Robin - I have to manually correct the AHFS codes periodically because of this. With the MIS allergens feature, you no longer have to rely upon AHFS codes for allergies. However, even though FirstDataBank and I'm sure the other FSV's have a program that will also check for duplicates, Meditech so far refuses to move to this and still relies upon AHFS codes for duplicates. I have spoken to Meditech on numerous occasions about their using AHFS codes (except concerning a formulary) because it is an inprecise way of doing things. Also, if they would use the drug ID universally, we wouldn't have to create all of these separate generic names ourselves. The other alternative would be to create an additional field in the drug dictionary where you could put percentage strengths, etc. I had written a MUSE enhancement request many years ago suggesting this, but instead, they came up with the drug ID. Charlie Charles Downs Pharm.D. Washington County Hospital Inpatient Pharmacy 251 E. Antietam Street Hagerstown, MD, 21740 301-790-8904 ----- Original Message ----- From: Robin D. Cullen To: meditech-l@MTUsers.com Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 9:50 AM Subject: [MEDITECH-L] PHA Generic Name Scripting Question
Hi Everyone, As you may be aware, sites typically set the parameter "overwrite" in the FSV Parameters to "N" so as to prevent their FSV from overwriting all of their blood, sweat, & tears vis a vis the generic name dictionary. After all, it wasn't too long ago that the Drug ID field in the drug dictionary didn't exist. In place, they had to modify the generic name description in order to have labels, mars, reports etc. present drugs in the correct fashion(esp. premixes). Unfortunately, by setting the overwrite to "N" they prevented their FSV from updating their generic names. This meant that, for example, the drug Voriconazole, which was put on the market a few years ago, was inappropriately classed as 99:00 - Appendix because more than likely FDB simply hadn't updated their shipping files with the appropriate class of 08: 14.08 - Azoles. So, we find ourselves as many facilities do with generic names that are incorrectly classed with no hope of being updated by FDB. Does anyone know how one would go about scripting in a spreadsheet containing the generic name mnemonic and the proper class into the MT MAGIC PHA 5.53 sr 3 application? Is this even possible? Thank-you so much for any insight you may be able to provide! Robin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================== All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments. The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com ______________________________________ meditech-l mailing list meditech-l@MTUsers.com http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l ***** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE ***** This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system.
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