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Release Notes: COVID-19 Prescription Extension
Release Notes: COVID-19 Prescription Extension
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Written by Andrew Day
Updated over a week ago

This page contains the technical release notes for the COVID-19 Prescription Extension, slated for release in July 2020. For a summary of these changes, visit the COVID-19 Prescription Extension Feature Guide.

Basic Prescription Extension

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HUM-1765

Covid Rx - Extend prescription limit duration

Extended the prescription duration limit from 12 months to 18 months, to allow Customer Service Representatives to continue to sell cannabis to medical patients who weren't able to renew their prescriptions due to COVID-19.

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HUM-1740

Covid Rx - Toggle prescription limit duration extension on/off

Added a checkbox below the "Length of Prescription" field in a Prescription information page for users to indicate whether or not the prescription expiry has been extended under the COVID prescription extension. The box will include a tooltip that explains the conditions of extending a client's prescription expiration date.

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Premium Prescription Extension

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HUM-1767

Covid Rx - Email notification to patient that received prescription extension

Premium feature: If a client's prescription is extended by the COVID-19 extension script or the temporary script extension functionality, the client will receive an automated email notification about the update. The email will include the licence holder's logo and verbiage and include copy in both English and French.

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HUM-1766

Covid Rx - Temporary script extension functionality

Premium feature: Added a new tab–COVID-19 Prescription Extension–in the Clients module to track new clients with prescriptions eligible for extension. This ensures any patients added after the prescription extension script is run can have prescriptions extended on a per-client basis, and saves Customer Service Reps the trouble of checking each prescription manually.

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HUM-1742

Covid Rx - Add a note to the patient Overview page

Premium feature: If a client's prescription is extended by the COVID-19 extension script or the temporary script extension functionality, a note will automatically appear in the Notes section on the client's Overview tab. The note will read, "This patient's script was extended using Covid Prescription Expiry Extension functionality."

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HUM-1738

Covid Rx - Script to run prescription extension logic

Premium feature: Created a script to automatically apply the COVID-19 prescription extension to all eligible prescriptions. Clients with registration documents that expired between March 13, 2020 and June 25, 2002 will receive extensions to December 26, 2020. Clients with registration documents set to expire between June 26, 2020 and September 30, 2020 will receive a 6 month extension that begins the day after their prescription is set to expire.

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