Pharmacy Connections allow you to link the information tracked by your pharmacy to orders managed in ALIS. There are different types of connections based on the software your pharmacy uses. The main differences between these are the details that can be sent to ALIS and the length of time required to set up the connection.
Pharmacy Connections rely on the partnership between the ALIS team, the community's team, the pharmacy, and the pharmacy's software. By the time the connection is live for the community, the content of your medications details are based on many factors. This guide does not aim to list all nuances, but sets general expectations for how all Pharmacy Connections can help serve clinical teams who use the ALIS eMAR.
Most connections send information in one direction: from the pharmacy to ALIS. This is enhanced with the ability to request resupplies and refills from ALIS to the pharmacy. Almost all types of connections can support this!
The main functionality to learn if you have a pharmacy connection is how you can create your resident orders in ALIS using the information sent by the pharmacy:
- First we must link the resident profile the pharmacy has to the ALIS resident profile for your resident. Read this article for details: Processing Resident Messages
- When you resident records are connected to the pharmacy, their orders display for you to verify. Learn how to process order messages from the ALIS Pharmacies page, and you can avoid almost all manual entry of order details. Read this article for details: Processing Order Messages
Order Updates
In addition to creating the orders for the eMAR, you can also "map" the pharmacy information to orders you have added to ALIS in the past. ALIS utilizes AI features in the background to make this process as intuitive and accurate. ALIS displays information for you to verify only if the information the pharmacy is sending is significantly different from an order already added to ALIS from that pharmacy.
Read this article to learn about mapping orders: Mapping Pharmacy Messages
Med Changes Report
This report will keep your pharmacy team aware of changes your team manually makes for the orders. Communicating with your pharmacy may already have its challenges, so we have created a report that can email your pharmacy techs if you adjust anything on the eMAR. Read this article for more details: Medication Changes Report
Pharmacy Connection Types
When we onboard your community to have a pharmacy connection, we gather the details from your pharmacy whether they will be using one of the following interface softwares:
- FrameworkLTC
- QS/1
- Omnicare
- Prescribers Connection
The good news is that the experience for your team will be largely the same for all of the above! Long-term care pharmacies differ greatly in their operations, and our integrations are tailored to provide you with the best possible information in ALIS.
Requesting Refills in ALIS
We can set up a link to your pharmacy that allows you to request refills from ALIS. Once this is set up for your community, you can choose whether staff can request the resupplies from Manages Orders or right from the Med Pass.
Read this article for more information about refills and resupply requests: How to Request Order Refills and Resupplies.
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