Refill Reminder Tasks for Dispensed Medications

When you dispense a medication in-house, SigmaMD can create a task to remind your team when the patient may need more. The reminder lands in the right person's tasks on the right day, so refills don't depend on memory.

Turning On a Refill Reminder

On the Dispense Medication screen, below Refills, turn on Refill reminder task. Due in fills in with the Days supply, or 30 days if that's empty, and you can change it to anything from 1 to 365.

Then choose who gets the task in Assign to. It starts as the prescriber, follows any change to Prescriber until you pick someone else, and can be anyone active in your practice, including staff. Set both before adding the medication to the order.

What Happens When You Dispense

When the order is dispensed, SigmaMD creates a task:

• Titled Medication Refill for [medication name]
• Linked to the patient
• Assigned to the person in Assign to
• Due the number of days you set after the dispense date

You can open the task to edit it like any other task.

Important Considerations

• The reminder is not available for injectables
• Each medication in the order has its own reminder setting.
• If the person in Assign to is no longer active in the practice when the order is dispensed, the task goes to the clinician who dispenses it.