| DESCRIPTION OF ENHANCEMENTS |
HUI/VHA CIO SD&D PHARMACY DATA INTERCHANGE
protocol SEND DRUG UPDATE MESSAGE [PSS HUI DRUG UPDATE] as a subscriber.
To activate the sending of these HL7 messages the text from DISABLE field
must be deleted and at least one receiving protocol added as a subscriber.
For those sites who ARE NOT part of the Hui/VHA CIO SD&D Pharmacy Data
Interchange project, NO FURTHER ACTION is necessary after installation of
the patch.
2. When performing drug lookups, two issues were identified. First, the was
not aware of which item was being matched. For example, was the match for
the GENERIC NAME of the drug or was it the SYNONYM. The second issue had to
do with the search matching to the NATIONAL DRUG CLASS NAME first, before
checking for a GENERIC NAME.
This patch makes two changes to the drug lookup. First, the search will
display the item being searched on. Second, if a match is found on an item,
but the user doesn't select one of the matches displayed, the search will
continue through all other items.
1. This patch is in support of the Hui/VHA CIO SD&D Pharmacy Data
Interchange project. The project provides a method for the one-way
electronic transfer of prescription orders from an external system to VistA
The purpose of this patch is to provide an HL7 notification of the addition
of new drugs and drug updates to the DRUG file (#50). To receive this
notification, the receiving protocol must be attached to the sending
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