Files > MEDICATION INSTRUCTION

name

MEDICATION INSTRUCTION

number

51

location

^PS(51,

description

This file holds the abbreviations which are often used when entering the Rx sig. Each record holds an expansion of the abbreviation which is used to complete the sig as it is printed on the Rx label. Care should be taken to not delete entries in this file after going into production use of the pharmacy package. If an entry were deleted then any sigs that contain the abbreviation would not find it when printed later and thus could confuse the patient. The above description indicates that this file is not strictly 'pointed to' in the classical VA FileMan sense, but that logically it is nearly the same thing.

applicationGroups

PS;PSO

Fields

#	Name	Location	Type	Details	Index	Description
.01	name(+)	0;1	FREE TEXT		B	For inpatient pharmacy use, you may enter one of the following standard times or you may use a non-standard schedule when appropriate. For example, Q36H or Q17H.
.5	synonym	0;3	FREE TEXT			This field is used to indicate the synonym if applicable.
1	expansion(+)	0;2	FREE TEXT			This is the full explanation of the instruction and will print on some reports.
1.1	other language expansion	4;1	FREE TEXT			This field is used to store the expansion in another language.
2	med route	0;5	POINTER	51.2
3	schedule	0;6	FREE TEXT			This is the Schedule that is associated with the Medication Instruction. Prior to the Pharmacy Ordering Enhancements project, this field was used to associate schedules with Outpatient prescriptions, by running each word of the Sig through the Medication Instruction file to look for an associated Schedule. The field is currently not being used by the Pharmacy software.
4	instructions	0;7	FREE TEXT
5	additional instruction	3;1	FREE TEXT
9	plural	9;1	FREE TEXT			This field is used to indicate if there's a plural name for this instruction.
10	default admin times	1;1	FREE TEXT			This field is used to indicate a default admin time if applicable.
20	ward	2;0	MULTIPLE	51.01		This sub file is used to indicate any wards associated with a medication instruction.
30	intended use(+)	0;4	SET OF CODES	0:OUTPATIENT ONLY 1:IN & OUTPATIENT 2:INPATIENT ONLY		This controls the users' view of this file. If the entry is marked as OUTPATIENT ONLY (0), then only the Outpatient package will use it as a valid abbreviation. If marked INPATIENT ONLY (2), then only the Inpatient package will use the entry as a valid abbreviation. The entry may be marked as Inpatient and Outpatient (1).
31	frequency (in minutes)	0;8	NUMERIC			This is the number of minutes between each time that the action should take place. This field will be used to calculate defaults for Quantity and Days Supply in the Outpatient Pharmacy Package. It will also be used to calculate defaults for the fields in the pharmacy dialog in Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS).