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We went with putting out our own Dose Range checking also. We took it in small chunks (so it is still not completely finished). For our go live, we took the top 200 drugs that are ordered in the hospital, we sat down groups of physicians from each unit (they had to donate 2 hours each to IS), and they went through the list with us. We told them what the formulary said, they told us what was truly acceptable in their practice. The pharmacist sat with us the entire time. They argued and hashed out what they wanted and IS programmed it for them. The physicians are still not happy with the pop ups, but we remind them that this was in agreement with help from them. We are now going to redo the list again and start back at the drugs we didn't do the first time. It's an ongoing process. . .as Kevin said. Cathy >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 4/19/2006 8:11:44 AM >>> All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments. The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com ====================================== Hi Myla- Dose Range checking is a sore topic with many of us, mainly because of the "data" we purchase from the 3rd party Formulary Service Vendors (FSV) and the enormous amount of time it takes to validate that data. If you have an FSV your Pharmacy department will understand - the number of "pop-ups" during order entry with regards to dose range checking can be a nuisance. As a Clinical Pharmacist and end user myself, one would hope that the pop-ups we see are valid and noteworthy to act on. As with the allergy/duplicate pop-ups, that just isn't the case. The addition of AOM/POM brings on the next level of frustration - the "non-PHA" user. Unfortunately the PHA users are accustom to the pop-ups, others are not and will question the system integrity...especially physicians - as well they should. My recommendation is to turn off the dose range checks (there's a Knowledge Base Article on that topic), develop your know "Dose Types", edit the existing dictionary and then re-introduce the ones after editing. Start with the high-alert meds (narrow therapeutic index drugs) and go class by class. Plan on hundreds of man-hours to accomplish this task. Of course if you do not use an FSV you will have to develop your own Dose Range Dictionary from scratch...which sometimes isn't a bad thing! Best of luck - Kevin. Kevin McConnell, PharmD. Clinical Consultant (713)480-6810 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.RPhInformatics.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hopkins, Myla Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 2:21 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: [MEDITECH-L] Does Range Checking All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments. The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com ====================================== Hello fellow Meditech Users! We are a C/S site at 5.5 SR 2 and are embarking upon the utilization of POM/AOM within Meditech. With this, there have been some concerns raised from our pharmacy director on dose range checking. I know this functionality is available within the Formulary dictionary but we are not currently using it. Have there been any sites out there that have utilized this particular functionality within the Pharmacy? Within the Pharmacy and are already live with POM/AOM? We'd love to hear from you and how this has worked at your facility. Thanks in advance for any feedback! _________________________________________ Myla W. Hopkins Johnston Memorial Hospital MIS Clinical Applications System Specialist (Phone) 919-938-7592 (Pager) 919-713-1464 DISCLAIMER: The contents of this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. 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