Files > OUTPATIENT SITE

name
OUTPATIENT SITE
number
59
location
^PS(59,
description
This file holds the set of parameters which modify the operation of the outpatient pharmacy package to suit the needs of your site. The address information appears on the labels. Most of the other fields hold parameters which enable or disable a particular feature of the package. These parameters are loaded into a local variable when entering the package. Any changes made to these parameters will not be effective until the users exit from the package and re-enters it.
Fields
#NameLocationTypeDetailsIndexDescription
.01name(+)0;1FREE TEXTBThis field contains the name of the site.
.02mailing frank street address0;2FREE TEXTThis field is used for the address of the Outpatient Site.
.03area code0;3NUMERICThis field is used for the area code of the outpatient site.
.04phone number0;4FREE TEXTThis field is used for the telephone number of the outpatient site.
.05mailing frank zip+4 code0;5FREE TEXTThis field is used for the zip code of the outpatient site. This field will allow zip+4 format (excluding the "-").
.06site number(+)0;6FREE TEXTCThis field is used to show the site/station number.
.07mailing frank city0;7FREE TEXTThis field is used for the city in which the outpatient site is located.
.08mailing frank state0;8POINTER5This field is used to show the state in which the outpatient site resides.
.081mailing comments9;1FREE TEXTThis field will be printed on the laser labels mailing address label. It can contain anything the site deems appropriate (i.e. whether mailing is "Forwarding service requested" or "Address service requested", etc.)
.09hold function?1;23BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This site parameter is used to determine if the 'Hold' function will be used at the medical facility.
.091suspense function?1;24BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This site parameter will be used to determine if the 'Suspense' feature will be used at the medical facility.
.1cancel drug in same class1;10BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
Prescriptions with duplicate classes can only be discontinued if this site parameter is set to 'Yes' and if the Rx has not been put on hold through CPRS.
.111refill inactive drug rxs1;11BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This will be used to determine if inactive drugs will be used to refill active prescriptions.
.112ask method of pickup1;12BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field will be used to determine if method of pickup will be asked for window prescriptions.
.113pass meds on profile1;13BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field is used to determine if pass medication within specified date range will be listed on profiles.
.114profile `sort by' default1;14SET OF CODES0:DATE
1:CLASS
2:MEDICATION
This field will be used to determine the sort order of medications on profiles.
.115copies on new1;15BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field will be used to determine the number copies for labels to print.
.116drug check for clerk1;16BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field is used to determine if the duplicate drug warnings should be shown for non-pharmacist.
.117fee basis support1;17BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field is used to determine if fee basis prescriptions are processed.
.118multi rx request form1;18BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field is used to determine if the multiple prescription request forms are printed with medication labels.
.119barcodes on request forms1;19SET OF CODES0:REFILL REQUEST ONLY
1:MULTI RX REQUEST ONLY
2:BOTH
This field is used to determine if barcodes are printed on profiles, labels, and multi request forms.
.1191barcodes on action profiles1;1BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field is used to indicate if barcodes are to print with the action profiles. Barcodes on action profiles are a new feature for version 6.0 of outpatient. The printer used must be setup or have barcode capabilities for the barcodes to print. Contact IRM to help determine which printer have barcode capabilities.
.12verification1;2BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field is used to determine if prescriptions entered by a non-pharmacist are placed in a non-verified status.
.121display group1;20POINTER59.3This field is used to determine which bingo board display screen will be shown on the waiting room monitor.
.122screen profiles1;21BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field is used to determine if profiles are displayed when refilling and renewing medications.
.123edit patient data1;22BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field is used to determine if editing of patient data will be allowed.
.13edit drug1;3BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field will be used to determine if drugs can be changed during the prescription edit option.
.14renewing rx's allowed1;4BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field will be used to determine if renewing of medications will be allowed.
.15pass meds cancel1;5BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field is used to determine if pass medications are to be cancelled.
.16auto suspend1;6BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field is used to determine if medication that is refilled or renewed before the next possible fill date is to be placed in suspense automatically.
.17shall computer assign rx #s1;7BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field is used to determine if the computer will auto generate prescription numbers.
.18profile with new prescriptions1;8BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field is used to determine if medication profiles are printed when new medication is ordered.
.2slaved label printing1;26BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field will be used to allow printing of RX labels without being able to queue to a printer. This parameter is primarily for slaved printing of RX labels. If 'yes' is the answer the prompt for action to be taken on the label will include the '/PRINT' action.
.51methadone program5;1BOOLEAN0:NO
1:YES
This field will be used to determine if the site has a methadone program and if a particular drug should be prompted for.
.52methadone drug5;2POINTER50This field will be used to show what drug is being used if the site has a methadone program.
1*site dea numberSAND;1FREE TEXTTHIS FIELD IS NO LONGER USED! CLOZAPINE DATA ROLLUP HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY THE MENTAL HEALTH PACKAGE. This field will be used to indicate the Drug Enforcement Agency ID number for this site.
2*site (national name)SAND;2POINTER736THIS FIELD IS NO LONGER USED! CLOZAPINE DATA ROLLUP HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY THE MENTAL HEALTH PACKAGE. This identifies the site by linking it to an entry in file 736.
3days to pull from suspense1;27NUMERICThis field will be used to pull a patient's medication from suspense for a specified number of days. The day range is from 0 to 10. THIS NUMBER IS DIVISION SPECIFIC.
3.1days to pull suspended cs cmop1;9NUMERICThis field will be used to pull a patient's controlled substances from suspense for CMOP medications for a specified number of days. The range is between 0 and 10.
3.2recently dc'd/expired days1;33NUMERICThis field indicates the number of days a discontinued or expired med order appears in reverse video on a patient's med profile.
4new label stock1;28BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field will be used to determine which medication label stock will be used.
5external interface1;30SET OF CODES0:INTERFACE TURNED OFF
1:SEND ALL ORDERS AND PRINT LABEL
2:SEND ALL ORDERS AND DON'T PRINT LABEL
3:SEND MARKED ORDERS AND DON'T PRINT
4:SEND MARKED ORDERS AND PRINT LABEL
This field allows sites to alter the characteristics of the external interface. The Set of Codes field have the following values: 0 - the external interface is off 1 - send all drugs to the external interface; print labels locally 2 - send all drugs to the external interface; don't print labels locally 3 - send only marked drugs to the external interface; don't print labels locally 4 - send only marked drugs to external interface and print labels through VistA.
6blank label between patients1;31BOOLEAN0:NO
1:YES
This field will determine if a blank label should print between patients on the label printers.
7verifying pharmacist on labels1;32BOOLEAN1:YES
This site parameter will determine if the name of the verifying pharmacist or the name of the person who made the order request will print on the Rx label. If the parameter is set to Yes the verifying pharmacist name will print.
8cprs ordering institutionINI1;0MULTIPLE59.08These are the Institutions of CPRS Pending orders that can be completed when signed in under this Outpatient site.
100related institution(+)INI;1POINTER4DInstitution associated with the site.
101npi institutionINI;2POINTER4The value in the field should point to the entry in the INSTITUTION file (#4) that contains the NPI number for the dispensing pharmacy for this Outpatient Pharmacy division.
105automated dispenseDISP;1SET OF CODES0:Less than V2.4
2.4:HL7 V.2.4
This field will determine what version of the automated dispense machine this site is running. If the machine is older than HL7 V.2.4, enter letter O, if HL7 V.2.4 has been installed, enter 2.4.
105.1file release date/timeDISP;2BOOLEAN1:YES
This field is used to indicate if the release date/time is to be filed for the prescription dispensed by an external interface.
105.2enable master file updateDISP;3BOOLEANN:NO
Y:YES
This field will determine if the automated dispense machines are ready to receive HL7 V.2.4 messages.
107scriptalk deviceSTALK;1POINTER3.5This field contains a pointer to the ScripTalk printer device in the device file.
107.1scriptalk auto-print settingsSTALK;2SET OF CODESA:AUTO PRINT
M:MANUAL PRINT
Set this to 'A' to have a ScripTalk label automatically print for ScripTalk-enrolled patients whenever their regular medication label prints. Set to 'M' if ScripTalk labels will be printed manually.
109label/profile monitor max0;9NUMERICMaximum number of label/profiles to be stored in the Label/Profile Monitor list for each printer device. The default and minimum value for this number is 1000. Each time the printer is used an entry is made in the Label/Profile monitor and if the monitor holds more entries than specified by this parameter, the oldest entry is deleted.
134fda med guide print server urlFDAS;1FREE TEXTThis is the Uniform Resource Locator(URL) and Port Number for the Print Server running the Java Application responsible for automatically printing of the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) Medication Guides for the division (e.g., 'http://127.0.0.1:8092/'). If you do not want to use the FDA Medication Guide automatic printing functionality do not populate this field.
135fda med guide printerFDA;0MULTIPLE59.0135This sub-file contains a list of printers used for printing FDA Medication Guides for this division.
1000narcotics numbered differently(+)2;1BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field is used to determine if narcotics will be numbered differently from other medications/supplies.
1001narcotic lower bound(+)3;1NUMERICThis field is used to determine what prescription numbers narcotics are to start with if narcotics are numbered differently from other prescriptions/supplies.
1002narcotic upper bound(+)3;2NUMERICThis field is used to determine the highest prescription number used for narcotics if this type of medication is numbered differently from other medications/supplies.
1002.1last narcotic number issued(+)3;3NUMERICThis field is used to indicate last number issued for narcotic medications.
1003ib service/section(+)IB;1POINTER49Select the appropriate entry in the Service/Section file (#49) that is to be used for the Pharmacy Copayment/Integrated Billing procedures.
1004narrative for copay document4;0WORD-PROCESSINGThis field contains information from the site regarding the copayment procedures for the patient to follow upon receipt of the copay document. For example, information may include a telephone number to call regarding billing inquiries, a payment mailing address, etc.
1005narrative refillable rx6;0WORD-PROCESSINGThis field contains information from the site regarding procedures for the patient to obtain a refill of his refillable medication. May include the address, phone number, etc. that will assist the patient.
1006narrative non-refillable rx7;0WORD-PROCESSINGThis field contains information from the site regarding procedures for the patient to obtain a new prescription for his non-refillable medication. This field may contain address, phone number, etc that will assist the patient.
1007charge locationPFS;1POINTER44This field is a pointer to the Hospital Location File (#44). Multi-division sites should populate this field for each division. This data could be obtained from the Business Office of the Medical Center.
1008ncpdp numberSAND;3FREE TEXTThis field is the site-specific National Council for Prescription Drug Programs number (NCPDP), formerly referred to as the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Number (NABP).
2001prescription # lower bound(+)8;1NUMERICThis field is used to enter the lowest prescription number for this site.
2002prescription # upper bound(+)8;2NUMERICThis field is used to enter the highest presciption number for this site.
2003last prescription # issued(+)8;3NUMERICThis field is used to store the last RX number used.
2004inactive dateI;1DATE-TIMEThis date will indicate that the Outpatient Site is no longer active, and cannot be selected through the Outpatient Pharmacy options.
2005logical link8;4POINTER870This is a pointer to the Logical Link file (#870). This link is used to transmit messages to an external (client) application. This field is not filled in when messages are exchanged between DHCP applications on the same system. This field will be used as the Logical Link for the prescription if there is no Clinic associated with the prescription, or if there is a Clinic associated with the prescription, but the Institution derived from that Clinic does not have an entry in the CPRS ORDERING INSTITUTION multiple with an associated Logical Link for that Outpatient Site entry.
2006dispense dns name8;5FREE TEXTTHIS IS THE DNS COMPUTER NAME OF THE AUTOMATED DISPENSING MACHINE THAT IS USED FOR THIS OUTPATIENT SITE DIVISION.
2007dispense dns port8;6NUMERICENTER THE DNS PORT NUMBER ASSOCIATED WITH THE AUTOMATED DISPENSE MACHINE FOR THIS OUTPATIENT PHARMACY SITE DIVISION.
2008dispensing system printerP;0MULTIPLE59.02008This field identifies the name of the dispensing system printer device. When the user selects this printer device and the external interface is in use, an HL7 message will be generated.
2030process auto refills for inpatRF;1BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This flag should be set to Yes, only if the site wants the scheduled AUTO REFILL [PSO AUTO REFILL] option to process refills for patients who are currently an inpatient. The AUTO REFILL job defaults to NO unless the site has this flagged as YES.
2035process auto refills for cnhRF;2BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This flag should be set to Yes, only if the site wants the scheduled AUTO REFILL [PSO AUTO REFILL] option to process refills for CNH patients. The AUTO REFILL job defaults to NO unless the site has this flagged as YES.

Referenced by 18 types

  1. HOSPITAL LOCATION (44) -- autofinish rx site
  2. DUE ANSWER SHEET (50.0731) -- site/division
  3. PRESCRIPTION (52) -- division
  4. PATIENT NOTIFICATION (Rx READY) (52.11) -- division
  5. RX SUSPENSE (52.5) -- division
  6. PHARMACY EXTERNAL INTERFACE (52.51) -- division
  7. EPHARMACY MEDICATION PROFILE PREFERENCES (52.85) -- division
  8. EPHARMACY SITE PARAMETERS (52.86) -- division
  9. PSO AUDIT LOG (52.87) -- division
  10. DRUG ACCOUNTABILITY STATS (58.8) -- outpatient site
  11. GROUP DISPLAY (59.3) -- site #
  12. PHARMACY SYSTEM (59.7) -- default outpatient site, refill/renew division
  13. CMOP TRANSMISSION (550.2) -- division
  14. PRESCRIPTION EXTRACT (727.81) -- division
  15. BPS LOG OF TRANSACTIONS (9002313.57) -- pharmacy division
  16. BPS TRANSACTION (9002313.59) -- pharmacy division
  17. BPS REQUESTS (9002313.77) -- outpatient site
  18. APSP INTERVENTION (9009032.4) -- division