Re: [MEDITECH-L] PHA Medrol Dose Pak Order Entry

We also use the 4 mg tablets. We have an Order Set with all of the admin times. By combining some of the repeated doses/times, I was able to trim it down to (only) 7 orders. We have the Start Time hard-coded to the first dose of the first day. That works fine if the prescriber orders the Dose P

Re: [MEDITECH-L] PHA Directions - 14 days on, 14 days off

There's always MOX. Just send yourself reminder notes with "Special Handling" to be mailed on future dates. Actually, I think Jeff's suggestion is best. In your original post you mentioned 14 separate daily orders, presumably Q ?28/30? Days. I don't think that would work, since you described th

Re: [MEDITECH-L] Question for PHA

Even in Quick Batch, the confirmation message is "2 eligible Rx's selected. Discontinue?". Of course, the default response is Yes, so they can through it without noticing that there are multiple linked Rxs. But to answer your question... No, we've never used a Rule for this situation. Steven

Re: [MEDITECH-L] PHA and POM for Ordering Topical Medications

We have the PHA Drug Dx built the same way and use the Zero dose in Pharmacy. In QuickScripts, we have the Zero dose with default Dose Instruction as "Apply to". As far as I know, in POM, the Edit Dose box comes up anytime the default dose is Zero, regardless if you have a free text description

Re: [MEDITECH-L] Linked Orders in PHA

In previous versions of Meditech, the Link feature seemed to serve no purpose other than informational for the Pharmacists. It didn't do anything on the paper MAR, and it didn't do anything on the Dispensing Machine. So, in addition to meds ordered together, we used it to Link range orders, suc

Re: [MEDITECH-L] Formulary in Meditech

Are you trying to export a formulary list from the Drug Dictionary, or do you want to set up an external database to MANAGE the Drug Dictionary? If you just want to export a medication list (not all the data in the Drug Dictionary) so people can see what's on the formulary, it's a relatively simpl

RE: [MEDITECH-L] PHA NPR for Active Orders

I know this isn't what you asked and may not apply, but... If you have an automated dispensing system (Pyxis, Omnicell, etc) with Profile, you can probably run that report from there. We have Pyxis Profile in all Inpatient areas, so we use the Pyxis "All Orders by Med" report, rather than runni

Re: [MEDITECH-L] Hold orders

In general, we treat all HOLD orders as a DC. The only exception would be if the prescriber wrote to hold one specific dose, for example, before a particular test. We have been using this policy for several years, and the benefit of preventing unwanted doses far outweigh the inconvenience of ha

Re: [MEDITECH-L] PHARMACY- ORDER ENTRY WITH CARTLESS FILL

All of our inpatient areas are on full Pyxis Profile, with no carts except PBs and IVFs. We have some Physicians using POM, in which case the orders must be Verified by a Pharmacist before they pass to the Pyxis. The majority of our orders are still written in the chart, faxed to the Pharmacy,

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Pyxis/BMV/Patient Own Med Controls

The original post used the term "vial", and the replies added the term "multidose", but I'm thinking that the original question was about a prescription vial (bottle) with a bunch of tablets/capsules, and not about a multidose vial of some injectable narcotic. This situation almost never comes

Re: [MEDITECH-L] PHA Charges

We also have the BAR charge editable set to Y, so that we can control the charge in PHA based on cost. The charge is sent to BAR with each transaction. To see what the charge is "supposed to be", there are two Meditech routines which may help: 1. Pharmacy MAIN menu > VIEW Dictionaries menu > PRI

Re: [MEDITECH-L] PHARMACY VERIFICATION

We also have all orders entered by Pharmacists (or by Physicians via POM). When we went through our original Meditech PHA implementation in 1996, we investigated the possibility of using the Tech verification process, and, as Charlie says, we found it to be the equivalent of entering orders twi

Re: [MEDITECH-L] pharmacy label-datamax m class c/s 5.5 sr2

You can make the barcode TALLER (but not wider) by simply creating a second computed field for it and placing them directly on top of each other on the label: barcode1 barcode2 Steven Dailey, RPh Pharmacist/Information Services Union Hospital Elkton, MD 21921 Note: This message and any attach

Re: [MEDITECH-L] Random M's Printing on PHA IV Labels

Sorry, I don't have a solution, but, yes, we experienced the same thing with our dot matrix printer. If we were printing a single label, the M would print first. If we were printing multiple labels, the M would print only on the first label. This issue persisted for years, and neither Meditech

Re: [MEDITECH-L] Pharmacy - Pyxis and fix DC function

All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments.The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com == We noticed this scenario after upgrading to Meditech 5.5, with no change to our Pyxis software that I am aware of (we have Pyxis 20

RE: [MEDITECH-L] Magic 5.5 SR1: BMV NDC number question

I would also add that you have to be diligent with regard to bulk packages. In some cases, the NDC number of the outer package is different from the NDC number of the individual dose. For example, Ceftriaxone for Injection 250 mg vial from Sandoz is distributed in a box of 10 vials:         Med