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- XU*8.0*566
- ACTION: Don't install, leave global
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- PSO*7.0*354
- ACTION: Don't install, leave global
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- PSO*7.0*379
- ACTION: Don't install, leave global
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- PSO*7.0*343
- ACTION: Don't install, leave global
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- PSO*7.0*336
- ACTION: Don't install, leave global
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- PSO*7.0*338
- ACTION: Don't install, leave global
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| DESCRIPTION OF ENHANCEMENTS |
his patch contains software modifications to the Outpatient Pharmacy (OP)
. Patient decision-making should be advised by information about a known
however the user will be able to select other printers as well. The
HOME and NULL DEVICE are selectable at this point.
Select OPTION NAME: PSO MANAGER Outpatient Pharmacy Manager
Outpatient Pharmacy software - Version
Division: DIVISION 999
You are logged on under the DIVISION division.
serious side effect with a product, or
Select PROFILE PRINTER: HOME// GENERIC INCOMING TELNET
Select LABEL PRINTER: HOME// GENERIC INCOMING TELNET
OK to assume label alignment is correct? YES//
DIVISIONS's FDA Medication Guide Printer(s) on file:
FDA MED GUIDE PRINTER (Default)
. Patient adherence to directions for the use of a product is essential
Select FDA MED GUIDE PRINTER: FDA MED GUIDE PRINTER//
3. Complete Orders from [OERR PSO LMOE FINISH] option
Patient Prescription Processing [PSO LM BACKDOOR ORDERS] option
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There are a few enhancements being added to the prescription processing
options regarding the printing of FDA Medication Guides. Among them:
a) The FDA Medication Guide document will print automatically for
prescriptions, if there is one available.
to its effectiveness.
b) Users will have the ability to change the FDA Medication Guide
printer in the same way they change the label and profile printers
today.
c) When queuing labels to print, if there is at least one prescription
with an FDA Medication Guide associated, it will require a valid FDA
Medication Guide printer to be entered. This is similar to requiring
a valid printer for the label printer.
d) The actual label document will contain a note under the barcode,
before the PMI document, that says "Read FDA MED Guide". Such note
should indicate to the pharmacist that an FDA Medication Guide
document has been printed for the prescription and should be handed
to the patient.
e) The Label Log and CMOP Event Log will both list the FDA Medication
Guide document name (.pdf) associated with each fill.
f) Users will have the ability to reprint the FDA Medication Guide for
The features in the FDA Medication Guides project are being delivered in
past prescription fills or the latest FDA Medication Guide available
for the prescription via a new action RM - Reprint FDA Medication
Guide under the OTH - Other OP Actions menu.
4. Print from Suspense File [PSO PNDLBL] option
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In order to run this option users will be required to enter a valid FDA
Medication Guide printer. All prescriptions that prints a label via
this option and that have an FDA Medication Guide associated will have
the documente printed as well in the designated printer.
incremental releases. This patch is part of the Increment 3 release, which
5. Pull Early from Suspense [PSO PNDRX] option
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If the prescription being pulled from suspense has an FDA Medication
Guide associated the user will be required to enter a valid FDA
Medication Guide printer to where the document will be printed for
the prescription.
6. Change Label Printer [PSO CHANGE PRINTER] option
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is the last planned release. The features included in this release are:
This option is used by users to change the profile and label printers
after having logged on to a pharmacy division. It is being modified to
allow users to change the FDA Medication Guide printer as well.
7. Reprint an Outpatient Rx Label [PSO RXRPT] option
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If the prescription selected to reprinted the label has an FDA
Medication Guide associated, this option will ask whether the user also
wants to reprint the FDA Medication Guide. If they answer YES, a valid
FDA Medication Guide printer will be required for the user to proceed
with the reprinting of the label and FDA Medication Guide.
8. Label/Profile Monitor Reprint [PSO B] option
Reprint External Batches [PSO INTERFACE REPRINT] option
Reprint Batches from Suspense [PSO PNDRPT] option
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These options are used for reprinting batches of labels that may have
jammed on the printer. When reprinting labels via one of these options
users will be prompted if they also want to reprint the FDA Medication
Guide. If they answer YES, a valid FDA Medication Guide printer will be
. Ability to create and maintain a list of FDA Medication Guide printers
required for the user to proceed with the reprinting of the label and
FDA Medication Guide, if one is available.
9. The background process that calculates suspense days now rounds any
partial day to the next full day. This modification was moved from
patch PSO*7*385 into this patch due to routine overlap and to avoid
patch dependency.
V. 7.0 application to support the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
for a specific pharmacy division.
. Automatic printing of FDA Medication Guide along with prescription
labels.
. Ability to reprint the FDA Medication Guide when reprinting a
prescription label.
. Ability to change the FDA Medication Guide printer at any point of the
dispensing process, similar to changing the label printer.
Medication Guides - Increment 3 project. The project objective is to allow
. Ability to reprint the FDA Medication Guide for any given prescription
fill or the latest FDA Mediation Guide available for the medication on
the prescription.
. Identification on the label document that an FDA Medication Guide was
printed as well and needs to be collated to the documentation before
being handed over to the patient.
. Changes to the prescription label activity logs showing which specific
pharmacy staff to retrieve the FDA Medication Guide for prescription items
FDA Medication Guide document printed along with the label.
. Changes to the Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP) Event log
showing which specific FDA Medication Guide document was available
for the medication when the prescription fill was transmitted to CMOP.
. Introduction of a PC based Java software component to enable the
automatic printing of an FDA Medication Guide from within VistA. The
software does not require any direct user interaction. The software
identifies a request from VistA for a specific FDA Medication Guide
that contain FDA approved information that can help patients avoid adverse
and automatically sends it to the FDA Medication Guide printer
selected by the user within VistA when dispensing the medication.
. Ability to update the Windows network printer name for a specific
device through the Kernel application. Once the pharmacist selects a
printer to print the FDA Medication Guide Vista will retrieve the
Windows name for the printer and will pass it on to the Java
application responsible for printing the document.
Below is a list of all the applications involved in this release along
events. The FDA requires that Medication Guides be included with certain
with their patch number:
APPLICATION/VERSION PATCH
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CONSOLIDATED MAIL OUTPATIENT PHARMACY (CMOP) V. 2.0 PSX*2*70
NATIONAL DRUG FILE (NDF) V. 4.0 PSN*4*264
OUTPATIENT PHARMACY (OP) V. 7.0 PSO*7*367
KERNEL V. 8.0 XU*8*566
The following modifications are included in this patch (PSO*7*367):
prescribed drugs and biological products when the Agency determines that:
1. Site Parameter Enter/Edit [PSO SITE PARAMETERS] option
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Two new parameters are being introduced in this option:
a) FDA MED GUIDE PRINT SERVER URL: this field is used to store the
Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the Print Server where the Java
application responsible for automatically printing of the FDA
Medication Guides for the division was installed
(e.g.,'http://127.0.0.1/'). This field is required for the FDA
Medication Guide functionality to work properly.
b) FDA MED GUIDE PRINTER: This is a multiple field used to store a
list of printers used for printing FDA Medication Guide document
for the division. There are two fields in the multiple: 1) FDA
MED GUIDE PRINTER, which is a pointer to the DEVICE file (#3.5).
Only devices with a content in the WINDOWS NETWORK PRINTER NAME
field (#75) are selectable, and 2) DEFAULT PRINTER, which
indicates whether the printer selected is to be used as the
default printer for the division. Only one printer can be set as
default printer for each division. This field is not required.
The printers in this multiple will be displayed for selection
. Certain information is necessary to prevent serious adverse effects
when the user logs into a division. If there is a printer set as
the default printer, it will be set as the default printer.
2. Outpatient Pharmacy Manager [PSO MANAGER] option
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When logging into a division, after selecting the Profile and Label
printers, the user will be prompt to select an FDA Medication Guide
printer for the current session. If the division selected has a list
of FDA Medication Guide printers they will be displayed (see below),
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