Semi-Automated Maintenance
- Read formulary file
- Identify new drugs
- Link new drug to ingredient(s)
- Suggest classifying in "preparation" class
- Add new drug as per human reviewer
The on-going maintenance tasks must be customized for each ancillary system. The lab vocabulary changes every few months in small ways, so these can be handled by hand. The pharmacy, on the other hand, can add new drugs every day. We have developed a maintenance process for the pharmacy which is semi-automated. The system reads the formulary file on the pharmacy system and, when it finds a new drug, it links that drug to the ingredients in the MED, based on information in the formulary file. This ingredient information then allows the system to push the new drug under an appropriate "preparation" class.