| DESCRIPTION OF ENHANCEMENTS |
This patch contains software modifications to the Outpatient Pharmacy (OP)
. Patient decision-making should be advised by information about a known
Please wait...
The system is unable to display FDA Med Guide automatically.
Please, contact your local technical support for assistance to
resolve this problem. In the meantime, you can copy/paste the
link above into your browser's address bar to retrieve the
FDA Medication Guide.
serious side effect with a product, or
Enter RETURN to continue, '?' for HELP, or '^' to exit:
If a user tries to use this option for a medication that does not have
an FDA Medication Guide on file, the following message will display:
Select Item(s): MG Display FDA Medication Guide
There is no FDA Medication Guide associated with this medication.
. Patient adherence to directions for the use of a product is essential
Press RETURN to continue
Note: This option requires a Java software component to be installed on
---- the user's computer. This software will be released as part of this
project. Please, refer to the project Release Notes and Installation
Guide documentation for further information.
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
V. 7.0 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 modification is inclued in this patch (PSO*7*343):
Patient Prescription Processing [PSO LM BACKDOOR ORDERS] option
Guides be included with certain prescribed drugs and biological products
Pharmacists will be able to retrieve an FDA Medication Guide for a
specific prescription by selecting the prescription and invoking the OTH
(Other OP Actions) hidden action and choosing the new item MG Display FDA
Medication Guide. A Java software component running at the user's PC will
then display the FDA Medication Guide Adobe Acrobat document (.pdf) by
automatically opening it via the user's default web browser, which will
allow the users to print it to any printer available to them, as seen
below:
when the Agency determines that:
--- Other OP Actions ---
PN Progress Note (OP)
AP Action Profile (OP)
MI Print Medication Instructions
DO Display Orders' Statuses
MG Display FDA Medication Guide
Select Item(s): MG Display FDA Medication Guide
The following URL provides the link to the FDA Medication Guide
associated with this medication.
vaww.national.cmop.domain.ext/FDAMedGuides/Lindane_(Generic)_(2008).pdf
Please wait...
[FDA Medication Guide .pdf document opens on the web browser]
Enter RETURN to continue, '?' for HELP, or '^' to exit:
. Certain information is necessary to prevent serious adverse effects
If a user tries to use this option from a computer which does not have the
required Java software component installed, the following message will
display:
Select Item(s): MG Display FDA Medication Guide
The following URL provides the link to the FDA Medication Guide
associated with this medication.
vaww.national.cmop.domain.ext/FDAMedGuides/Lindane_(Generic)_(2008).pdf
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