ADL Receives Omnicare Certification for New NCPDP Rx Scripts Format
ADL passed Omnicare certification test for the latest release of Scripts NCPDP Electronic Prescribing Standards format. Omnicare Clients will be transitioned to the new format beginning next week.
NCPDP SCRIPT Standard: The NCPDP SCRIPT Standard was first published in 1997 and has been updated at least annually based on the business needs identified by the industry. SCRIPT is a standard created to facilitate the transfer of prescription data between pharmacies, prescribers, intermediaries, facilities, and payers. Detailed description at:
CMS Releases a New PDPM Grouper CMS has posted an updated PDPM Grouper DLL v1.0007 zip file to the Downloads part of their MDS 3.0 Technical Information website. Per the notice: “An update to the PDPM Grouper DLL has been posted, along with its source code and test cases. This version, V1.0007, adds six ICD-10 codes that were inadvertently excluded from the NTA calculation: T8484XA, T8389XA, T8321XA, T82399A, T82392A, and T83021A.” ADL has taken care of this change. |
ADL has passed Quest Diagnostics certification for Bi-Directional HL7 Transmissions for Laboratory Orders and Results.
Now nursing homes using Quest Laboratories can submit Lab Orders and results the Results electronically. The system supports recurring orders and the results are returned in both PDF and data formats.
The Order Entry (ORM) HL7 message is a commonly used message type. ORM messages contain information about an order that includes placing new orders, canceling existing orders, discontinuation, holding, etc. Orders pertain to either materials (e.g., 1 liter of 0.9% saline) or services (e.g., a blood panel, etc.)
Quest Diagnostics is an American clinical laboratory. A Fortune 500 company, Quest operates in the United States including Puerto Rico. For more information:
ADL is releasing a Patient-Family Portal to provide residents and families with secured access to portions of a resident’s EMR (medical record). Each Resident receives an account that can be access by a Family or authorized representatives. Once logged in the user has easy and convenient access to the resident’s personal Dashboard that displays their Active health conditions orders, assessments and treatment plans.
The functions can be accessed remotely using a industry standard browser. to the resident’s dashboard. Provide this service without compromising access to the facility’s operational data.
Contact ADL for more information.