| DESCRIPTION OF ENHANCEMENTS |
Pharmacy Benefits Management (PBM) Strategic Healthcare Group in
Kernel V. 8.0
Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) V. 1.0
Pharmacy Data Management (PDM) V. 1.0
Outpatient Pharmacy (OP) V. 7.0
Controlled Substances (CS) V. 3.0
The National Drug File data update patches PSN*4*64 and PSN*4*66 assign a
CS Federal Schedule to controlled substances and identify controlled
substances as narcotics or non-narcotics by populating the CS FEDERAL
SCHEDULE field (#19) of the VA PRODUCT file (#50.68).
collaboration with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), requested
This is the NDF patch that provides the following new functionalities:
1. This patch includes the Data Dictionary (DD) changes for CS FEDERAL
SCHEDULE field (#19) of the VA PRODUCT file (#50.68)
2. When using the Merge National Drug File Data Into Local File
[PSNMRG] option, the software will now check to see if the CS FEDERAL
SCHEDULE field (#19) of the VA PRODUCT file (#50.68) has data and the DEA,
SPECIAL HDLG field (#3) of the DRUG file (#50) does not have data. If both
the development of the first Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) VistA pilot
are true, then the DEA, SPECIAL HDLG field will be populated with the CS
FEDERAL SCHEDULE code mapped to the corresponding DEA, SPECIAL HDLG code
using the following table:
CS FEDERAL SCHEDULE DEA, SPECIAL HDLG Code
Schedule I narcotics 1 1
Schedule II narcotics 2 2A
Schedule II non-narcotics 2n 2C
Schedule III narcotics 3 3A
Schedule III non-narcotics 3n 3C
project, named Electronic Prescription Order Entry for Schedule II
Schedule IV narcotics 4 4
Schedule V narcotics 5 5
3. This patch ensures that the newly populated CS FEDERAL SCHEDULE field
(#19) of the VA PRODUCT file (#50.68) is also included as part of the
National Drug file details in Inquire to National Files [PSNACT], NDF
Info From Your Local Drug File [PSNRPT], Verify Matches [PSNVFY] and
Verify Single Match [PSNVER] options.
4. When using Rematch / Match Single Drugs [PSNDRUG] option, if the CS
Controlled Substances. The objective is to develop an electronic order
FEDERAL SCHEDULE field (#19) of the VA PRODUCT file (#50.68) and the DEA
SPECIAL HDLG field (#3) of the DRUG file (#50) have a discrepancy, then
this patch displays a warning message, "The CS Federal Schedule associated
with this drug in the VA Product file represents a DEA, Special Handling
code of XX", where XX is the CS FEDERAL SCHEDULE code mapped to the
corresponding DEA SPECIAL HDLG code using the table listed under item 2.
entry system for Schedule II controlled substances using digital
signatures. To make this project viable, modifications to the following
packages were identified:
National Drug File (NDF) V. 4.0
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