.

When searching for a medication, the service levels (the types of prescription messages that a pharmacy can send and receive) will be shown. The possible pharmacy service levels are below. If the service is present, the pharmacy can receive that type of prescription or has that service level.

New (non-controlled prescriptions)
Refills
Controlled Substance
Cancel
Change
Long Term Care
Rx Fill Indicator Change
24-Hour
Specialty
Fax accepted

Note

Patients may provide you, and a web search may show, different data for a pharmacy than what the pharmacies have submitted to the electronic network. E-Prescribe updates its pharmacy data daily, ensuring the most current and accurate information.

If you can't find a pharmacy, consider the following:

Search both abbreviations and non-abbreviations (e.g., St. Louis or Saint Louis).
Account for variations in address formats (e.g., 123 East Street may also be listed as 123 E Street or 123 E. Street).
Pay attention to official names and formatting (e.g., "CVS/pharmacy" requires the slash, and "Walgreens Drug Store" distinguishes it from Walmart).
If the pharmacy is still not found, consider reaching out to them directly for their NCPDPID.

Mail-order facilities, such as Express Scripts, are included in E-Prescribe. Search "EXPRESS SCRIPTS" in the pharmacy name field to locate them.

Prerequisites: This feature requires E-Prescribe.

Choose a Pharmacy When Prescribing

When prescribing for a patient, you can select the pharmacy where the prescription will be sent. If a default pharmacy is saved for the patient, it will be chosen automatically, though you can update it to another pharmacy if needed.

To choose a pharmacy when prescribing:

Go to Customers and select a customer.
Select the patient's profile and go to the E-Prescribe tab.
Start creating a prescription, then from the Prescription Preview screen, select Set Pharmacy or Change Pharmacy (if there's one added already).
Select a pharmacy using one of the following methods:
- Search for Pharmacy: Enter the pharmacy name, zip code, and city to find a pharmacy. Only one field is required to search. If you are having trouble finding a pharmacy, try broadening the search. For example, try searching "Walgreens" instead of "Walgreens Pharmacy."
- Patient Preferred: The list of saved pharmacies that you've set for the
- Frequently Used: A list of commonly used pharmacies by your practice.

Add a Patient's Preferred Pharmacy

You can simplify prescribing by setting a patient’s preferred pharmacy. Their preferred pharmacies will appear when prescribing, and you can select more than one if they use multiple locations.

To add a patient's preferred pharmacy:

Go to Customers and select a customer.
Select the patient's profile and go to the E-Prescribe tab.
Select the Pharmacy tab.
Search for the pharmacy to be added to the patient's profile. Only one field is required to search. If you are having trouble finding a pharmacy, try broadening the search. For example, try searching "Walgreens" instead of "Walgreens Pharmacy."
Select Add to Patient to add that pharmacy as a preferred pharmacy.

Add a Patient's Default Pharmacy

After adding a patient’s preferred pharmacy, you can set one as their default so it’s automatically selected when prescribing.

To add a patient's default pharmacy:

Go to Customers and select a customer.
Select the patient's profile and go to the E-Prescribe tab.
Select the Pharmacy tab.
Under Patient Preferred, select Set as Default.
Optionally, to remove a default pharmacy, select Remove Default.

This pharmacy will always be selected when prescribing to your patient.

Favorite Your Frequently Used Pharmacies

Show the most-visited pharmacies that your patients visit.

To favorite your frequently used pharmacies:

Go to Customers and select a customer.
Select the patient's profile and go to the E-Prescribe tab.
Select the Pharmacy tab.
Search for the pharmacy to be added to the patient's profile. Only one field is required to search. If you are having trouble finding a pharmacy, try broadening the search. For example, try searching "Walgreens" instead of "Walgreens Pharmacy."
Select Heart next to that pharmacy to set it as Frequently Used.

Now, when you prescribe medicine to your patients, you can quickly select this pharmacy.

See Pharmacy on Map

If you’re unsure about a pharmacy, you can view its location on Google Maps directly through Vagaro.

To see your pharmacy on a map.

Go to Customers and select a customer.
Select the patient's profile and go to the E-Prescribe tab.
Select the Map icon.

The map will be displayed on a new tab and will show information about the pharmacy.