The purpose of this Workflow Guide is to provide new MedMe pharmacies an overview of MedMe's battle-tested Flu Module for the 2022/23 Flu season.

Use this guide as your central Navigator for all of our flu-specific functions. We've filled this guide with links out to key How-To articles - from opening up your flu waitlist to batch completing documentation.

***New This Year for Flu 2022/2023***

As a refresher, MedMe is a web-based platform with 2 sides: Patient-Facing Web Portal (xxx.medmeapp.ca/schedule) and Pharmacist-Facing Platform (xxx.medmeapp.ca). Patients can easily visit the pharmacy-specific URL to fill in their information and book a clinical service, while pharmacists have access to an array of scheduling and documentation tools to increase efficiency in their workflow.

1) Waitlist Mode: Allows patients to submit interest in flu shots prior to inventory arrival

2) Booking: Allows both patients and pharmacists to schedule appointments and complete intake forms ahead of arrival at store. (Bonus: Handling Walk-Ins!)

3) Documentation: Pre-populated intake forms and mass update/print functions built to reduce administrative burden on pharmacy staff

At the end of this training guide, we'll drop a list of Frequently Asked Questions for all your burning questions.

Time-Saving Tip: You can click onto the linked titles above to navigate directly to each section.

The Waitlist Mode is a powerful tool that serves 2 main purposes:

Note that the Flu Module includes 3 separate waitlists:

For step-by-step instructions on how to leverage your waitlist for the flu season, click on the button below:

Pharmacies typically open up their Waitlist for Flu in September, in order to maximize interest capture ahead of inventory arrival. Once supply arrives, you can send booking links to hundreds of patients all at once to fill up their schedules.

⭐️ New This Year for Flu 2022/2023 Waitlist ⭐️

Managing Flu High-Dose Vaccine Supply - Article Coming Soon!

When patients register for the high dose flu shot waitlist they will be asked "In the absence of the high dose Flu Shot vaccine due to limited supply, are you open to receiving the regular dose Flu Shot, if it’s the first vaccine available?"

This will allow you to filter your high dose waitlist and identify patients who would be interested in receiving either flu shot if supply is unavailable. You will then be able to send a booking link by selecting the type of booking link as "Flu Vaccine (Regular Dose)".

Before you do anything, the most critical first step is to ensure that your calendar is set-up correctly. Please review the following video to ensure all appropriate appointment types (eg. Flu (Regular), Flu (High-Dose)) are set-up with the correct start/end times, blocked times, and durations. Do not hesitate to use the live chat to contact one of our live associates if you have ANY questions during this step!

CRITICAL SET-UP CHECKLIST:

For additional instructions, read our article linked in the button below:

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Scenario A: You have used Waitlist Mode to capture patient interest

Scenario B: You have not used Waitlist Mode to capture patient interest

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Navigate to your Settings page --> Appointment Types, and select the appropriate Flu appointment (eg. Flu Vaccine (Regular)). Under General --> VISIBILITY, make sure that:

Related Articles:

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There will always be scenarios where patients request pharmacy staff to manually book an appointment on their behalf (eg. no access to a computer or already on the phone with you). Learn more by clicking into our article below!

There are 3 ways to leverage the booking capabilities from the Pharmacist Side:

1) As the Pharmacist: manually booking the time right away

2) As the Patient: via sending a scheduling link via SMS text/email

3) Conduct Now - for walk-in appointments where you want to document the encounter and generate the PDF form

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All of our Flu appointment types have a "Walk-In" toggled that can be turned ON/OFF - this allows pharmacies to decide whether they would like to give patients the option to fill out a consent form online through our walk-in mode.

Walk-in mode is useful for pharmacies who are able to take additional patients throughout the day for their flu vaccination, who have not booked an appointment through MedMe. For more information on Walk-In Mode, read a

⭐️ New This Year for Flu 2022/2023 Walk-Ins ⭐️

Walk-In Mode - Updates to Article Coming Soon!

In order to better support walk-in appointments, we've created a new "Consented" status to capture patients who have completed the consent form using our walk-in mode on the patient intake, but have not yet checked in at the pharmacy counter.

This update was made to display a more accurate walk-in "queue" on the MedMe dashboard - now, you'll be able to differentiate patients on the walk-in dashboard who have:

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2 Proposed WorkFlows - Hybrid or Paperless

Depending on the comfort levels and workflow of your pharmacy, you can either:

Once you've decided on Hybrid or Paperless, please review our comprehensive "Day of Documentation" guide (filled with short informative videos) to guide you through how to complete Documentation on Injection Day.

We will review the following items:

Here are step-by-step guides to some of our most Frequently Asked Questions.