| DESCRIPTION OF ENHANCEMENTS |
This patch contains software modifications to the Pharmacy Data Management
. Patient decision-making should be advised by information about a known
serious side effect with a product, or
. Patient adherence to directions for the use of a product is essential
to its effectiveness.
The features in the FDA Medication Guides project are being delivered in
incremental releases. This patch is part of the Increment 2 release. The
features included in this release are:
. Establishment of a Server Repository for FDA Medication Guides within
(PDM) V. 1.0 application to support the FDA Medication Guides project. The
the VA network.
. Updates to 900+ entries in the VA PRODUCT file (#50.68) to store the
corresponding FDA Medication Guide document name will be provided via
the NDF Monthly Data Update patches.
. Introduction of a PC based Java software component to enable the
automatic retrieval of an FDA Medication Guide from within VistA. The
software does not require any direct user interaction. It works as a
bridge between VistA and the PC where it is installed. The software
project objective is to allow pharmacy staff to retrieve the FDA Medication
identifies a request from VistA for a specific FDA Medication Guide and
automatically retrieves it from the Server Repository and displays to the
user via the Internet Explorer browser.
. Introduction of a new option called Display FDA Medication Guide [PSN MED
GUIDE] to the National Drug File V. 4.0 application for retrieving and
displaying the FDA Medication Guide for a specific VA Product.
. Introduction of new functionality to the Patient Prescription Processing
[PSO LM BACKDOOR] option in the Outpatient Pharmacy V. 7.0 application
Guide for prescriptions that contain FDA approved information that can help
for retrieving and displaying the FDA Medication Guide for a specific
prescription.
Below is a list of all the applications involved in this release along
with their patch number:
APPLICATION/VERSION PATCH
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OUTPATIENT PHARMACY (OP) V. 7.0 PSO*7*343
NATIONAL DRUG FILE (NDF) V. 4.0 PSN*4*263
patients avoid serious adverse events. The FDA requires that Medication
PHARMACY DATA MANAGEMENT (PDM) V. 1.0 PSS*1*158
The FDA Medication Guides project is expected to complete in three
increments. Among other features, the next Increment will automate the
printing of FDA Medication Guides for prescriptions dispensed by the VA
via Outpatient Pharmacy application when the prescription label is printed.
The following modifications are included in this patch (PSS*1*158):
1. New Data Dictionary field added to PHARMACY SYSTEM (#59.7) file
Guides be included with certain prescribed drugs and biological products
A new field called FDA MED GUIDE SERVER URL (#100) is being added to the
PHARMACY SYSTEM (#59.7) file. This field will be used to store the FDA
Medication Guide Web server URL which will be used in conjunction with
the FDA MED GUIDE (#100) field in the VA PRODUCT (#50.68) file to compose
the complete FDA Medication Guide URL for a specific VA Product entry.
2. A post-install routine will run to set this new field with the value
shown below, which is the current FDA Medication Guides web Server URL:
when the Agency determines that:
http://vaww.national.cmop.domain.ext/FDAMedGuides/
Note: Integration Control Registration (ICR) #2613 is being modified to
include this new field in the list of fields that can be read by
the National Drug File (NDF) application.
. Certain information is necessary to prevent serious adverse effects
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