Here is a description of Outpatient Pharmacy features from the Vista Monograph.
Overview The Outpatient Pharmacy package provides a way to manage the medication regimen of veterans seen in outpatient clinics and to monitor and manage the workload and costs in the Outpatient Pharmacy. The primary benefits to the veteran are the assurance that he or she is receiving the proper medication and the convenience of obtaining refills easily. The clinicians and pharmacists responsible for patient care benefit from a complete, accurate and current medication profile available at any time to permit professional evaluation of treatment plans. Utilization, cost and workload reports provide management cost controlling tools while maintaining the highest level of patient care. Features The Outpatient Pharmacy package: * Checks new prescriptions against existing prescriptions (i.e., for the same medication, therapeutic class, reported allergies, reactions, drug interactions). * Allows pharmacists to verify data entered by technicians prior to the printing of labels. * Allows for the renewal of prescriptions that have no remaining refills. Prints labels for new, renewed and refilled prescriptions. * Auto-cancels individual prescriptions for a patient after admission for inpatient treatment. * Creates medication profiles for patient charts to meet the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) requirements for a current medication list. Profiles are suitable for counseling patients. * Allows the Action Profile to be used as a quick renew/cancel request form by clinic providers, which allows for rapid entry of request by pharmacy staff. * Provides the Screen Profile for review at several points in the order / entry process. * Provides basic Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) template generator. * Provides necessary laboratory checks and reports to meet national requirements for Clozapine dispensing. * Provides finishing of orders entered through CPRS. * Provides information for billing any applicable medication co-payment when the prescription is released. * The user to select a different action without leaving an option. * Uses List Manager features to allow: - pharmacist or technician to browse through a list of actions. - pharmacist or technician to take action against those items. - user to select an action that displays an action or informational profile. Related Package Overview The Controlled Substances package provides functionality to monitor and track the receipt, inventory, and dispensing of all controlled substances. This software provides the pharmacy with the capability to define a controlled substance location and a list of controlled substances to maintain a perpetual inventory. The capability for pharmacy personnel to receive a controlled substance order, which automatically updates the quantity on hand and receipt history, is also available. Nursing personnel can request orders for controlled substances via on-demand requests and receive these orders when delivered from Pharmacy. Pharmacy may dispense controlled substances, using the automated VA forms, 10-2321, 10-2638, to complete an order request. Features The Controlled Substances package provides the following features: * Monitors/tracks the receipt, inventory, and dispensing of controlled substances. * Allows management inspections to automatically identify discrepancies in stock levels. * Allows nursing to place orders for controlled substances via on-demand requests. * Provides AMIS and cost reporting data. * Maintains perpetual vault inventory balances. * Provides the functionality to return to stock, transfer between locations, cancel orders, and log outpatient prescriptions. * Automates current inventory requirements that allow medical facilities to detect discrepancies or diversions of controlled substances thereby improving overall drug accountability. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nancy E. Anthracite Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 2:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] PHARMACY APPLICATION I am no pharmacy expert, but I think you should be OK. VistA is not RAM hungry at all and most home based PCs are just fine. VistA itself is free, but you will probably need to get a vendor to help you install it and get the portion you need up and running. If you do not get contacted by a vendor that can help you, please email me back so I can try to get you some help. Not everyone reads this mailing list regularly. Nancy Anthracite, MD [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Friday 29 October 2004 12:09 pm, PLEMMONS FAMILY wrote: > I AM NEW TO VISTA. I RUN A SMALL PHARMACY. WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE > VISTA BUT DON'T KNOW IF VISTA WILL SUPPORT LABEL MAKING, PATIENT > PROFILE, REFILLS ETC. I BELIEVE IT WILL IF THE VETERANS HOSPITAL USES > THIS SOFTWARE IN THE OUTPATIENT PHARMACY. DON'T NEED ELECTRONIC > SIGNATURES/LABE TEST X-RAY INFO ETC. CAN I RUN ON HOME BASED PC? MEMORY OR RAM CONSTRAINTS? > > THANK YOU. -- Nancy Anthracite ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idU88&alloc_id065&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
