| DESCRIPTION OF ENHANCEMENTS |
This patch is part of the Pharmacy Safety Updates project which was
APPLICATION/VERSION PATCH
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OUTPATIENT PHARMACY (OP) V. 7.0 PSO*7*444
INTEGRATED BILLING (IB) V. 2.0 IB*2*545
PHARMACY DATA MANAGEMENT (PDM) V. 1.0 PSS*1*189
NATIONAL DRUG FILE (NDF) V. 4.0 PSN*4*429
INPATIENT MEDICATIONS (IM) V.5.0 PSJ*5*313
The following New service Requests (NSRs) are being addressed by this patch:
established to address specific New Service Requests (NSRs) as well as a
NSRs 20060601/20111206 Allow Dispensing of Greater Than 90 Day Supply
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The Outpatient Pharmacy and supporting VistA applications are being modified
to allow dispensing of more than 90 day supply fill for outpatient
prescriptions. The new limit will be 365 days and will be set for each drug
individually. See below for more information on specific menu
options related to this enhancement.
Remedy Ticket and a Patient Safety Issue (PSI) related to the VistA Pharmacy
The following National Drug File (NDF) functionality was modified:
1. A new field called MAXIMUM DAYS SUPPLY (#32) was added to the VA PRODUCT
file (#50.68) for storing the national maximum day supply value for a
medication in an outpatient prescription. This field will not be populated
initially by Pharmacy Product System - National (PPS-N) as changes will be
required to that application to edit and export this new field.
2. Inquire to VA Product Info For Local Drug [PSNLOOK] option
This option was modified to display the new field as seen below:
applications as approved by the Health Systems Enterprise Systems Manager
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Override DF Exclude from Dosage Checks: No
Auto-Create Default Possible Dosage? Yes
Reduced Co-pay: None
Maximum Days Supply: 360
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(ESM).
3. Inquire to National Files [PSNACT] option
This option was also modified to display the new field as seen below:
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Auto-Create Default Possible Dosage? No
Possible Dosages To Auto-Create: 1x Possible Dosage
Package: Both Inpatient and Outpatient
Reduced Co-pay: None
Maximum Days Supply: 360
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This project is comprised of patches from five different applications, as
shown below:
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