| DESCRIPTION OF ENHANCEMENTS |
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The Special Instructions and Other Print Info Project addresses
enhancements identified during Inpatient Medications Requirements for
Special Focus Group Initial Request Analysis (IMR SFG IRA) Phase
III/Phase IV, as well as modifications requested by the Bar Code
Medication Administration (BCMA) and Inpatient Medications workgroups.
The Inpatient Pharmacy patch PSJ*5*267 is also being released as part of
these enhancements. The projects purpose is to Standardize the character
length between CPRS Provider's Comment, Inpatient Medications Special
Instructions, and the IV Pharmacy Other Print Information fields.
IMPORTANT: PATCH PSJ*5*267 MUST BE INSTALLED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE
The Inpatient Pharmacy patch PSJ*5*267 will add new fields to Inpatient
Medication to support an unlimited amount of text for Special
Instructions and Other Print Info (SI/OPI).
The enhacnement in this patch will support the new unlimited lines of
text that will now be sent by Inpatient Medications to the BCMA
Contingency software workstations, in the HL7 NTE|21 segement.
Please refer to the release notes for a full detailed list and examples
INSTALLATION OF THIS PATCH.
of items included in this patch.
If the site is running the BCMA Contingency software then this patch
must also be installed on the workstations. Once installed it is
suggested that the sites review the Contingency system MAR reports.
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