| DESCRIPTION OF ENHANCEMENTS |
This patch is part of the Outpatient Pharmacy V. 7.0 Laser Labels
2. Contact your vendor to make adjustments based on the new data stream.
lastname,firstname.
4. When the routing is "Window", the word "Window" will be bolded.
Pharmacy fill card section changes:
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1. Seconds will be removed from the label date/time.
2. A new API will return the text for the DRUG WARNING list. The DRUG
WARNING entries will be separated by commas. If an entry in the list does
not have an "N" (for "New"), it is from the RX CONSULT file (#54).
Otherwise it is from the WARNING LABEL-ENGLISH (#50.625) or the
WARNING LABEL-SPANISH (#50.626) file.
3. A new line containing the patient location and status is being added
beneath the DRUG WARNING list, so the list is being moved up slightly on
the label.
4. Patient name and last portion of the social security number are
bolded.
5. If the bottle cap is "non-safety", it will be bolded.
6. Currently long SIG's that do not fit on one pharmacy fill card label
print only 4 lines of SIG on the first label and up to 4 lines on each
continuation label. This patch increases the number of lines of the SIG
Although implementing OPAI is not mandated at this time, it is expected
that print on each pharmacy fill card label to reduce the total number of
labels needed.
7. The words "3rd Party Rx" and the NDC number are added when that
information is available. (Added for HIPAA/NCPDP).
Patient fill section changes:
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1. The barcode will print every time even if there are no refills.
2. The site telephone number will print when the "PHONE IN OR MAIL THIS
REFILL REQUEST" prints.
to be in the future, so option 1 is the preferred solution. By
3. The text "n refills left until MMM DD,YYYY is changed to "May refill
nX by MMM DD,YYYY".
Prescription Document PMI section changes:
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1. The PMI will print in the patient's language preference.
2. The white spaces between sections of the PMI document will be
reduced to result in a few more lines fitting on the page.
3. If there are more than 5 warning labels, the additional warnings
will print at the top of the PMI section.
implementing OPAI, future changes to the label format will not affect the
Trailing document changes:
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1. The patient's phone number followed by an underline will print on
the address change form.
2. In the Allergies/ADR section, the name and last six digits of the
social security number will be made larger and will be bolded.
3. In the Allergies/ADR section, if the HOSPITAL LOCATION file (#44),
TYPE field (#2) type equals "W" for any prescription printed for this
patient in the current print job, then the word "INPATIENT" will print
dispensing equipment interface.
on the line following the patient name.
4. In the Allergies/ADR section, if some sections do not have data, the
header will not print. If no information exists, "No Assessment Made"
will print after the Verified Allergies heading.
5. In the refill narrative or copay narrative sections, if there are
more than seven lines from the original text, only the first seven lines
will print. (They could appear as more than seven lines if there is some
wrapping of the text).
6. If the Multi-Rx refill section is blank, the SITE NUMBER field
(#.06) from the OUTPATIENT SITE file (#59) will print bottom right
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justified.
A utility routine is included in this patch to change some of the control
codes in the TERMINAL TYPE file (#3.2).
Once the patch is installed, running the routine PSOLLU4 in programmer
mode will make slight adjustments to PATIENT FILL INITIALIZATION,
PHARMACY FILL DOCUMENT WARNING, MAILING LABEL INITIALIZATION, and RETURN
MAIL INITIALIZATION settings.
Note: you must have your FileMan access set to '@' to run the routine.
To fully implement all portions of the new functionality, the
following are needed:
Phase II project for printing prescription labels.
1. Patch PSS*1*87 from Pharmacy Data Management V. 1.0 (PDM),to provide
an API for retrieving warning labels from the new data source.
2. Patches PSN*4*86 and PSN*4*88 from the National Drug File V. 4.0
(NDF) to create and populate a new gender field in the WARNING
LABEL-ENGLISH file (#50.625) and the WARNING LABEL-SPANISH file (#50.626).
3. Patch PSX*2*54 from the Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy V. 2.0
(CMOP) to modify the way warnings are sent to CMOP.
This patch includes:
1. Referencing a new commercial data source for printing prescription
warning labels.
2. Printing warning labels and Patient Information Sheets (PMI) by the
patient's PMI language preference setting.
3. A new MAILING COMMENTS field (#.081) is added to the OUTPATIENT SITE
file (#59.7) to be used for a site to enter anything they would like to
show on the Mail Address label. (i.e. whether mailing is "Forwarding
service requested" or "Address service requested"). The PSO SITE INPUT
TEMPLATE for the OUTPATIENT SITE file (#59.7) is changed to allow the
input of data into the new mailing comments.
***** NOTE TO SITES USING AUTOMATED FILLING EQUIPMENT *****
4. A new Manual Print of Multi-Rx Forms [PSO LM MULTI-RX PRINT] option
is added under the Rx (Prescriptions) [PSO RX] option as well as under
the OTH hidden action while in the patient's profile to reprint the
Multi-Rx Refill Request form on laser label stock without having to
reprint the entire prescription's labels. The functionality is also
changed to stop printing the Multi-Rx refill form on reprints.
5. Various changes to the content/format of the labels - detailed below
under each label section.
6. Correction to only print one ScripTalk label when SIG is continued.
(NOIS CLE-0304-40723. (The other part of this NOIS is addressed in patch
This patch changes the format and content of the laser labels print
PSO*7*182, so this NOIS is not included in the associated patch list
below)).
7. A new Signature Log Reprint [PSO SIGLOG REPRINT] option is added
under the Rx (Prescriptions) [PSO RX] option. (Added for HIPAA/NCPDP).
8. A change was made to not keep exact duplicates of the control code
settings (e.g. when running the set-up routine as a test site and again
when the patch is installed in production). NOIS PUG-1103-52110
9. The other NOIS's listed below were for items already included in the
Laser Labels Phase II specifications.
stream. If you are using automated dispensing equipment that relies on
Bottle label section changes:
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1. Currently long SIG's that do not fit on one bottle label print only 4
lines of SIG on the first bottle label and up to 4 lines on each
continuation label. This patch increases the number of lines of the SIG
that print on each bottle label to reduce the total number of labels
needed. This also will allow the overlapping of the multiple labels on the
bottle to eliminate the need for cutting the labels to make them fit.
2. The text "Mfr_________" will print for all prescriptions on the same
line as the "Discard after" information.
the data stream sent to the laser labels port, you have 2 options:
3. The text "May refill nX by MMM DD,YYYY" or "NO REFILLS LEFT" or "NO
REFILL" was added between the "Discard after..." line and the Qty: line.
4. On the trailing documents, a signature log will print in the bottle
label section for the patient to sign for the medications received.
(Added for HIPAA/NCPDP).
Warning label section changes:
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1. A new API will be called to determine which warnings to print.
2. Warnings will print in English or Spanish depending on the patient's
1. Implement the Outpatient Automation Interface (OPAI) (available with
PMI preference.
3. If there are fewer than five warning labels, the warning labels will
be bottom-justified.
4. If the DEA, SPECIAL HDLG field (#3) in the DRUG file (#50) begins
with numbers 1,2,3,4 or 5. The NO TRANSFER warning label from the RX
CONSULT file (#54) entry number 20 will print in the appropriate
language.
5. The new data source contains some lengthy warnings, especially the
Spanish translation. For the smallest font, this patch allows a 4th line
of text to print, if needed.
released patch PSO*7*156) or
6. The top warning label was sometimes printing on or over the
perforated line. For some fonts, this patch reduces the white space
between the lines of the first warning to make it fit.
Mail address section changes:
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1. The current date will print in the upper right corner.
2. If there are any mailing comments defined, they will print after the
MAIL field (#.03) of the PHARMACY PATIENT file (#55).
3. Patient name will print first name first instead of
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