Overview

The medicine label template is what provides the template for how a dispensed medicine label will print. This includes not only the arrangement of the information on the label but also what dispensing information is included. Only one medicine label template can be in use for a clinic or department. This includes only one medicine label template can be active at any time for each integration method.

NOTE: this instructional guide provides instruction on how to create and edit medicine label templates. Full label printing integration set-up is required to print medicine labels. For complete instruction on how to enable label printing integrations, please refer to the appropriate label printing instructional guide

Instruction

To edit a medicine label template please follow: Settings > Integrations > Label Printing

Below is an example screen of label printing settings for your reference. Using Placeholders

Placeholders are identified by double opposing brackets [[......]]. Placeholders serve the purpose of identifying where and what information will be automatically populated and included within the defined space from Provet Cloud. Placeholders are available for patient information, client information, medicine information, department (clinic) information, consultation & supervising veterinarian information, as well as date and time information. Example placeholders would be [[patient_name]], [[medicine_instructions]], [[current_date]].

Standard fixed information such as a department/clinic name or address could be included on a template through an informational placeholder, or alternatively can be manually typed in full.

Default placeholders are available and cannot freely be created. To include a placeholder in a medicine label template, begin by typing ' [[ ' and a list of available placeholders will appear. This can be refined by typing the placeholder level such as 'patient' or 'client' which will limit the shown results to corresponding options.

To add a new medicine label template when using Blackbox integration

To add a new medicine label template, select the blue "add" button located in the 'Label Templates' block. The template prompt dialogue will open, as shown below.

1. Select "medicine label" as the label type within the drop down menu
2. Define 'header' information. Clinic name, clinic contact information such as address and phone number are usually included here. Additionally, patient name, client name, current date and prescribing veterinarian are also commonly included within this field. An example is shown below. 
   
   Please reference the above section on how to use and include any desired informational placeholders. 
3. Define 'body' information. Medicine name, dispensing quantity, available refills, and medicine instructions are commonly included in this field. Below is a template example for reference.
   
4. Define 'footer' information. Veterinary usage caution statement such as 'For veterinary use only - keep out of reach of children' are commonly included in this field. If your medicine label has a pre-printed footer, additional text does not need to be defined within the footer field, however the footer field does require an entry which can be a blank space character.
5. Adjust header, body, footer text style, size, and formatting. Any defined informational text or placeholders can be modified to preference using the font style, size, and formatting selections.
   If additional formatting and style options are available, once the appropriate icon is selected, they will appear for use. For example, selecting 'A:' will open additional text size options.
6. Review the medicine label template preview for accuracy. The preview is available in the upper right-hand corner.
    
7. Click "save" to finalize the medicine label template creation.
8. The template is automatically available and in use for dispensed medications.

To add a new medicine label template when using Windows Program integration

To add a new medicine label template, select the blue "add" button located in the 'Label Templates' block. The template prompt dialogue will open.

1. Select "medicine label" as the label type within the drop down menu
2. Define desired information utilizing available blank text fields. 'header' information.
   1. Example: clinic name, clinic contact information such as address and phone number are usually included. Additionally, patient name, client name, current date and prescribing veterinarian as well as medicine name, dispensing quantity, available refills, and medicine instructions and veterinary usage caution statement such as 'For veterinary use only - keep out of reach of children' are also included on the template.
      **Please reference the above section on how to use and include any desired informational placeholders. 
3. Review the medicine label template preview for accuracy. The preview is available in the upper right-hand corner.
4. Click "save" to finalize the medicine label template creation.
5. The template is automatically available and in use for dispensed medications.

How to edit a medicine label template

1.  Select the edit pen icon located at the end of the medicine label template row. A reference screen example is shown below.
   
2. Edit and update template information as needed within the update label template prompt.
3. Select "save" to finalize medicine label template updates.