Medicine Formularies

A medicine formulary is a list of brand-name and generic prescription medication that is approved to be prescribed by a particular health insurance policy, or in a specific health system or hospital. Medicine formularies are developed based on the efficacy, safety and cost thereof 

  • These medicines are reimbursed by the medical aids for specific chronic conditions.  
  • They are usually connected to a certain pricing structure to support access to cost-effective medicines

  • Sign in to the GoodX Desktop using your GoodX username and password.
  • From the Navigator Double Click on the MedDebs Module 


  • The Main MedDebs screen will open

  • From the Menu bar, click on Lists



  • Click on Code Lists from the drop-down menu 
  • Click on Medicine Formularies from the submenu 


  • The Formularies screen will open
  • You are able to search per medical scheme for the specific formulary by typing in the search field  


  • The columns that will display are :
    • Code: The formulary shortcode for the specific medical aid plan 
    • Description: Name of the Medical Aid plan 

Actions 
  • From the menu bar, Click on Actions 


  • From the drop-down list, you will have options to: 
    • Print 
    • Export Grid 
  • Print: Prints a list of all the codes that have been loaded on the list this can be the entire list or if a search was done just the codes from the search
    • preview of the list will appear on your screen 

  • You will have the following options to do with this list :
    • Email: Email the list 

    • Print Preview: Preview how your list will look when you print a hard copy 

    • Save: Save a digital copy to 

    • Page Setup: Opens the page setup screen 

    • Print: Prints to the Set-up printer

    • Close: Closes the screen and returns to the Medical Aid Options screen 


  • Export Grid: Allows you to export the list to an excel spreadsheet 
    • Give the document a file name, by typing in the text box  
    • Click on Save to save the document to your computer 


  • Click on OK, when you are done looking up the specific code to return to the Main MedDebs screen 




Last modified: Friday, 22 January 2021, 1:09 PM