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System overview
8 Pyxis MedStation 4000 System Console User Guide
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System communication
You can implement a communications system to fit your needs and the layout of
the facility. The configurable communications feature allows communications via
network methods. A CareFusion applications engineer works with you to
integrate the Pyxis MedStation system with your telecommunications system.
The required communications links in the Pyxis MedStation system installation
include:
• A Pyxis Procar that interfaces the console to the hospital or pharmacy
computer for ADT, billing, and patient-profile information.
• A communications component that links the console to the network of
stations.
For station communications, network protocols are used. For interface
communications, the same options apply, depending on the system-interface
method supported by the hospital-system vendor. The preferred method of
network communications is Transmissions Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP) over Ethernet.
Interface options
While the Pyxis MedStation system can be operated as a stand-alone turnkey
system, significant value and operating efficiencies are added by using various
interfaces with your hospital- and pharmacy-information systems. CareFusion
will collaborate with any hospital-information system vendor to complete these
interfaces.
There are five basic interface options:
• ADT interface —Although ADT information can be manually updated, the
volume of information necessitates the use of a real-time electronic interface.
The ADT interface between the console, located in the pharmacy, and the
hospital’s information system is typically a one-way source of information,
coming from one of several potential ADT sources. These sources include a
printer “splice” interface into an existing line from your information system to
your pharmacy printer, or any of the communications methods discussed in
System communication on page 8 . The console receives ADT information,
routing it to the appropriate stations.
• Billing interface —A billing interface eliminates the need to enter individual
billing transactions manually into the billing system. CareFusion can create an
interface that allows you to format and send these transactions directly to your
billing system.
• Pharmacy-profile interface —the Pyxis MedStation system offers an
interface to the pharmacy computer system, which gives providers immediate
point-of-use access to patients’ medications via their medication profiles,
while saving a number of dispensing steps for the pharmacy. Upon medication
removal, information regarding usage and inventory is automatically routed
back to the pharmacy system. This interface can also include real-time