Pharmacy Issues

This page will contain notes to work out pharmacy programming issues.

Initiated by K. Toppenberg 4/2005

Keys Needed for Pharm. Setup

David Whitten searched pharmacy routines and found keys that were needed for some of the pharmacy setup routines. Here are the keys that were found: PSA ORDERS, PSAMGR, PSJ RPWARN, PSB MANAGER, PSB CPRS MED BUTTON, PSB INSTRUCTOR, PROVIDER, PSD TECH, PSDMGR, PSD BUMGR, PSD ERROR, PSD PARAM, PSD TRAN

Files and Relationships

• VA PRODUCT file (file #50.68) holds ALL possible drugs. Some people refer to this as the National Drug File.
• DRUG file (file #50) holds all the drugs in the local formulary. This links to above.
• PHARMACY ORDERABLE ITEM file (file #50.7) holds things that can be ordered from the pharmacy. This links to above.
• ORDERABLE ITEM file (file #101.43) hols things that can be ordered, including labs and drugs. This links to above.
• ORDER QUICK VIEW file (file #101.44) holds "quick order" entries.

Relevent Menu Options

Here is a pharmacy option/menu setup I gathered:

  cv     Protocol Conversion Utilities ... [ORCM CONVERSION UTILITIES]
  Mgr    Pharmacy Data Management ... [PSS MGR]
  NDF    National Drug File Menu ... [PSNMGR]
  Out    Outpatient Pharmacy Manager ... [PSO MANAGER]
         Drug Accountability Menu ... [PSA DRUG ACCOUNTABILITY MENU]
         Drug Receipt History Review [PSA DRUG HISTORY]
         Drug Transaction History [PSA DRUG DISPLAY]
         Enter/Edit a Drug [PSA DRUG ENTER/EDIT]
         Inquire/Compare DRUG file/ITEM MASTER file [PSA DRUG INQUIRE]