I wouldn't call it a "non-response".  What he is saying is, after checking with 
the people who maintain the data, there is nothing wrong with the data as 
Medi-Span presents it.  It appears we have a finger pointing "he said, she 
said" situation here.  From past experience, I have more faith in what 
Medi-Span says than I do with Meditech....

>>> "Griffin, Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/26/2006 7:45 AM >>>
Hi all,

I received this "non-response" from Medi-Span today (after two weeks of
waiting):

Paul, 

My apologies for the delay in my turn around response to you. I sent
this to the Aller-chek Product Editor. He reviewed your screen prints
and Aller-chek data within our maintenenace system and confirmed:

Maintenance system data reviewed in AC and there is no linkage between

acetaminophen or aspirin with the related ingredient allergies noted in
the   
user screen prints. Aspirin is set up with a number of cross-reactor
classes, 
none of which are Codeine, Dimenhydrinate, or Diphenhydramine.
Acetaminophen  
is not set up with any cross-reactors in the AC maintenance system.
Could     
their system be deriving this information from some combination products
or   
other source within their system? It does not appear to be data-related.

Does anyone using Medi-Span NOT have this problem? I'm looking for some
common denominator here. I'm not filing my latest update from them until
I get this mess cleared up. We are MG 5.4 SR2. 


-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carole Weinstein
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 12:01 PM
To: Griffin, Paul; [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Medi-Span Problem

Hi all,
This is the answer from MT from my task today:

I have just spoken with another specialist that is in contact with
Medi-Span.  These DTSs do not fix this issue. As far as the allergy
information, please know that the system uses the information in the
drug dictionary for allergy checking  (this would be the information in
the "Ingredient Allergies" field on page 5 of the Drug Dictionary. The
related ingredients associated in the Generic Name dictionary are used
only as a reference when coding a patient with a genericallergy to ask
the user "Do you want to code the patient with these related ingredient
allergies as well?" Also, we are in contact with Medi-Span about this
issue. The specialist at Medi-Span is out for the day but will return
tomorrow.  I will give you an update as soon as I have more information
from Medi-Span regarding this issue. 

>>> "Lehl, Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/23/06 10:29AM >>>
Please respond to L.
 
Thanks for alerting the List Paul.  We checked the results or are recent
Medispan FSV update and have found the same problems you mentioned.
We've only opened an issue with Meditech thus far.  We've yet to asses
what our corrective actions -- because of patient safety, it doesn't
seem like something we can wait for either Meditech or Medispan to
resolve with programming.......
 
Jim

        -----Original Message-----
        From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Griffin, Paul
        Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 7:11 AM
        To: [email protected] 
        Subject: [MEDITECH-L] Medi-Span Problem
        
        
        Hi all,
         
        Recently I have experienced a problem with our latest FSV
(Medi-Span) File. Quite a few Generic Names have the Related Ingredient
Allergy fields populated by Medi-Span with incorrect Related
Ingredients. For example, Acetaminophen has Docusate, Morphine,
Ipratroprium, Fish-Derived Products, Guaifenesin, Codeine, among others.
         
        I reported this to MEDITECH and they asked me to contact
Medi-Span. I have not received any responses, despite multiple
calls/emails. In any case, I called MEDITECH back a few days later and
my Apps Specialist now states that three more of her sites are
experiencing the same problem. 
         
        Is anyone out there in L-Land noticed this issue? Thanks and
have a great day.
         
        Paul E. Griffin R.Ph.
        Emerson Hospital
        (978) 287-3769
        [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
         





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