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There are three patches that support the Outpatient Pharmacy Automation
Interface project. These patches should be installed separately in the
following order:
PSO*7*156 Outpatient Pharmacy
PSS*1*82 Pharmacy Data Management
PSN*4*84 National Drug File
They contain routines, templates, options, and data dictionary changes to
implement the Outpatient Pharmacy Automation Interface features. Please
* This patch is part of the Outpatient Pharmacy Automated Dispense *
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 PSO_7_P156_IG.PDF.
The patch enhances the current Health Level Seven (HL7) interface to
ensure that the interface is compatible with all current Outpatient
* Project and must be installed at all sites by *
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:
1. Enhance the current National Drug File V. 1.0 package HL7 interface
to the current HL7 V. 2.4 standard.
* December 31, 2004 *
2. The interface transmits drug data to multiple vendor systems
utilized by VAMCs whenever the following options are selected:
A. Rematch / Match Single Drugs [PSNDRUG] option.
B. Merge National Drug File Data Into Local File [PSNMRG] option.
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* Please review the Installation heading of this patch for *
* Installation Guide retrieval information *
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