Write a DVA DAA Prescription or Review

Create a DVA prescription with an authority number for a DAA supply or VSMR review.

About this task

To set up a DVA-funded Dose Administration Aid (DAA) service for a veteran, you prescribe:

  • The medications
  • Six months of the DAA service
  • A Veteran's Six Monthly Review (VSMR) of the service in six months time

To prescribe the DAA service and VSMR:

  • Call the Veterans' Affairs Pharmaceutical Advisory Centre (VAPAC) on 1800 552 580 to obtain authority prescriptions for the six-month service and VSMR.
  • Follow the prescribing procedure in Creating New Prescriptions with the following changes.

Procedure

  1. In the Select Drug window, type DVA in the Enter drug name (Trade or Generic) field.
    Tip:
    Alternatively, type DAA and set Show Results that contain above text.

    Select Drug window listng DAA and VSMR for selection
  2. Select either:
    • DAA SIX MONTH DVA DAA 99647N
    • DAA VSMR 99648P (VETERANS 6 MNTH REVIEW)
  3. In the Enter Dose window, enter dose of 1, frequency of Weekly and set the duration to Long term.
  4. In the RPBS window, Approval Number field, ensure that the repeats are correct and type the approval number for the DAA or VSMR or set Previous Authority?.
    Example DVS DAA in the RPBS window
  5. Click Authority.
  6. In the Reason for Medication window, enter the coding used by your practice and click OK.

Results

The DVA DAA is added to the Rx iconCurrent Rx tab.

What to do next

Print the DVA DAA as usual.