Whether you used a blank template or an existing product as a template, the system starts the Add New Orderable Item wizard. The wizard contains a set of fields that defines the uniqueness of the orderable item.
The template header consists of a few empty fields just below the title Add New Orderable Item. As you complete the template, the system updates these view-only fields. Header fields include: PPS OI Name; New Item Request (Status).
To Add New Orderable Item:
Complete fields using the field list below.
Click the Submit button to have the system audit the page and display the confirmation page. Any warning messages appear at the top of the confirmation screen. Warnings are for informational purposes only, meaning that the data in the page has been saved to the system.
If you need to make changes, click the Return button to return to the previous page and make changes.
Click the Submit button to have the system audit the page and display the Confirmation page again.
Complete any of these actions:
Click the Accept Changes button. The system saves the orderable item to the database and opens the Search Results page.
Click the Add More Details button. The system saves the orderable item to the database and opens the Edit tabs (Details, Safety, Labs & Vitals, Product, History, and A–Z) where you can add additional information about this orderable item.
Click the Accept Changes to Product & Create New Product (from blank) button. The system saves the orderable item to the database and opens a blank child template that you can use to create a child using this orderable item as its parent.
Figure: New Orderable Item Template
Field List Header
The system completes header fields.
PPS OI Name
The view-only name of the orderable item
New Item Request
The view-only status of the request
Field List OI Uniqueness Fields
Fields with a red asterisk are required fields that you must complete.
OI Type
The view-only Orderable Item Type; for example, National
Generic Name
Select a Generic Name from the drop-down list. Click
the add icon to
add a new generic name. See Add Generic
Name for more information.
Dosage Form *
Select a Dosage Form from the drop-down list. Click
the add icon to
add a new dosage form. See Add Dosage Form
Name for more information.
Generate OI Names Button
Click this button to generate entries for the remaining fields automatically.
VistA Orderable Item Name *
Enter a VistA Orderable Item Name.
PPS OI Name *
Enter a Pharmacy Product System Orderable Item Name.
National Formulary Indicator
Click this check box to add a check mark for orderable items that have a national formulary.
Formulary Designator
Select the Formulary Designator from the drop-down
list. Click the add icon to add a new formulary designator.
Note: After the National Formulary Indicator and Formulary Designator fields are entered, that these two fields are independent of each other.
Standard Medication Route
Select a Standard Medication Route from the drop-down list. See Edit Standard Med Route Name for more information on entries in this list.
Category Box *
Click the check box beside the appropriate Category Box: Compound; Investigational; Medication; Supply.
Sub-Category Box
Click one or more of the check boxes to indicate a Sub-Category for the orderable item: Chemotherapy; Herbal; OTC; Veterinary.