The Drug Pair Customization (Non 508 Compliant) page allows users to create or delete drug pairs to associated with the VA Customized Drug-Drug interaction as well as perform mass VA Approval Workflow updates to all associated Drug Pairs. To reach this page, the user must click the 'Drug Pairs' button on a VA customized Drug-Drug interaction detail page.
The table on the page displays information related to the drug pair.
Interaction Type | The type of interaction displayed, either VA or FDB. |
Interaction ID | The numerical reference number assigned to the interaction by the agency referenced in the Interaction Type field. |
Interaction Description | The name of the drug associated with the interaction. |
Interaction Severity | A numerical indicator of the severity of the interaction. |
Interaction Action Status | The status of the interaction in the VA Approval Workflow. The Action Status for FDB Records will always be 'N/A,' as it does not go through the VA Approval Workflow |
There are two methods to add drug pairs to a drug-drug interaction customization: Using Existing FDB Drug Pairs and Using Routed Generics.
Shaded fields cannot be modified within PECS.
Reference Text | Field for the user to enter any drug pair reference text needed to support the addition of this/these drug pair(s). |
Current Action Reason | Applicable to VA record only. Free form text that can be used to specify the reason for taking the specific action of creating new, modifying, assigning, rejecting, reviewing, approving, or deleting the customization. |
Customize | Creates the Drug Pair record and associates it to the VA Customized Drug-Drug Interaction. |
Cancel Edit | Disregards chosen Drug Pair and any text entered into fields and collapses this panel. |
The Drug Pairs panel contains all the VA Customized Drug Pairs already associated to the VA Customized Drug-Drug Interaction (noted at the top of the page). The panel contains
The checkboxes at the top allow the user to what is displayed in the interaction table by Action Status (Historical records are not displayed). The drug pairs must be in the same state before an action can be performed on them.
The 'Get Record Counts' button will display the count of all VA customized drug pairs. This helps the user to determine how many drug pairs to select to perform an action against at one time. It is recommended that quantities be limited to 200 drug pairs at a time to prevent negative impacts to system performance.
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