Hello, L: How are you PHA/FDB users dealing with the following problem:
 
Meditech builds their drug ID field from the generic name, strength, and
dispense form fields. But there are many drugs coming from FDB that do
NOT consistently have the strength field on them. Or, the strength field
is imbedded in the trade name field, rather than being in the strength
field. This leads to a problem, since the drug lookup at order time does
not have sufficient info for the person ordering to distinguish which is
the correct drug per the doctor's order.
 
We could investigate these by NDC number and eventually repair, but our
pharmacy director is very uncomfortable with editing the drug ID fields,
and would prefer that be done from the formulary source.
 
What are you all doing about this? Do you just bite the bullet, do the
research by NDC, and correct the drug ID fields manually with the
strength?? My pharmacist says his license is on the line, he doesn't
want to do this manually! 
 
Does this problem also occur with MediSpan?
 
Thanks!
 
Gary Hall
Clinical Applications Analyst
Estes Park Medical Center
Information Systems Department
970-577-4443




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