| DESCRIPTION OF ENHANCEMENTS |
A site reported a problem with renewed pending orders. The
dose limit exists for the selected Orderable Item, and the limit is less
than the default stop date, the earlier stop date and time will be
displayed."
The way the screen defaults in pharmacy for finishing would lead the
pharmacist to finish the new order prior to finishing the renewals.
This creates the potential for medication orders to default to an
"incorrect" stop date/time. This problem caused a patient to completely
miss receiving a newly ordered medication, as the new order expired prior
to the first scheduled dose time.
Pharmacist's User Manual states:
The following example shows the way the screen displays the orders from
the PENDING/NON-VERIFIED option:
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A C T I V E - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1 MULTIVITAMINS TAB C 04/01 04/08 R
Give: 1 TABLET PO QAM (07)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - P E N D I N G - - - - - - - - - - - -
2 CAPTOPRIL TAB ? ***** *****
Give: 25MG PO QAM (07)
"When the SAME STOP DATE ON ALL ORDERS parameter is set to
- - - - - - - - - - - - P E N D I N G R E N E W A L S - - - - - - - -
3 MULTIVITAMINS TAB ? ***** ***** P 04/06
Give: 1 TABLET PO QAM (07)
This patch corrects the problem by reversing the order in which the
PENDING and PENDING RENEWALS are displayed. With the entries reversed
the user will finish the PENDING RENEWAL order first, followed by the
PENDING order, and the correct stop date/time will be displayed.
yes, the module will assign a default stop date for each patient. This
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date is initially set when the first order is entered for the patient. A
new default stop date is assigned for the patient when an order is
renewed and the order's stop date plus three days is greater than the
current default stop date. This date is shown as the default value for
the stop date of each order entered for the patient. However, if a day or
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