| DESCRIPTION OF ENHANCEMENTS |
Phase I of the Inpatient Medications Requirements for the Special Focus
OR*3*213 ORDER ENTRY/RESULTS REPORTING V. 1.0
PSU*3*34 PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGEMENT V. 3.0
Patches PSS*1*79, OR*3*213, and PSU*3*34 contain changes to support the
following enhancements in PSJ*5*110:
1. The Extend Stop Date on Renewal enhancements will allow an order to be
renewed without creating a new order. Editing of the start date will no
longer be allowed during the renewal process. In addition, limits have
been set on the length of time after an order expires that it may be
Group IRA project consists of four patches. The patches are combined in
renewed. This is outlined in the BCMA 2001 Special Focus Report,
Requirement #11.
2. The Complex Order enhancements will change the way complex orders are
handled by linking complex components (child orders) together. If the
actions Finish, Verify, Discontinue, or Renew are taken on one child
order, the user will be alerted that the action must be taken on all of
the complex component orders in the set. The user will then be prompted
to take the appropriate action on each child order in the complex order
set. This is outlined in BCMA 2001 Special Focus Report, Requirement #8.
host file PSJ_PSS_OR_PSU_110.KID in order to simplify installation at VHA
3. The STAT and NOW Order Notification enhancements will alert users
subscribing to new mail group PSJ STAT NOW PENDING ORDER when a pending
STAT or NOW order has been received from Computerized Patient Record
System (CPRS) V. 1.0. Users subscribing to the new mail group PSJ STAT
NOW ACTIVE ORDER will receive an alert when a STAT or NOW order is made
active. This is outlined in BCMA 2001 Special Focus Report, Requirement
#12.
In order to support the Extend Stop Date for Renewals changes, new fields
facilities. Installation of this host file should be coordinated among
will be created in the PHARMACY PATIENT file (#55) and the PHARMACY
SYSTEM file (#59.7).
1. The PREVIOUS ORDERS FILE ENTRY sub-field (#4) will be added to the
LAST RENEW multiple (#114) in the UNIT DOSE multiple (#62) in the
PHARMACY PATIENT file (#55).
2. The PREVIOUS ORDERS FILE ENTRY sub-field (#4) will be added to the
LAST RENEW multiple (#138) in the IV multiple (#100) in the PHARMACY
PATIENT file (#55).
the four packages affected since only one installation is necessary. The
3. The EXPIRED IV TIME LIMIT field (#34) will be added to the PHARMACY
SYSTEM file (#59.7).
4. In support of Complex Orders changes, a new cross-reference will be
created to group complex child orders by their parent order. For Unit
Dose orders, the cross-reference will be indexed by the ORDERS FILE
PARENT ORDER field (#125), the ORDERS FILE ENTRY field (#66), and the
Unit Dose order number appended with "U". For IV orders, the cross-
reference will be indexed by the ORDERS FILE PARENT ORDER field (#150),
patches, in order of install, are:
the ORDERS FILE ENTRY field (#110), and the IV order number appended with
"V". The cross-reference definition will be created by the pre-install
routine PSSCMPLX. These are the new cross-references added to the
PHARMACY PATIENT file (#55) and the fields used as the trigger-points.
The type of these cross-references is "New", not "Traditional".
X-ref File/Sub-file Trigger-point field(s)
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ACX PHARMACY PATIENT (#55) ORDERS FILE PARENT ORDER (#125)
/UNIT DOSE (#62) ORDERS FILE ENTRY (#66)
ACX1 PHARMACY PATIENT (#55) ORDERS FILE PARENT ORDER (#150)
/IV (#100) ORDERS FILE ENTRY (#110)
PSS*1*79 PHARMACY DATA MANAGEMENT V. 1.0
PSJ*5*110 INPATIENT MEDICATIONS V. 5.0
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