MEDITECH
Pharmacy
product brief

MEDITECH's Pharmacy application helps pharmacists across the health care enterprise perform pharmacy-related routines more efficiently and effectively.

Highlights:
The application helps pharmacists:
   • Prevent medication errors
   • Maintain proper inventory levels
   • Comply with Controlled Substance regulations
   • Speed the billing process and eliminate lost patient charges
   • Reduce the time between order receipt and dispensing
   • Facilitate better departmental planning
   • Access lab information to assist in clinical decision making
   • Choose from multiple order pathways for quick order entry.

Standard Features

Used in combination with MEDITECH's Microbiology application, the Pharmacy application provides an Antibiotic/Microbiology report that points out any antibiotics currently prescribed to patients, which are resistant to identified organisms.

Linked to the Materials Management application, the Pharmacy application helps an organization track expenses and inventory more closely.

Patient Demographic Data
The application gives users the flexibility to collect and update a patient's demographic data on-line in order to maintain accurate census records. Census reports accurately reflect a patient's location and track patient movement with multiple transfer and discharge reports. Functional routines include:
• Edit and display of demographic data
• Automatic transfer of patient's height, weight, allergies, and other details from the Order Entry application
• Ability to define multiple Patient Profile types.

Medication Orders
The application allows for rapid entry of inpatient and outpatient medications and I.V. admixtures. For each order, the application automatically:
• Allows users to define table orders or order by protocol
• Displays the profile for the identified patient and active medications
• Updates a patient's active profile and refill lists
• Checks for drug interactions, drug allergies, incompatible I.V. ingredients, and duplicate medication orders
• Discontinues medication orders by the clock and not by the refill list
• Allows for rules-based logic to be rechecked every time a refill list is run
• Prints inpatient, outpatient, I.V., pass med, and Medication Administration Record labels
• Calculates patient's charges, doses to dispense, and I.V. drip rates with user-defined charge formulas
• Streamlines order entry by allowing users to combine medications, dosages, and directions into standard orders
• Identifies stock medications at all stock locations
• Identifies formulary medications by generic or trade name, NDC number, or mnemonic
• Checks newly-entered medication allergies against existing medication orders
• Documents Adverse Drug Reactions on the patient record independently of allergies.

Inpatient
The application's inpatient ordering procedures automatically adapt to traditional, unit dose, and mixed dispensing methods. Satellite pharmacies, such as mobile or stationary carts, are also accommodated. In addition to the features above, the application automatically:
• Schedules medication administration
• Updates central, outpatient, floor stock, and satellite pharmacy inventory levels
• Allows order entry and final verification by nurses and technicians.

Outpatient Prescriptions
The application also includes features to assist with dispensing outpatient prescriptions and maintaining outpatient records:
• An order screen for medications and I.V.s
• Fully functional on-line adjudication for claim processing with user-definable claim forms, claim reversal routines, and adjudications marked on the Billing Inquiry and profile
• On-line profiles (active, summary, and year-end)
• On-demand reports
   – Log of Outpatient Activity
   – List of Prescriptions Awaiting Pick-Up
   – List of Outpatient Charges
   – Outpatient Restock List
   – Refill list for outpatient locations, same day surgery.

I.V. Ordering Capabilities
The system automatically:
• Calculates intravenous ingredient volumes
• Calculates Total Parenteral Nutrition
• Accommodates custom I.V.s and I.V. drip medications
• Provides dose and volume of drugs to be ordered in cardiac emergency.

Edit and Display Features
The application maintains patient and medication information on-line so that pharmacists can easily access and update data. Pharmacists have the following functions at their disposal:
• Clinical Interventions routine to document interventions for patient or non-patient events
   – interventions capture user information, staff members involved, time required, free text comments, sources, outcomes, and status information
• Dispensed Amounts Inquiry which details a drug order's dispensing history such as initial orders, refill amounts dispensed, scheduling and dosage information, and date and time of each administration
• On-line inquiry of formulary medications, drug classes or drug types, and pharmaceutical vendors
• Drug monograph information and administration data
• An order screen for medications and I.V.s
• On-line adjudication for claim processing with user-definable claim forms, claim reversal routines, and adjudications marked on the Billing Inquiry and profile
• Outpatient Refill and Outpatient Refill Reversal options.

Patient Reports
The application generates a variety of patient reports on demand to help pharmacists dispense medications and maintain accurate records. The application provides:
• Prospective Drug Utilization Evaluation tool for drug study and usage evaluation
• Reports for both inpatient and outpatient medication orders
   – Initial Orders List
   – Billing lists with debit/credit transactions
   – Anticipated Medication Expiration List
   – Medication Administration Record
   – Nurse station worksheets
   – Debit/Credit Transaction Log.

Controlled Substances
To help pharmacists comply with government regulations the application:
• Records the use of controlled substances
• Produces reports including Controlled Drug Dispensed Report, Controlled Medication Log, and Daily Controlled Drug Inventory Report.

Billing
Health care organizations may define charge formulas to control percent mark-ups, minimum charges, and handling fees. To eliminate lost revenues and speed the billing process, the application also automatically captures medication charges and improves interdepartmental charging.
• Calculation of charges for each medication order
• Assign Billing Codes for formulary items
• Billing Inquiry and List
• Automatic transfer of charges to MEDITECH's Billing/Accounts Receivable application
• Debit/Credit Log
• Billing Summary by Patient.

Stock Medication Reports and Inventory Control
The application generates reports to help maintain nurse station floor stock inventory and to account for drug usage. Features include:
• Monthly Nurse Station Charges
• Drug Usage/Revenue by Location
• Debit/Credit Stock Medications Inventory control features streamline ordering and purchasing, as well as maintain an on-line status of inventory items and a list of items nearing the reorder point.

Purchase Orders
Routines exist via the Materials Management and Pharmacy applications to enter, edit, close, print, and receive purchase orders. The application automatically adjusts for par levels of inventory and all items below a pre-defined level for each vendor, and maintains records of receipts and backorders.

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MEDITECH
Medical Information Technology, Inc.
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Westwood, MA 02090
781-821-3000
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