| DESCRIPTION OF ENHANCEMENTS |
PSS*1*68 and OR*3*176 are the first of a total of 6 patches that will
Veterans Affairs (VA). These types of medications are commonly referred
to as "Non-VA Meds."
Below is a list of functionalities that will be available at your site
once all 6 patches are installed:
1. Add common herbal and OTC products to the DRUG File and mark them
as Non-VA Med.
2. Enhance current Outpatient Pharmacy software to display patients
use of Non-VA Med.
comprise the Non-VA Meds (Herbals/OTC) project. These two patches are
3. Screen for drug-herbal and drug-drug interactions and display the
results in both Inpatient and Outpatient Pharmacy.
4. Display Non-VA Med drugs on the Orders and Meds tab in CPRS.
5. Display of drug interaction information involving Non-VA Med
through CPRS.
The Phase 1 of this project comprises functionality 1 only. It gives the
sites the ability to add common herbal and OTC products to the DRUG File
and mark them as Non-VA Med through the Drug Enter/Edit [PSS DRUG
ENTER/EDIT] option. Furthermore, it also allows the user to mark existing
being released together to deliver Phase 1 of this project, which is
dispense drugs as Non-VA Med. Once a drug is marked as Non-VA Med, a
physician using the CPRS GUI Version 23 application will be able to
document the patient's use of such drug. Which is done by entering a
Non-VA Med order for the patient. Functionalities 2 through 5 are part of
the Phase 2 of this project and will be delivered in a later time.
An important part of this patch is the update of the Drug file. As
mentioned before, besides Herbal supplements and Over-the-Counter drugs
(usually non-prescription drugs), any prescribed medication currently
dispensed by the VA could be acquired by the patient from another source
explained in more details below. Phase 2 will contain the following 4
other than the VA. Therefore, these drugs must also be marked as Non-VA
Med. In order to reduce the amount of work necessary to mark the existing
dispense drug for Non-VA Med use, the following update will occur
automatically with the installation of this patch:
EVERY ACTIVE DISPENSE DRUG MARKED FOR OUTPATIENT USE WILL BE MARKED FOR
NON-VA MED USE.
The following menu options have also been modified:
patches: PSS*1*69, PSO*7*132, PSJ*5*107 and OR*3*187. They will be
1. Lookup into Dispense Drug File [PSS LOOK]
If the dispense drug is marked as Non-VA, it will now print "Non-VA
Med" in the "APPL PKG USE:" field.
2. Enter/Edit Dosages [PSS EDIT DOSAGES]
If the dispense drug is marked as Non-VA, it will now print "Non-VA
Med" under "This entry is marked for the following
PHARMACY packages:."
released in a later time. Once all patches are installed, they will
3. Edit Orderable Items [PSS EDIT ORDERABLE ITEMS]
If the orderable item is marked as Non-VA, it will now print "This
Orderable Item is marked as a Non-VA Med." right after the indication
of Formulary/Non-Formulary is printed.
A new field NON-VA MED (#8) has been added to the PHARMACY ORDERABLE ITEM
File (#50.7).
provide the sites the ability to document herbal supplements,
over-the-counter (OTC)(non-prescription) medications and other
medications taken by patients but not dispensed by the Department of
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