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Here are sample functional
requirements for Pharmacy Computer Systems: |
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► Automatically check new IV admixture orders for conflicts with
patient's allergies. |
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► Display on-line all interaction, duplicate therapy, and
incompatibility conflicts for patients. |
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► Support on-line acknowledgement of interactions with override control
(and audit trail) by authorized user. |
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► Support designation of natural or special medication groupings within
formulary. |
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► Provide on-line formulary lookup using soundex search method. |
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► Maintain drug mnemonics in formulary. |
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► Automatically update inventory quantities upon posting receipts of
ordered drugs. |
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► Print critical re-order report of items below minimum quantities. |
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► Print daily controlled substances dispensed report by location. |
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► Print exception report of significant supplier cost increases or
decreases. |
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► Print vendor performance analysis of orders, back orders, unfilled
orders, and turnaround time. |
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► Provide option to automatically charge patients at time of order
entry. |
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► Allow override of standard price in order entry process for special
circumstances. |
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► Support tracking of charges by user-defined categories (e.g. DRG,
antibiotics, floor stock). |
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► Support option to use bar code readers for data collection. |
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► Support option to maintain and print standard drug-specific
administration directions on labels. |
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► Allow user to define label format without extra custom programming
charges from system vendor. |
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► Support pre-admissions of inpatients and create active medication
profiles. |
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► Maintain inpatient profile data including: allergies. |
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► Display child (under 1 year) patient's age in months in on-line
inquiry screens. |
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► Support selection of inpatient for inquiry by "scrolling" through
patient names listed on screen. |
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► Print inpatient profiles including patient demographic, clinical,
allergy, drug and IV therapy data on demand. |
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► Provide on-line drug lookup screen by trade or generic name within IV
order processing. |
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► Maintain audit trail of persons making changes to IV orders. |
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► Allow on-line entry of multiple standing IV orders from a single
screen. |
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► Print IV summary update worksheets showing new orders since last
printing of worksheet. |
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► Support varying dosage scheduling methods (e.g. q6h, qid, M>W>F). |
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► Allow on-line changes to medication orders without having to re-key
all order information. |
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► Maintain predefined standard order sets (e.g. pre-op meds) by
physician for quick order entry. |
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► Allow suspension and renewal of individual medication orders without
having to re-key order data. |
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► Automatically check for and warn of duplicate medication orders. |
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► Allow user defined format for MAR without extra custom programming
charges by system vendor. |
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► Allow one-step discontinuing of selected (multiple) orders on-line. |
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► Print drug utilization review report to analyze drug therapy usage
trends and costs. |
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► Print revenue analysis report listing revenues and costs of goods by
order type. |
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► Print suspicion of lost drug report. |
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► Provide ability to query if a drug is covered by third party payer
without filling the prescription. |
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► Provide ability to change or add to patient coverage without leaving
prescription filling screen. |
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► Print pharmacist and technician initials on prescription label. |
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► Provide ability to manually assign prescription numbers by key entry. |
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► Provide ability to perform price checks without filling the
prescription. |
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► Maintain patient prescription data including: number of days supply. |
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► Provide ability to override discontinue date. |
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► Provide ability to increase number of refills. |
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► Provide ability to select prescriber by Soundex name (e.g. phonetic)
search. |
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► Provide ability to detect early refills (e.g. for suspected overuse). |
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► Provide ability to specify number of days checked for clinical edit
checking. |
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► Maintain refill data including: days supply.
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► Maintain refill data including: co-pay amount.
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► Provide alert for price change when performing
refills.
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► Provide ability to change drug brands when
performing refills. |
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► Print drug pricing report. |
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► Print detailed prescription register report by
third party plan. |
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► Print daily controlled substances report meeting
federal and state requirements. |
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► Print profit reports with percent margin and
profile detail.
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► Print drug ranking analysis report listing drugs in
activity order by number of prescriptions filled. |
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► Print prescription transfer report.
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► Print drug list in NDC number order.
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► Print report showing variance between usual charge
and third party allowed charge. |
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► Maintain outpatient profile data including: height
and weight. |
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► Maintain outpatient profile data including:
allergies.
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► Support user-defined outpatient categories for
proper outpatient pricing. |
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► Display child (under 1 year) patient's age in
months in on-line inquiry screens. |
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► Support retrieval of outpatient records by partial
(e.g. first few letters of) patient last name. |
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► Use Soundex lookup method in patient data retrieval
when patient name spelling is uncertain. |
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► Support selection of outpatients for inquiry by
"scrolling" through patient names listed on screen.
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► Maintain outpatient medication profile data
including: flag for active and discontinued prescription. |
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► Maintain outpatient medication profile data
including: patient instructions (at least 500 characters). |
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► Provide ability to compare inpatient medication
profile with discharge prescriptions to detect omissions or
inconsistencies.
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► Provide complete turnkey on-site implementation and
project management support. |
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► Support ability to use web browser (e.g. Netscape
Communicator, Internet Explorer) to access system functions over Internet
or internal intranet. |
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► Provide keyboard shortcuts (e.g. Ctrl-C, Alt-F) or
menu bypass functions for experienced users to quickly execute system
functions.
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► Provide on-line help screens to assist novice users
in all applications. |
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► Provide multi-level password security down to
options within menus. |
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► Provide option to direct printed reports to screen
(for viewing) or "spool" file on disk, and not print to hard copy.
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► Maintain and allow on-line access to a system-wide
data dictionary. |
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► Provide data management design that supports
integration and sharing of data among all applications. |
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► Provide ability to down load data into popular PC
spreadsheet, database and word processing file formats. |
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► Provide sufficient back-up and recovery features to
assure minimal data loss due to a system failure, power outage, etc.
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► Support interface to bar code readers.
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► Support touch screen technology for initiating
system functions by touching screen with finger. |
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► Supply all computer program source code on media
(e.g. tape, CD) to user. |
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► Provide future software releases and updates to all
applications as part of regular software maintenance fees. |
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► Provide commitment to support HL7 (Health Level 7)
healthcare industry system integration standards. |
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