| DESCRIPTION OF ENHANCEMENTS |
There are three patches to support the Outpatient Pharmacy Automation
refer to the individual patch description of the other patches to get the
names of the documentation files.
Each patch will share the same starting description with more detail
for each patch in the corresponding namespace patch number. There is
only one installation guide. It can be found on the anonymous
directory. The name of the installation guide is
PS_OUTPATIENT_AUTOMATION_INTERFACE_IG.doc.
Interface project. These patches should be installed separately in the
The patch enhances the current Health Level Seven (HL7) interface to
ensure that the interface is compatible with all current Outpatient
Pharmacy V. 7.0 automation systems used by the Veterans Affairs
Medical Centers (VAMCs). The current national VISTA HL7 interface is
written to HL7 standard V. 2.2. Automated dispensing systems, such as
the Baker APS Pharmacy 2000, are currently using an interface written to
V. 2.3.1 standard using locally developed software. The automated
dispensing systems have committed to be HL7 V. 2.4 compliant.
This patch includes the following new features:
following order:
1. Enhance the current Outpatient Pharmacy V. 7.0 HL7 interface to
the current HL7 V. 2.4 standard.
2. Creates a bi-directional interface. The interface transmits
outpatient pharmacy data to multiple vendor systems utilized by VAMCs
and receives dispensed prescription data from the vendor systems.
3. The dispense completion message received back from the vendor will
automatically release the prescription in VISTA if the FILE RELEASE
DATE/TIME field (#105.1) is set to YES in the PRESCRIPTION file (#52).
4. The interface sends outpatient pharmacy prescription release
information to the vendor once a prescription is manually released.
PSO*7*156 Outpatient Pharmacy
5. The BusinessWare interface engine at each medical center is used
to pass the HL7 data through from VISTA to the dispensing system.
There is no data manipulation on BusinessWare's part.
6. Enhance the activity log entries for the sequence of events for a
prescription's activity in the PRESCRIPTION file (#52).
7. Add a fourth selection to the OUTPATIENT SITE file (#59), EXTERNAL
INTERFACE field (#5). This selection is titled 'SEND MARKED ORDERS
AND PRINT LABEL'.
8. This patch allows dispensing system printer(s) to be entered and used
when selected, and the interface is in use, sending an HL7 message
PSS*1*82 Pharmacy Data Management
to the dispensing system.
9. This patch added new functionality for reprinting Rxs and using the
external interface. If a reprint of an Rx is requested the user is
asked if they want to resend the Rx to the external interface.
PSN*4*84 National Drug File
They contain routines, templates, options, and data dictionary changes to
implement the Outpatient Pharmacy Automation Interface features. Please
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