Salman, there might be a little something to help you in the audio file and PowerPoint slides about Inpatient Meds for Outpatients on my server here:
http://opensourcevista.net:8888/NancysVistAServer/VATraining/ On Tuesday 18 July 2006 02:02, Salman Akram wrote: I deleted the ATC MNEMONIC field for a specific drug; ordered it and dispensed the drugs unit from pick list. This time it din't go to ATC but i want to know how will the patient receive the medicine now? (as the order just got lost). Regards, Salman Akram On 7/18/06, chuck5566 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unit Dose - ATC > > Look at the ATC MNEMONIC field (212.2) of the DRUG file (50) for those > drugs that the pick list wants to send to the ATC. If there's data, try > deleting it (for one or a few at first). > > > > > On Jul 17, 2006, at 12:51 PM, ashfaq wrote: > > I have a few questions regarding pharmacy. Here is what I have done > > > - A Pharmacy Location has been set up which has to be linked to IV > Room (option in the PBM). > - This pharmacy location is linked to a 'primary inventory point' > whose special primary type attribute is set to 'D' for drugs. > - Inventory items are created manually in the primary inventory > point and linked to a drug item in the local drug file#50. > - Link between the primary inventory point item and local drug file > entry is established properly. > - All the items in the local drug file # 50 have their 'current > inventory' imported with the files (which are independent of local > inventory items and there is no check for verification). > - When a drug is released to the outpatient the inventory in the > local drug file #50 is updated automatically (it doesn't ask for a > corresponding inventory item neither updates it). > - As far as Inpatient Medications is concerned there are 2 cases > > *(1) **Unit Dose Medications: *When unit dose medications are ordered > and verified they are sent to the Pick List (which has to be updated for > the current orders) and BCMA Virtual Due List (VDL). After they are updated > pick list shows all the orders verified and the quantities ordered and > gives the option to dispense drugs against the order. When drugs are > dispensed now this pick list (corresponding to a ward group) needs to be > sent to the ATC (most probably linked with a real ward). But as there is no > ATC so system just shows the message 'No ATC Machine Found' and also there > is no update corresponding to the drugs entered in the local drug file or > pharmacy inventory. ** > > *(2) **IV Additives/Solutions: *In case of IV Additives there is no > 'current inventory' in the local drug file, though the additive can be > linked to a pharmacy inventory item. IV Orders are just sent to BCMA after > verification and again there is no corresponding update of the inventory. > ** > ยท Inpatient Medications can > also provide Medications to Outpatients which are being treated in a clinic > which has facility to entertain outpatients but its only for IV > Additives/Solutions (most probably because IV additives/solutions aren't > easy to be made outside the hospitals. > ** > ** > my questions are > > 1. There seems to be ambiguities in the link between Pharmacy and > Inventory. Inventory item is associated with Drug but is never used for > item keeping. > 2. Is there any other way of delivering Inpatient Medication and is > there a way to bypass ATC > 3. The link between outpatient pharmacy and inventory is also not > clear > 4. 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