Overview

The Veteran’s Health Administration (VHA) is undertaking a Pharmacy Reengineering (PRE) initiative. The objective of the PRE project is to facilitate the improvement of pharmacy operations, customer service, and patient safety for the VHA. The PRE project will help address the identified goals and vision for the VHA Pharmacy System.

The goal for the overall PRE project is a seamless and integrated nationally supported system that is an integral part of the new VA service-oriented architecture (SOA) environment. To meet this goal, the PRE project will enhance pharmacy data exchange, as well as clinical documentation capabilities, in a truly integrated fashion to improve operating efficiency and patient safety. Additionally, it will provide a flexible technical environment to adjust to future business conditions and to meet patient needs in the clinical environment. Achieving this goal will enable resolution of current pharmacy issues, improve patient safety, and facilitate long-term process stability.

The PRE project has been broken down in multiple projects. Previous phases of PRE have concentrated on order checks (Medication Order Check Healthcare Application (MOCHA)), automated updates (Data Update (DATUP)), and customizing the FDB (First Databank) data used in order check. The PPS-N and the PPS-N Migration projects provide two distinct capabilities that are included in the same application. However, the focus of this User Guide is on the PPS-N application.