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1 Pharmacy Patches, Taskman Tasks, and Keys

2 Phamacy Patches Pharmacy patches are updates to installed software Patches provide new functionality and/or fix program bugs Software is developed by VA (CPRS) and adapted by OIT to work for RPMS –Most VA software cannot be loaded without modification –Causes a time delay and introduces possibility of “bugs”

3 Pharmacy Patches (continued) RPMS is a “suite of applications” with many packages interdependent of each other –Some package patches require patches to other packages –The latest EHR patch requires the latest Pharmacy and PCC patches to be installed –Pharmacy programmers cannot simply make unilateral changes because they can break something in another package

4 Pharmacy Patches (continued) Outpatient Pharmacy has an option that can be used to determine the patch level of pharmacy patches –IHS-Specific Pharmacy Options LPAT Pharmacy Last Patch Lister Pharmacy Related Packages Last Patch Lister Package Version Last Patch Date Installed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL DRUG FILE 4.0 1033 03/28/2011 IHS PHARMACY MODIFICATIONS 7.0 1010 04/20/2011@17:29:03 ADVERSE REACTION TRACKING 4.0 1002 04/27/2011@15:56:25 PHARMACY POINT OF SALE 1.0 41 04/20/2011@17:20:02 AUTOMATED DISPENSING INTERFACE 1.0 3 02/25/2008 IHS SCRIPTPRO INTERFACE 1.0 1 11/20/2008 BEX AUDIOCARE TELEPHONE REFILL 1.0 4 08/09/2010 The last EHR installation was EHR*1.1*8 on 04/27/2011@15:56:30. Last AWP monthly update occurred on 04/05/2011

5 Pharmacy Patches (continued) Find out what the latest patches are by following this link: –http://www.ihs.gov/RPMS/index.cfm?module=home& option=documentshttp://www.ihs.gov/RPMS/index.cfm?module=home& option=documents –Click on “Latest Patch Listing”

6 Pharmacy Related Taskman Jobs Taskman is a MUMPS Kernel function that keeps tasks running Tasks can be scheduled with Taskman to be run at different times, or to be constantly running Pharmacy has eight tasks that need to be run periodically to perform housekeeping tasks and keep things running smoothly These can be started through the pharmacy package (no site manager needed)

7 Taskman (continued) Starting up (or checking status) of the eight tasks –Outpatient Pharmacy Manager menu MAIN Maintenance (Outpatient Pharmacy)... –RXQ Queue Background Jobs –Check the chart Outpatient Pharmacy Tasks APSA AWP AUTO QUEUEDAILY PSO AMIS COMPILEDAILY PSO COSTDAY NIGHTJOBDAILY PSO EXPIRE PRESCRIPTIONSDAILY PSO MGMT NIGHTLY COMPILEDAILY PSO AUTOCANCELNightly PSO PNDEL1Monthly PSO TPB HL7 EXTRACTNightly

8 Taskman (continued)

9 Pharmacy Keys RPMS is a huge suite of applications that can manage large numbers of users with different roles and access levels Access is controlled through “keys”

10 Key Assignments: Rationale Key assignments are decided by various means including: –Role –License –Need –Training –Experience –Trust

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