| DESCRIPTION OF ENHANCEMENTS |
1. Pharmacy Benefits Management (PBM) has requested that Technical
the ordering processes by entry of the IEN.
Services develop a software patch that would disable the DRUG file (#50)
lookup by Internal Entry Number (IEN) during order entry
processes. The pharmacy software has always allowed IEN lookup and quick
code lookups at the request of field users. A quick code is a
user-defined synonym for a drug (i.e., A325->Acetaminophen 325mg Tab). PBM
provided guidance to VA Medical Centers in the past to not use low numbers
for quick codes and to inactivate the first 50 entries in the drug file to
reduce the chances of error. This patch would eliminate drug selection in
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