PADE DISPENSING DEVICE (58.63)    FILE (1)

Pharmacy Automated Dispensing Equipment (PADE) devices contain drug items 
The PADE DISPENSING DEVICE entry must be unique for the PADE INVENTORY 
SYSTEM (#58.601) file entry to which is linked; this file may contain 
multiple PADE dispensing devices with the same NAME (.01) field value,
provided each duplicate name is associated with a different PADE INVENTORY
SYSTEM file entry. New entries may be added to this file automatically via
the PADE HL7 interface.
that may be removed to satisfy a pharmacy medication order. An inbound
(to VistA) HL7 PADE interface receives transactions indicating drug items
were added or removed from a specific PADE device. Each dispensing device 
in this file must be associated with a VistA Division and one or more 
hospital locations (Wards, Ward Groups, Clinics, Clinic Groups) in order 
for inbound PADE transactions to properly update PADE inventory balances 
in the PADE INVENTORY SYSTEM (#58.601) file.