| DESCRIPTION OF ENHANCEMENTS |
This patch is being released as part of Pharmacy Legacy Enhancements
one division to have more than one Automated Dispensing Device (ADD)
communicating with Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology
Architecture (VistA) through the OPAI.
1. A new file named PHARMACY AUTOMATED DISPENSING DEVICES file (#52.53)
was created. Entries in this file are required only if the site wants
to utilize the multiple dispensing functionality. The new file
contains the following fields:
NAME - A free-text field that is between 3-30 characters in length.
Fiscal Year 2011 to address the Outpatient Pharmacy Automation Interface
It is the name given to the automated dispensing device.
DNS - A free-text field that is between 1-50 characters in length. It
stores the DNS name or IP address of the automated dispensing
device.
PORT - This field is a numeric between 1 and 65535 with no decimal
places. It stores the port associated with the automated
dispensing device.
INACTIVE
DATE - This is a date field, not required, but is used to inactivate
the OPAI connection to an automated dispensing device.
(OPAI) Enhancements. The Pharmacy Data Management patch PSS*1*156 is also
2. A new menu option named Enter/Edit Automated Dispensing Devices [PSO
AUTO DISPENSING DEVICE] was created to maintain the PHARMACY
AUTOMATED DISPENSING DEVICES file (#52.53). The option is located
under the Maintenance (Outpatient Pharmacy) [PSO MAINTENANCE] menu.
Only sites planning to use the multiple automated dispensing devices
for an outpatient division should use this option.
3. A new sub-file (#59.20081) multiple named OPAI was added to the
DISPENSING SYSTEM PRINTER sub-file (#59.02008) in the OUTPATIENT SITE
being released as part of this enhancement.
file (#59). The sub-file contains the following new fields:
DNS NAME - This field is a pointer to the PHARMACY AUTOMATED
DISPENSING DEVICES file (#52.53).
CATEGORY - Categories provide the flexibility of routing RXs to
different ADDs. This field contains the following set
of codes:
MCS MAIL - CS
MNCS MAIL - NCS
MAIL MAIL
WCS WINDOW - CS
WNCS WINDOW - NCS
WIND WINDOW
CS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
NCS NONCONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
A ANY
S STORAGE
4. The Site Parameter Enter/Edit [PSO SITE PARAMETERS] option was
modified for addition of the new fields in the OPAI multiple
Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) facilities have moved to using
(#59.20081) in the OUTPATIENT SITE file (#59).
5. During prescription processing, if the label printer selected has
ADDs defined then Rx will be routed to the appropriate ADDs. A message
will be displayed indicating the ADDs where the Rx will be routed.
Below is an example of the routing message.
PRESCRIPTIONS SENT TO:
OPTIFILL1
100002815 ACETAMINOPHEN 325MG C.T.
multiple vendors for automated medication dispensing systems to improve
100002816 AMOXICILLIN 250MG CAP
100002824 AMOXAPINE 50MG TAB
SCRIPTPRO1
100002844 CIMETIDINE 200MG TAB
6. During testing a problem was discovered in the Print from Suspense
File [PSO PNDLBL] and Reprint Batches from Suspense [PSO PNDRPT]
options. The ZTIO variable, which stores the label printer, was being
reset to null after processing each patient prescription. As a result
the efficiency of outpatient pharmacy operations. The following
a printer defined with multiple ADDs was not routing prescriptions
properly. Routines PSOSULBL and PSOSUSRP were modified to address this
problem.
7. A new Integration Control Registration (ICR) #5579 was created to
grant the Pharmacy Data Management package read access to the PHARMACY
AUTOMATED DISPENSING DEVICES file (#52.53).
8. As per the User Group request, when a dispense complete message is
received by VistA from the external dispensing interface and if the
enhancements were made to the Outpatient Pharmacy software to allow any
mail tracking information is included in the 13th piece of the RXD
segment, then the activity log will be updated with this information.
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