Adding a prescription / physician signature to the end of a report

Published on 8/10/2005

This article demonstrates how to add a prescription / physician signature box to the end of a report.

Step 1 - Setting Up A Template

Prescription templates can be customized and inserted on virtually any documentation note after report generation. Please note, the Internal Editor must be used for the following example, not the external editor.

Step 1: Setting Up The Template

The first step to creating a custom prescription template is to create a new RTF file. Open Microsoft Word or Wordpad. Create a template using text, and or tables. NOTE: A sample one can be downloaded and customized at the end of this article.

Next save the template as an Rich Text File (RTF) to the Desktop.

Close Microsoft Word or Wordpad and launch TheraWriter.PT Documentation. Log in and generate a report.

From the main menu, click the Insert button then click Insert Template.

Next the templates window will appear. First using My Computer or Windows Explorer create and share a folder on a central server, or in single user configurations, create a folder where templates will be saved. Click the ellipse button to the right of the templates directory textbox.

Navigate out to the shared folder. The below example will use a shared folder on the server where all TheraWriter.PT users can access it. Click OK when the folder is located.

Next click the Add Template link on the Templates window.

Enter a name and a description for the template.

Click the Select button. Navigate out to the desktop and select the RTF file created in the first step.

Click the OK button on the add template window. Finally click the close button on the Templates window. Please see Step 2 - Inserting a Prescription Template.

Step 2 - Inserting The Prescription Template

Once the template has been setup, the template can be inserted into the report at any place. The following instructions will show how to insert a template.

Step 2 - Inserting The Prescription Template

On the document, place the cursor where the template should be inserted. Right Click on the page, and select Insert Template.

Next select Prescription Template that was created in step 1 of this article. Click the OK button. The template will be inserted into the document.

Once the template has been setup and shared, they can be inserted quickly by any user. This is recommended for clinics who need to customize the prescription template per facility different from TheraWriter.PT.